Carolin Pinegger

A pair of top-10 individual finishes helped the UCF women’s golf team earn its first tournament win since 2002 as the Knights took the team title on Tuesday at the Hurricane Invitational.

Freshmen Carolin Pinegger and Valentina Fontaine tied for seventh overall (out of 90 golfers) with a 7-over (223) score over three rounds at the par-72 (6,199 yards) Don Shula Golf Resort in Miami Lakes, Florida.

Pinegger’s first top-10 effort of her young career earned her Conference USA Female Golfer of the Week honors after shooting a team-best 3-under par (69) in the final round which helped lead the Knights to victory.

Fontaine has now finished in the top-10 three times in five collegiate events. She went for par on Monday after shooting 75 on Sunday and had previously earned a C-USA weekly honor after placing second in the FIU/Pat Bradley invitational in October.

Valentina Fontaine

After a sluggish start with a round of 80 to open tournament play on Sunday, Pinegger shot a 74 on Monday before eventually breaking par and closing out the match with a birdie on the 18th hole. Her round of 69 on the final day tied for the lowest score at the tournament.

That final round helped give the Knights a one-shot lead over Georgia State (31-over) with a total score of 894 and a two-stroke advantage over East Tennessee State (32-over) in the standings. San Diego State (36-over) and Coastal Carolina (38-over) rounded out the top-5.

Among the other UCF finishers for first-year head coach Courtney Trimble were junior Katie Detlefsen (20th overall) with a 228 (12-over); senior Victoria Tomko (34th overall) with a 230 (14-over); and sophomore Elisa Aoki (41st overall) with a 232 (16-over).

The final overall score for UCF at the Hurricane Invitational is now the second-best tournament mark in program history, behind the 889 turned in at the Lady Pirate Invitational in Greenville, N.C. in the fall of 2006.

UCF will be back on the links March 1-2 at the annual UCF Challenge at RedTail Golf Club in Sorrento.

– Contact Orlando Sports Central at JC@OrlandoSportsCentral.com –

– To nominate athletic performances for inclusion each Wednesday to the Top-5 list of Orlando Sports Central Standouts, send over an email to JC@OrlandoSportsCentral.com –

1.) Timber Creek Girls Golf – TCHS Wolves – First they swept through the regular season unbeaten before winning the Metro Conference East title. Then they followed that up last week by winning the District 7 championship. On Monday, Sara Bolivar (76), Emily Montero (78), Paige Lyle (82), Lauren Lyle (85) and Shelby Calaway (143) combined for a 321 score to win the Region 2A-3 title at Hunter’s Creek Golf Club over Metro Conference West champs Olympia (337). Bolivar took fourth overall behind Winter Park’s Brandy Rodriguez (72), Edgewater’s Mia Campbell (74) and Olympia’s Jessica Uem (75). The state tournament takes place Nov. 3-4 in Ocala.

T–2.) Donovan Green – Timber Creek Wolves and Levi Clemons – Osceola Kowboys – Both wrestlers finished as runner-up in their respective weight classes at the Super 32 Challenge in Greensboro, North Carolina over the weekend. Other local wrestlers managing to place, against perhaps the toughest competition in the country, were Osceola’s Gabe Bird (seventh at 145 pounds) and Oviedo’s Jay Taylor (fifth at 215 pounds). Among the highlights for Green, who came in ranked No. 21 by USAW Magazine, was a close win over the No. 8 heavyweight in the nation in the semifinals. Green recently talked about about his passion for the sport with Todd Grasley at High School Playbook. Clemons became the first Kowboy to advance to the finals at this event where he finished with a 5-1 mark in the 171-pound class. Last season’s state champion in Class 3A is considering offers from such D-I programs as University of Tennessee Chattanooga, Appalachian State, Missouri, NC State and Virginia Tech.

Wrestling Videos on Flowrestling

UCF's Valentina Fontaine

4.) Joanna Coe – Rollins Tars – Coe finished off the fall golf season with a runner-up effort at the Ross Resorts Invitational at Mid Pines Resort in Southern Pines, North Carolina to help No. 3 Rollins top No. 1 Nova Southeastern and the remainder of the 10-team field by seven strokes (897-904). Coe shot rounds of 75 and 71 in the first day of action then scored a 74 on Tuesday. The junior ended the season with two runner-up efforts and two tournament wins to her credit.

5.) Valentina Fontaine – UCF Knights – The freshman was named Conference USA Female Golfer of the Week after shooting three consecutive under-par rounds (for second place overall) in helping UCF take third as a team with a score of 879 (+15) on Tuesday at the FIU Pat Bradley Invitational at Pelican Preserve Golf and Country Club in Fort Myers. Junior Katie Detlefsen finished in a tie for eighth for the Knights, giving them three straight events where two teammates have finished in the Top-10. The top two spots went to Furman (+6) and South Florida (+13) among the 15-team field. Fontaine, who was UCF’s best finisher in three of four fall events this season, shot rounds of 69, 71 and 71 for a 5-under score of 211. She was one of only four golfers to shoot in the 60s throughout the three rounds.

More –

Orlando Sports Central Standouts – 10/21/09

Orlando Sports Central Standouts – 10/14/09