'Cats wrap up Lady Otter Invitational on positive note, finish in eighth place

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'Cats wrap up Lady Otter Invitational on positive note, finish in eighth place

Erin Sears paced the Wildcats Tuesday with a 9-over par 82 in the final round of the Lady Otter Invitational.

10/27/2009 5:34:29 PM

SEASIDE, Calif. – Despite playing in extremely windy conditions with gusts up to 35 miles an hour, the Chico State women’s golf team bettered its score from the day before, shooting a 44-over par 336 Tuesday in the second and final round of the Lady Otter Invitational, held at Bayonet Golf Course in Seaside. The Wildcats, in ninth place after Monday’s opening round, finished the event in eighth place with a 36-hole total of 89-over 673.

Shelby Hooper carded the Wildcats’ best individual score, following up Monday’s round of 7-over par 80 with a 10-over 83 Tuesday; her total of 17-over 163 was good for a share of 18th place. Megan Chang shot back-to-back 83’s to finish the Lady Otter Invitational in a tie for 29th place with a 20-over 166.

Erin Sears posted Chico State’s top individual round Tuesday, shooting a 9-over par 82 to finish tied for 31st place with a two-day total of 21-over par 167. Whitney Vau bettered her opening round score by five strokes Tuesday with a 15-over 88 to finish in a tie for 51st place at 35-over 181. Tiara Wells carded a 20-over par 93 Tuesday to finish in 53rd place with a 36-hole score of 36-over 182.

First round leader California Baptist University won the Lady Otter Invitational, shooting a collective 31-over par 323 Tuesday to finish the event at 46-over 630. Adriana Niclotti of Cal Baptist posted the top individual score with an 8-over par 154.

COMPLETE TOURNAMENT RESULTS

The Lady Otter Invitational officially wrapped up Chico State’s fall schedule. The Wildcats will be back in action March 1-2 at the St. Edward’s University Invitational in Austin, Texas.

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Wildcats of the Week

Caressa Williams

Women's Basketball

For much of the season, redshirt freshman Caressa Williams has been sitting at the end of the Chico State women’s basketball team bench, seeing very little on-court action. But the former Paradise High School star continued to work hard on her game, and the extra effort has paid off in recent weeks with significantly more playing time. After a string of short but impressive relief roles, Williams delivered a breakout performance Saturday against Humboldt State, posting career highs in scoring and rebounding in the Wildcats’ 90-67 thumping of Humboldt State. Her strongest effort to date makes Williams the latest Wildcat of the Week.

Williams shot over 58 percent (7-of-12), averaging just under 10 points and five rebounds in Chico State’s two weekend contests. She began the weekend with a solid outing Friday against Sonoma State, contributing five points, two rebounds, one assist and two steals in 16 minutes of action. Saturday, though, she was a major part of the Wildcat reserves combining to score 51 in the team’s convincing 23-point win over Humboldt. Williams played 24 minutes, scoring 14 points and hauling in seven rebounds – both career highs – connecting on five of her seven field goal attempts. She also chipped in with an assist and a steal in addition to shining on the defensive end.

Williams’ productive weekend saw her season scoring average more than double, rising from 1.6 to 3.6 points per game. Overall, she is shooting 50 percent from the field and is averaging two rebounds a contest.

Chico State is back in action this weekend, hosting Cal Poly Pomona Friday and San Francisco State Saturday at Acker Gym. Both games are scheduled to tipoff at 5:30 p.m.

Amir Carraway

Men's Basketball

Amir Carraway capped a strong weekend with team highs of 16 points and seven rebounds in the Wildcats’ huge win against Humboldt State Saturday night to earn Wildcat of the Week honors for the second time this season.

The sophomore from Vallejo made two game-sealing free throws with 21 seconds left to finish the night 6-of-7 from the free throw line and pulled down key rebounds on two of the Lumberjacks’ last three possessions. He also set the screen on Jay Flores’ dagger 3-pointer with 40 seconds left.

Carraway finished with 10 points and four rebounds despite playing just 18 minutes due to foul trouble during the Wildcats’ loss to Sonoma State the night before.

The 6-foot-5 forward leads the team in rebounding at 5.5 per game and ranks second in scoring at 10.6 points per game a season after averaging just 1.4 points and one rebound in only 5.4 minutes a night. He’s now led the team in scoring five times and rebounding six this season.

Carraway and the Wildcats, among four teams tied for second in the California Collegiate Athletic Association standings, trail conference co-leaders Cal Poly Pomona and Cal State Dominguez Hills by just one game. They’ll welcome Cal Poly Pomona to town Friday night and San Francisco State Saturday.

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