CAC -- The Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) has announced its fourth weekly awards of the 2019-20 men's golf campaign. Babson sophomore Nicholas Gianelos claimed CAC Men's Golfer of the Week after a pair of impressive performances.

GOLFER OF THE WEEK: Nicholas Gianelos - Babson

Babson sophomore Nicholas Gianelos finished under par in three of four rounds to post a 69.5 stroke average and recorded a pair of top-10 finishes in two tournaments last week for Babson. He shot 68-72 to tie for seventh place with a 4-under total of 140 as Babson came in fourth at the Royal Lakes-Oglethorpe Invitational on October 7-8. Gianelos then posted rounds of 68 and 70 to finish second overall at the Saratoga National Invitational. His 36-hole total of 6-under 138 was the best of his collegiate career and helped Babson finish just one shot behind NYU in second place.

HONORABLE MENTION

Jason Li (CMU), Niko Vui (SVU), Alex Price (CNU)

LEAGUE NOTES

Carnegie Mellon's Jason Li turned in a career event and broke three school records: carded rounds of 69. 66 and 71 – Lowest Round 66 – Lowest Two-Round 135 – Lowest Three-Round 206. He finished fifth with a seven-under 206 in a field of 90 golfers at the 2019 Golfweek DIII Fall Invitational on Tuesday on the par 71, 6,725-yard Raven Golf Club at Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort in Miramar Beach, Florida. In nine rounds this season he has carded even-par or lower in six....Southern Virginia junior Niko Vui finished tied for fourth place at the Gettysburg Fall Invitational after carding a 74 for the day trailing the leader by just three strokes on the Par-71, 6,474-yard course. The competition comprised 63 total golfers and 12 teams...Christopher Newport freshman Alex Price led the Captains thrilling come-from-behind finish to win the VSGA Intercollegiate this week when he tied for fifth with an Even par 144 (73-71). Price logged his third under par round in four career rounds played with a one-under 71 in the second round. His late birdie helped propel the Captains into a playoff with Lynchburg that they would go on to win for CNU's first victory since 2017. Price scored a tournament-high 28 pars in the event.

PREVIOUS WINNERS

Sept. 12: Riley Rohlfs (YCP)
Sept. 19: Jackson Rothwell (BAB)
Oct. 2: Alex Price (CNU)
Oct. 17: Nicholas Gianelos (BAB)