Tournament: Sonoma State Fall Invitational
Date: Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023
Location: Santa Rosa, Calif.
Course: Santa Rosa Country Club (par-72 / 5,890 yards)
CSUSM's Place: 1st out of 10 teams
Team Winner: Cal State San Marcos (585, +9)
Top Cougar & Individual Leader: 1. Madison Murr (139, -5)

COURSE REPORT:  The No. 10 Cal State San Marcos women's golf team captured first place at the Sonoma State Invitational with a 10-stroke cushion, finishing with a 9-over 585. Madison Murr dominated the field in the second round, carding a 4-under 68 to claim individual medalist honors with a 5-under 139 (71-68).

FIRST TEE

• Madison Murr posted five birdies, one bogey and 12 pars in the final round to win by six strokes.
• Moving up four spots, Makenna Cabardo finished tied for third place with PLNU's Kiara Hernandez with a 2-over 146 (73-73).
• Regan Barton posted a 5-over 149 (75-74) to finish in a four-way tie for 11th place.
• Diana Delgado tied for 20th after matching her opening round of 76 to finish with an 8-over 152 (76-76).
• Lauren Hickam closed out CSUSM with a share of 29th place after recording an 11-over 155 (80-75).
   

TEAM SCOREBOARD
1. Cal State San Marcos 295-290 – 585 (+9); 2. Sonoma State 296-299 – 595 (+19); T2. Hawaii Pacific 293-302 – 595 (+19); T2. Cal State Monterey Bay 297-298 – 595 (+19); 5. Academy of Art 304-301 – 605 (+29); 6. Point Loma 301-306 – 607 (+31); 7. Dominican 307-311 – 618 (+42); 8. Menlo 306-315 – 621 (+45); 9. Westmont 318-316 – 634 (+58); 10. Chico State 318-319 – 637 (+61).

INDIVIDUAL SCOREBOARD
1. Madison Murr (CSUSM) 71-68 – 139 (-5); 2. Courtney Cervellin (SSU) 71-74 – 145 (+1); T3. Makenna Cabardo (CSUSM) 73-73 – 146 (+2); T3. Kiara Hernandez (PLNU) 74-72 – 146 (+2); T5. Kameron Kwong (HPU) 75-72 – 147 (+3); T5. Madi Blanc (CSUMB) 74-73 – 147 (+3); T5. Holly Obermuller (Menlo) 72-75 – 147 (+3); T5. Clarissa Burhan (HPU) 71-76 – 147 (+3); T9. Noelle Thompson (Westmont) 77-71 – 148 (+4); T9. Claire Shubin (Dominican) 73-75 – 148 (+4);  OTHER CSUSM SCORERS: T11. Regan Barton 75-74 – 149 (+5); T20. Diana Delgado 76-76 – 152 (+8); T29. Lauren Hickam 80-75 – 155 (+11).

INSIDE THE SCORECARD

• For the fourth time in the NCAA Division II era (2015-present), CSUSM began the season with a tournament win.
• CSUSM led the tournament in Par 5 Scoring (4.88, -5) and birdies (27).
• Murr led three of the six statistical categories – Par 4 Scoring (3.90, -2), Par 5 Scoring (4.50, -4) and birdies (9).
• Holly Obermuller of Menlo was the only golfer to record an eagle in the tournament.

THOUGHTS FROM HEAD COACH GREG HUTTON
"This was a great start to the season for our women. I think the team was definitely feeling the nerves on day one, but had a solid finish put themselves in a good position going into the final round. The team played great today and really battled back from a rocky start to the round. It was as awesome to see Maddy (Murr) get her breakthrough win this week and I think there are more wins to come for her. Overall great team effort this week with a top 5 finish for Makenna and top 15 finish for Regan. Looking forward to New Mexico in a couple weeks."

UP NEXT
The Cougars will return to the links on Oct. 16-17 when they compete in the Nick Turner Invitational hosted by Fort Lewis in Albuquerque, New Mexico.