Tournament: CCAA Championships
Date: Monday, April 17, 2023
Location: Riverside, Calif.
Course: Victoria Club (par-72 / 5,942 yards)
CSUSM's Place:  1st out of 6 teams (303, +15)
Top Cougar:  T2. Caroline Wales (74, +2)
Individual Leader:  Sonoma State's Talia Gutman (71, -1)

COURSE REPORT:  The No. 10/8 Cal State San Marcos women's golf team leads the CCAA Women's Golf Championships with a four-stroke lead after carding a 15-over 303 in the opening round. Caroline Wales is tied for second following a 2-over 74 performance in the first round.

FIRST TEE

• Wales recorded two birdies and four bogeys in the first round.
• Breann Horn and Madison Murr are in a three-way tie for sixth place with Sonoma State's Lauren Garcia after carding a 4-over 76.
• Kaila Higgins held on to a top 10 spot, sitting in a three-way tie for ninth with a 5-over 77.
• Makenna Cabardo is tied for 15th place with a 7-over 79.

TEAM SCOREBOARD
1. Cal State San Marcos 303 (+15); 2. Sonoma State 307 (+19); 3. Cal State Monterey Bay 308 (+20); 4. Cal State LA 316 (+28); 5. Cal State East Bay 318 (+30); 6. Chico Sate 325 (+37).


INDIVIDUAL SCOREBOARD
1. Talia Gutman (SSU) 71 (-1); T2. Caroline Wales (CSUSM) 74 (+2); T2. Isabel Carpenter (CSUMB) 74 (+2); T4. Wa Yeung Cathy Tong (CSUMB) 75 (+3); T4. Emily Wang 75 (+3); T6. Breann Horn (CSUSM) 76 (+4); T6. Madison Murr 76 (+4); T6. Lauren Garcia (SSU) 76 (+4); T9. Kaila Higgins (CSUSM) 77 (+5); T9. Courtney Cervellin (SSU) 77 (+5); T9. Jasmin Krishna (CSUEB) 77 (+5); OTHER CSUSM SCORERS: T15. Makenna Cabardo 79 (+7).

INSIDE THE SCORECARD

• Sonoma State's Talia Gutman was the only golfer to shoot under par in the first round, turning in a 1-under 71 and leads the field of 30 golfers.
• SSU is four strokes behind the Cougars with a 19-over 307 in the opening round.
• CSUSM leads the field in Par 3 Scoring (3.24, +6) and Par 4 Scoring (4.08, +3).
• CSUMB's Tilda Kvarnrud and SSU's Courtney Cervellin are the only golfers to score an eagle on Monday.
   

UP NEXT
The Cougars will play alongside Sonoma State and Cal State Monterey Bay in the second round on Tuesday, March 18, with tee times starting at 8:50 a.m.