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Wildcats claim 3rd straight SSU Invite title

The men's golf team celebrates its victory.

The Wildcats post with the championship trophy.

10/20/2009 4:16:57 PM

SANTA ROSA – The Chico State men’s golf team should start collecting checks from the members of the Santa Rosa Golf & Country Club any day now. After all, the Wildcats seem to own the course. A 2-under par 286 propelled the Wildcats to their third consecutive Sonoma State Invitational title Tuesday.

The Wildcats, who began Tuesday’s final round tied for second place, pulled away from the field behind Kyle Souza’s 3-under par 69 – which proved to be the day’s low round – and Eric Frazzetta’s 2-under par 70. The Wildcats also got a lift when Bobby Bucey aced the par-3, 146-yard sixth hole. Souza (70-69–139) finished the tournament in second place at 5-under par, just one stroke behind medalist Matthew Garcia of Academy of the Art. Frazzetta (71-70–141) finished in third place at 3-under par.

Eric Frazzetta finished in third place at 3-under par.

Chico State and Dixie State recorded the best two rounds of the tournament Tuesday – twin 286s – but Chico State’s 292 in rough conditions Monday left the Wildcats five shots clear of the second-place finishers at 2-over par. Saint Martin’s and opening-round leader Western Washington tied for third eight strokes behind the Wildcats.

Bucey (75-74–149) rode his hole-in-one to a 2-over par 74 Tuesday and joined teammate Sylvester Gama (76-73–149) in a five-way tie for 28th place at 5-over par. Brandon Harkins (79-74–153) moved up 10 slots into a tie for 49th place in the 73-player field.

The Wildcats, currently ranked No. 7 in the nation in the Golf World/Nike Coaches’ Poll and No. 6 by GolfStat, wrapped up quite a fall with their victory Tuesday. They also won last week’s InterWest Wildcat Classic, and prior to that, brought home consecutive third-place finishes in the first two

Bobby Bucey left his putter in the bag after a hole-in-one on the sixth hole.

tournaments of the season. They finished the fall campaign with a 207-8 mark against Division II competition, including 7-0 against the top-25.

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Wildcats of the Week

Kacie McCarthy

Softball

Kacie McCarthy’s freshman season as a Wildcat has been filled with highlights, but the Shingletown native turned in her most memorable performances of the year last weekend in the NCAA West Sub-Regional at Sonoma State, posting three straight victories and helping Chico State advance to the West Super Regional in Hawaii. The Wildcats are just two wins away from reaching the Division II College World Series, thanks in large part to the pitching prowess of McCarthy, who is the latest recipient of Wildcat of the Week honors.

In Friday’s Sub-Regional opener, McCarthy took over for Chico State starter Jessica McDermott and tossed seven-and-a-third innings of relief, striking out a career-high 11 batters and earning the win as the Wildcats beat 15th ranked Grand Canyon University 5-4 in eight innings. In Saturday’s winner’s bracket game versus No. 14 Sonoma State, McCarthy twirled a one-hit shutout in Chico State’s 7-0 victory over the host Seawolves. Sunday McCarthy completed the postseason trifecta, going the distance for the 18th time this year and getting credit for the “W” as the ’Cats rallied back from three runs down to score four times in the bottom of the sixth inning and pull out a 4-3 victory over Dixie State to sweep through the Sub-Regional and advance to this weekend’s West Super Regional.

McCarthy, now 16-10 on the season, lowered her season ERA to 1.92 with the three weekend wins and is ranked third among California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) pitchers. She also is sixth in the conference in victories and innings pitched (164.1). She leads the Wildcats in wins, complete games, innings pitched and appearances (29).

Chico State takes on the No. 3 ranked Sea Warriors of Hawaii Pacific Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific time in the opener of the West Super Regional in Kaneohe, Hawaii. The winner of the best-of-three set will advance to the Division II College World Series May 27-31 in St. Joseph, Missouri.

Brian Beeman

Men's Track

As a decathlete, Brian Beeman is used to running all over the place. But he took it to a new level last week. After competing in the decathlon, high jump and javelin to help lead the Chico State men’s track & field team to the California Collegiate Athletic Association Championship March 6-8, he got on a bus and arrived back in Chico in the wee hours of Sunday morning. Then, he turned around to head back to Southern California for the Claremont Classic Decathlon and turned in an NCAA Provisional Qualifying mark and personal best score of 6,512 on Thursday and Friday.

That iron-man feet has earned him Wildcat of the Week honors.

Beeman finished sixth at the Burns Track and Field Complex while logging the 15th best score in the nation this year. He won the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:31.75, placed third in the 400-meter dash (51.19 seconds) and tied for third in the high jump (6-feet-02.75).

Beeman and a number of his Wildcats teammates now await Wednesday morning’s NCAA Track and Field Championships selection show to found out if he’s earned a berth to the National Championships May 27-29 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Souza stays alive, wins match play opener in U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship

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