Big Green athletes excel on many venues across the board. This week’s competitors come from entirely different sports. Freshman Sophie Thai shattered Big Green women’s golf records while winning the Lady Blue Hen Invitational. Senior Alex van Schalkwyk scored two goals in two men’s soccer victories including an Ivy League win over visiting Yale.
Their efforts are rewarded by being named The Richards Group Athletes of the week.
Each week, DartmouthSports.com will spotlight two outstanding student-athletes - one male, one female - as Athletes of the Week. Student-athletes may be chosen based upon their efforts both on and off the field of competition.
Sophie Thai, Fr., Los Altos, Calif., Women’s Golf
Freshman Sophie Thai produced a historical performance for the women’s golf team at the Lady Blue Hen Invitational in Delaware this past weekend, carding a 69-72-69—210 (-6), shattering the school record for lowest three-round score. No other Big Green golfer had ever broken par over three rounds. She began the tournament by tying the Dartmouth record for a single round with a 3-under 69 before wrapping up the first day of play with an even-par 72 to hold a one-stroke lead heading into the final round. Thai then duplicated her first-round score to win the tournament by five strokes, sinking 14 birdies along the way. Her three rounds of par or better are two shy of the program record for an entire career, and she just played in her third tournament as a freshman.