Kristinsdottir Earns 3rd Big Ten Freshman of the Week Honor

Women's Golf October 15, 2026 Kristinsdottir earns third weekly honor after breaking two school records at Illini Women’s Invitational IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa women’s golfer Eva Kristinsdottir has been named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week, the conference announced Thursday. It is her third weekly honor of the season. The Mosfellsbær, Iceland, native earned the distinction following a record-breaking performance at the Illini Women’s Invitational on Oct. 12-13 at Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Illinois. Kristinsdottir finished seventh individually with an 8-under-par 208 (66-69-73), breaking Iowa’s 54-hole scoring record. Kristinsdottir also set the program’s 36-hole scoring...