ST. LOUIS – Illinois State senior Pietro Pontiggia has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Golfer of the Week for the first time in his Redbird career.
Pontiggia is coming off a top-10 finish at the Memphis Intercollegiate: Spirited by Old Dominick, as he had rounds of 73, 72, and 75 on the par-72 Colonial Country Club course in Cordova, Tennessee.
For Pontiggia, a native of Bologna, Italy, it is his first career Golfer of the Week award, and this season he is averaging 73 strokes per round, with 11 rounds at or under par on the season. He has played in 105 rounds during his Redbird career, and is averaging 74.2 strokes per round.
The Redbirds are back in action this coming weekend at the Tiger Invitational, hosted by the University of Missouri on Monday and Tuesday, April 6 and 7.
