Jason Li and Jason Folker Garner CAC and UAA Men's Golf Weekly Honors

(PITTSBURGH, Pa.) – Juniors Jason Li (Sewickley, Pa./Sewickley Academy) and Jason Folker (Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest) of the Carnegie Mellon University men's golf team were named Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) and University Athletic Association (UAA) Men's Golfers of the Week. The two helped the Tartans break two team school records while winning the 18-team Savannah Invitational March 9-10 at the par 72, 6,845-yard The Club at Savannah Harbor Golf Course.

Li and Folker headed the team in the final round that carded a school record round of 19-under par 269, as the two tied for second individually in a field of 90 golfers after carding a 54-hole school record 204. Li fired rounds of 70, 68 and 66 while Folker recorded rounds of 70, 67 and 67. Over the three rounds, Li carded 14 birdies with Folker carding 15 and an eagle. Folker's rounds of 67 were his career-best while Li's round of 66 tied his previous school record score and he ends the season with 10 rounds of even-par or lower.

Following the Tartans win, the team moved up five spots in the statistical ranking by Golfstat to fourth in Division III.