RRooaadd ttoo tthhee CCoolllleeggee WWoorrlldd SSeerriieess bbeeggiinnss June 4 - June 10, 2021 Vol. 19, Issue 41 www.sportspagdfw.com FREE 2 June 4, 2021 - June 10, 2021 | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 19 Issue 41 | www.sportspagedfw.com | follow us on twitter @sportspagdfw.com Follow us on twitter @sportspagedfw | www.sportspagedfw.com | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 19 - Issue 41 | June 4, 2021 - June 10, 2021 3 June 4, 2021 - June 10, 2021 AROUND THE AREA Vol. 19, Issue 41 LOCAL NEWS OF INTEREST sportspagedfw.com Established 2002 SMU's Goodwin named All-American Cover Photo: AROUND THE AREA Peter Fountain, North Carolina ranked freshman and concluded the year as 4 Nick Gabrelcik, North Florida a member of the All-Big 12 Team and a RANGERS REPORT Noah Goodwin, SMU WGCA Honorable Mention All-American. 5 BY DIC HUMPHREY Ryan Hall, South Carolina She set a program record for par-5 scoring GOLF, ETC John Pak, Florida State with a mark of 4.66, and her overall scor- 6 BY TOM WARD Turk Pettit, Clemson ing average of 71.85 (0.12 to par) is the THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT Davis Thompson, Georgia fifth-lowest all-time by a Cowgirl golfer. 7 BY PGATOUR.COM NORMAN, Okla. - SMU's Noah Tatematsu recorded 20 rounds at par or BEFORE AND AFTER MUIRFIELD Goodwin was named a First Team All- better, which is the third-best clip in school 8 COURSE RENOVATION American, the Golf Coaches Association of history, and her 118 birdies are the sixth- BY PGATOUR.COM America announced Tuesday. He is the most. The rookie won the ICON Invitational PHATOUR UNIVERSITY 2021 second SMU player to be named a First after carding back-to-back rounds of 66, 9 CLASS BY PGATOUR.COM Team All-American, joining Bryson and her 14-under 202 at that event is the DeChambeau (2015). fourth-best 54-hole score by a Cowgirl. COLLOGE BASEBALL ROAD TO 10 THE WORLD SERIES Goodwin set the SMU record with a Big 12 Women’s Golf Awards Unveiled Tatematsu earned All-Big 12 Championship BY NCAA.COM 70.00 scoring average in the 2021 season, Oklahoma State swept the Big 12 Team honors after a T8 finish. COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS AND earning AAC Golfer of the Year honors and women’s golf individual awards after win- In his second season in Stillwater, NOTES was an All-Central Region selection. He is ning the 2021 Big 12 Championship and Robertson led Oklahoma State to its 10th 14 BY BO CARTER a finalist for both the Nicklaus Award and placing second at the NCAA Big 12 Championship in record-breaking NCBWA BASEBALL POLL the Haskins Award, after a season where he Championships. Maja Stark earned Golfer fashion. The Cowgirls set three tournament BY NCBWA.COM 17 posted five top-five finishes in eight events. of the Year, Rina Tatematsu claimed team records over the three rounds, includ- It is Goodwin's third All-America selec- Freshman of the Year and Greg Robertson ing their final tally at 34-under par to win THE TICKET WINDOW 18 tion, after receiving honorable mention was voted Coach of the Year. the title by 16 strokes. Six of the seven honors in 2019 and a Second Team nod in Stark ended her sophomore season as lowest single-season scoring averages in AUTO REVIEW 19 BY KBB.COM 2020. He is the first three-time All- the Big 12’s highest ranked individual in OSU golf history have come this season. American in the history of the SMU men's both GolfStat and Golfweek/Sagarin rat- The team average score of 286.74 (-0.21) golf program. His teammate, Mac ings with a 49-2 record against top-100 to par is a program best and ranks fourth Meissner, can also earn a third All- competition. The two-time event winner nationally. American nod if he is later named to the recorded a stroke average of 70.48 (-1.42 The All-Big 12 Women’s Golf Team Second Team, Third Team or as an to par) to set a school record. She regis- was determined by an average of the sea- Honorable Mention. tered more birdies (139) and rounds of par son’s final Golfstat and Golfweek/Sagarin Follow us on Goodwin and the Mustangs tied for 17th or better (22) than any player in program national rankings. OSU’s Isabella Fierro at the NCAA Championship. Goodwin history. Her par-3 (2.99) and par-4 (3.99) joined Stark and Tatematsu on the team. Twitter & Facebook won the 2021 NCAA Stillwater Regional scoring averages also set school records. Baylor had two selections in Gurleen Kaur as an individual, shooting -15. Stark was the runner-up at the Big 12 and Britta Snyder while Hannah Screen twitter.com/sportspagedfw 2021 NCAA Division I First Team Championship and tied for 12th at the represented Oklahoma. Texas earned four Ludvig Åberg, Texas Tech NCAA Championships. In addition to her selections with Sophie Guo, Agathe facebook.com/sportspageweek- Sam Bennett, Texas A&M Conference honors, Stark was named a Laisne, Kaitlyn Papp and Sara Kouskova. Eugenio Chacarra, Oklahoma State Women’s Golf Coaches Association Texas Tech’s Gala Dumez was named All- Publisher Contact Us Pierceson Coody, Texas (WGCA) First Team All-American. Big 12 after claiming medalist honors at Sports Page Publishing Group, Main Number (214) 683-1469 LLC P.O. 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The start times for the games are 7:05 PM on Friday, 3:05 PM on Saturday and 1:35 PM on Sunday. For Texas, Kyle Gibson (3-0) will be activated from the injured list to start Friday against Josh Fleming (5-3).