Women's Golf Marc Rabb

SoCon Names Final Women's Golfer of the Week for the Fall Season

Samford's Nicastro Finishes Third at Samford Intercollegiate

SPARTANBURG, SC – Samford senior Gabi Nicastro was named SoCon Women's Golfer of the Week for tournaments played between October 28-November 3.
 
Nicastro (Huntsville, AL) finished third at the 2026 Samford Intercollegiate, played at the 6,264-yard (Par 71) Inverness Country Club. She led the Bulldogs to a second-place team finish. Nicastro finished five strokes out of first place, just behind Lara El Chaib of Jacksonville State and Chloe Ruble of UAB.
 
She fired a 74 in the opening round and overcame a 76 in the second round with an even par 71 over the final 18 holes. Nicastro sank nine birdie putts over her 54 holes and led the field with a 4.67 stroke average on the course's Par 5 holes.
 
Nicastro was one of three Samford golfers to finish in the top 10 individually, with Grace Engel (4th) and Beka Yang (10th) also in the mix.
 
The tournament wraps up the fall portion of Samford's 2026-27 golf schedule.
 
2026-27 SoCon Women's Golfers of the Week
Sep 2 – Elle Burnette, Sr., UNC Greensboro (Wrightsville Beach, NC)
Sep 9 – Arisa Piyamanit, So., ETSU (Nakhon Prathom, Thailand)
Sep 16 – Kasey McIlvane, Sr., UNC Greensboro (Raleigh, NC)
Sep 23 – Olivia Hasselbach, So., Furman (Tampa, FL)
Sep 30 – Elsa Maren Steinarsdóttir, Jr., Western Carolina (Akranes, Iceland)
Oct 7 – Arisa Piyamanit, So., ETSU (Nakhon Prathom, Thailand)
Oct 13 – Gabi Nicastro, Sr., Samford (Huntsville, AL)
Oct 13 – Baker Hudson, Fr., UNC Greensboro (New Bern, NC)
Oct 13 – Kasey McIlvane, Sr., UNC Greensboro (Raleigh, NC)
Oct 20 – Baker Hudson, Fr., UNC Greensboro (New Bern, NC)
Oct 28 – Jenna Madden, Jr., Furman (McKinney, TX)
Nov 4 – Gabi Nicastro, Sr., Samford (Huntsville, AL)