Women's Golf

SoCon Announces Women’s Golfer of the Week

Western Carolina’s Elsa Maren Steinarsdóttir Shoots Career Best Round

SPARTANBURG, SC – Western Carolina junior Elsa Maren Steinarsdóttir was named SoCon Women’s Golfer of the Week for tournaments played between September 23-29.
 
Steinarsdóttir (Akranes, Iceland) finished tied for 12th at the 2026 Tot Hill Farm Invitational in Asheboro, NC. Steinarsdóttir carded a 75 on the first day of action, then made her move with a low round of 68 over the second 18 holes. She birdied six holes on the front nine in the second round and finished the tournament with a 219 (+3) – only one stroke outside the top 10.
 
Her efforts helped the Catamounts to a ninth-place finish as a team, four strokes behind SoCon foe Wofford and four strokes in front of Elon.
 
Steinarsdóttir led WCU with 10 birdies and her round of 68 was the lowest of her career to date.
 
Western Carolina will be back in action on October 12-13 at the Wofford Terrier Intercollegiate in Spartanburg, SC.
 
Also Considered: Arisa Piyamanit (ETSU), Bella Kent (Wofford)
 
2026-27 SoCon Women’s Golfer 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)