Tournament: CCAA Championships
Date: Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Location: Riverside, Calif.
Course: Victoria Club (par-72 / 5,970 yards)
CSUSM's Place:  1st out of 6 teams (901, +37)
Top Cougar & Individual Medalist:  1. Caroline Wales (218, +2)
 
CCAA ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Caroline Wales
Breann Horn

COURSE REPORT: The No. 10/8 Cal State San Marcos women's golf team captured its fourth consecutive CCAA Championship title with Caroline Wales claiming individual medalist honors on Wednesday at Victoria Club in Riverside.  CSUSM concluded the three-round tournament with a 37-over 901 (303-298-300).

FIRST TEE

• Wales posted the lowest score of the round for the second consecutive day to finish with a 2-over 218 (74-72-72).
• Breann Horn placed fourth after carding a 3-over 75 to finish with an 8-over 224 (76-73-75).  
• After a disastrous start with four bogeys and a double bogey on the first five holes, Madison Murr rebounded with 2-under par in the final 13 holes to finish the three day tournament with a 13-over 229 (76-77-76) for a share of eighth place.
• Makenna Cabardo busted into the top 10 after finishing with a 16-over 232 (79-76-77) for 10th place.
• Kaila Higgins tied for 13th place with a 19-over 232 (77-80-78).

TEAM SCOREBOARD
1. Cal State San Marcos 303-298-300 – 901 (+37); 2. Cal State Monterey Bay 308-305-294 – 907 (+43); 3. Cal State East Bay 318-306-305 – 929 (+65); T4. Cal State LA 316-306-316 – 938 (+74); T4. Sonoma State 307-314-317 – 938 (+74); 6. Chico State 325-327-331 – 983 (+119).

INDIVIDUAL SCOREBOARD
1. Caroline Wales (CSUSM) 74-72-72 – 218 (+2); 2. Talia Gutman (SSU) 71-76-73 – 220 (+4); 3. Wa Yeung Cathy Tong (CSUMB) 75-73-74 – 222 (+6); 4. Breann Horn (CSUSM) 76-73-75 – 224 (+8); T5. Morgan Sjoerdsma (CSULA) 78-74-75 – 227 (+11); T5. Jasmin Krishna (CSUEB) 77-76-74 – 227 (+11); 7. Zoe Offield (CSUMB) 79-74-75 – 228 (+12); T8. Madison Murr (CSUSM) 76-77-76 – 229 (+13); T8. Isabel Carpenter (CSUMB) 74-83-72 – 229 (+13); 10. Makenna Cabardo 79-76-77 – 232 (+16); OTHER CSUSM SCORERS: T14. Kaila Higgins 77-80-78 – 235 (+19).  

INSIDE THE SCORECARD

• Wales finished with a two-stroke lead over Talia Gutman of Sonoma State.  
• The Cougars won by six strokes after Cal State Monterey Bay (929, +65) posted the lowest round of the tournament with a 6-over 294.
• CSUSM led the field in Par 3 scoring (3.16, +12) and Par 4 scoring (4.25, +30).
• The Cougars tallied the most pars (163) and were second in birdies (30) for the tournament.
• CSUSM has won every CCAA Women's Golf Tournament since its inception in 2018.
• Wales brought home CSUSM's third CCAA women's golf individual medalist honor as Jaime Jacob was crowned the 2018 and 2019 CCAA Champion.
   

UP NEXT
With the win, the Cougars received the automatic bid to the NCAA Division II West Regional on May 8-10 in Dallas.