Brand and O'Keeffe Named The Richards Group Athletes of the Week

HANOVER, N.H.—Tyler Brand of Dartmouth men's golf and Fiona O'Keeffe of Dartmouth women's lacrosse have been named The Richards Group Athletes of the Week.

Each week, DartmouthSports.com will spotlight two outstanding student-athletes – one male athlete or team, one female athlete or team– as Athletes of the Week.

Tyler Brand, Junior, Richmond, Va., Men's Golf

Brand was the top finisher at the Roar-EE Invitational over the weekend as the Big Green closed out the regular season with a fourth place finish. Brand was the top finisher for the Big Green as he finished the two round tournament -3. In the opening round he used five birdies to shoot a -2 70. In the second round he notched 14 pars, a birdie, and an eagle to finished -1.

Fiona O'Keeffe, Junior, Boston, Mass., Women's Lacrosse

O'Keeffe was huge presence for the Big Green as they won a pair of games by double digits. Against UMass-Lowell on Tuesday she notched a trio of assists along with a shot on goal. On Saturday against Penn she exploded for seven goals and an assist. The junior totaled seven shots on goal with all seven finding the back of the cage. Two of her seven goals came on free position shots while her third goal of the game was the eventual game winning goal.