Tournament: RJGA Shootout at Estrella hosted by WNMU
Date: Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021
Location: Goodyear, Arizona
Course: Golf Club of Estrella (par-72 / 6,087 yards)
CSUSM's Place: 1st out of 19 teams
Top Cougar: Breann Horn (T1st, 73)
Playoff Winner:  Point Loma's Raquel Prado

COURSE REPORT:  The No. 20 Cal State San Marcos women's golf team rallied back from five strokes down, firing a 293 (+5) on Tuesday to finish with a 598 (+22) and earn a six-stroke victory at the RJGA Shootout at Estrella.

FIRST TEE

• Breann Horn turned in a final round of 70 (-2) to move up three spots for a three-way tie for first with a 143 (-1) alongside Point Loma's Raquel Prado and Drishti Karumbaya of Cal State East Bay.  In the playoff, Horn went out on the first hole while it took seven holes before Prado defeated Karumbaya. 
• Makenna Cabardo finished in a seven-way tie for tenth with a 149 (+5), shooting an even par on the front nine.
• Lauren Hickam catapulted from a tie for 52nd to a tie for 25th after carding a 73 (+1) on Tuesday to conclude the two-day tournament with a 153 (+9).
• Moving up five spots, Diana Delgado tied for 27th place after carding a 10-over 154 (78-76) for the tournament.
• Madison Murr rounded out the Cougars' top five, improving on yesterday's 80 with a final round 75 to tie for 29th with a 155 (+11).
• Playing as an individual, Stephanie Heimler tied for 44th with a 15-over 159 (76-83).

TEAM SCOREBOARD
1. Cal State San Marcos 305-293 – 598 (+22); 2. Embry Riddle (AZ) 306-298 – 604 (+28); 3. Colorado Christian 302-305 – 606 (+30); 4. Sonoma State 301-306 – 607 (+31); 5. Cal State East Bay 300-310 – 610 (+34); 6. Cal State LA 308-305 – 613 (+37); 7. Dominican 316-305 – 621 (+45); 8. Point Loma 317-306 – 623 (+47); 9. Western Washington 311-316 – 627 (+51); 10. Holy Names 315-314 – 629 (+53); 11. Western New Mexico 320-310 – 630 (+54); 12. Chico State 306-325 – 631 (+55); 13. Colorado Mesa 322-316 – 638 (+62); 14. Colorado State Pueblo 324-318 – 642 (+66); T15. Metro State 324-319 – 643 (+67); T15. Hawaii Pacific 325-318 – 643 (+67); 17. Saint Martin's 315-329 – 644 (+68); Fort Lewis 326-321 – 647 (+71); 19. Montana State Billings 332-329 – 661 (+85).

INDIVIDUAL SCOREBOARD
T1. Breann Horn (CSUSM) 73-70 – 143 (-1); T1. Drishti Karumbaya (CSUEB) 68-75 - 143 (-1); T1. Raquel Prado (PLNU) 75-68 – 143 (-1); T4. Morgan Sjoerdsma (CSULA) 75-69 – 144 (E); T4. Faith Kilgore (CCU) 70-74 – 144 (E); 6. Caroline Berg (CSUEB) 73-72 – 145 (+1); 7. Hailey Stevenson (ERU) 75-71 – 146 (+2); 8. Amelia Gladys (SSU) 72-75 – 147 (+3); 9. Emma Tornoos (Fort Lewis) 73-75 – 148 (+4); T10. Makenna Cabardo (CSUSM) 74-75 – 149 (+5); T10. Claire Shubin (Dominican) 77-72 – 149 (+5); T10.  Brenna Ozel (SSU) 75-74 – 149 (+5); T10. Kylie Severin (CSUP) 74-75 – 149 (+5); T10. Kendall McBean (ERU) 74-75 – 149 (+5); T10. Courtney Andersson (CCU) 74-75 – 149 (+5); T10. Kelsey Blaylock (Chico) 73-76 – 149 (+5); OTHER CSUSM SCORERS: T25. Lauren Hickam 80-73 - 153 (+9). T27. Diana Delgado 78-76 – 154 (+10); T29. Madison Murr 80-75 – 155 (+11); T44. Stephanie Heimler (i) 76-83 – 159 (+15);

THOUGHTS FROM COACH HUTTON
"Yesterday was a somber day for the team, but we challenged them to come out and be the best team today. Tournaments aren't won on Mondays. That's the great thing about Tuesdays. The pairing format was altered due to COVID, which allowed us to test some of our players. We had Hickam in the one spot today to test her grit with being in that position, and she stepped up big time. I figured we had nothing to lose. Breann did her thing today by leading the charge. Despite one short missed putt (in the playoff), she was in full control today. Maddy, Diana and Makenna also bounced back big time to help out in this win. We haven't gotten off to the hottest start in each of our two first events. As a group, we all just talked about what we could do to put two solid rounds together. It's a short week with us hitting the road again on Saturday, but we will be ready."

INSIDE THE SCORECARD

• This is CSUSM's second consecutive tournament win this season.
• The Cougars jumped over Sonoma State in Par-4 scoring to take the top spot, finishing the tournament with a 4.13 average (+13).
• Horn led the field of 104 golfers alongside CSUEB's Caroline Berg with Par 4-scoring averages of 3.95 (-1).
• This is CSUSM's fourth consecutive win at the RJGA Shootout at Estrella (formerly known as the Western New Mexico Fall Intercollegiate).  

 
UP NEXT
The Cougars will wrap up their fall season at the Sonoma State Invitational on Oct. 4-5 in Santa Rosa.