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Golfweek Spring Invitational first tournament of 2010 for top ranked 'Cats
Kyle Souza leads the Wildcats this weekend at the Golfweek Spring Invitational in Orlando, Fla.
2/3/2010 10:28:56 AM
CHICO – The No. 1-ranked Chico State men’s golf team heads back into action this weekend, opening its spring schedule this Sunday at the three-day, 54-hole Golfweek Division II Spring Invitational in Orlando, Fla.
The Wildcats gained the No. 1 ranking in the Golfstat head-to-head national rankings following back-to- back team victories at the InterWest Wildcat Classic and the Seawolves Intercollegiate tourney last October.
Despite the high mark and national acclaim coming into the spring, head coach T.L. Brown and the Wildcats will bring a similar humble approach to the second half of the season.
“I’m excited about the rankings, but it’s only a number,” Brown said back in October. “Our goal is to compete for the title in every tournament we play. So we’re looking forward to…getting back out there and competing.”
Chico State also holds the No. 4 ranking in the latest Golf World/Nike Division II Coaches Poll.
Sophomore Kyle Souza led the way for Chico State in the fall – his 71.3 stroke-per-round average this fall helped the ’Cats to an adjusted scoring average of 72.10 – third best amongst NCAA Division II teams. The Wildcats’ squad also features reigning California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Player of the Year Lucas Delgado and sophomore Eric Frazzetta, whose fall average of 72.5 was second only to Souza on the team.
This weekend in Orlando, Chico headlines an 18-team field that includes nationally-ranked schools including Lynn University (No. 6 in the Golf World/Nike Coaches Poll), St. Edward’s (No. 8), Indianapolis (No. 9), Nova Southeastern (No. 13) and Dixie State (No. 18). Cal State Monterey Bay is the only CCAA school besides Chico State competing in the Spring Invitational.
The first-time tournament will take place on the Tom Watson-designed Independence Course in Orlando’s Reunion Resort, and is the first of five regular season tournaments on the Wildcat spring schedule.
There are no upcoming events.
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Wildcats of the Week
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Women's Track
There’s something about the annual Chico Multi that always brings out the best in heptathlete Kelly Clancey. For the second straight year, the junior from Modesto earned an NCAA Championships provisional bid in the heptathlon during the two-day Chico Multi, collecting 4,743 total points over the seven events, easily surpassing the 4,400 points needed to secure the provisional bid.
Clancey was the dominant athlete in the 12-person field, taking first place in four of the seven hepthatlon events. She took top honors in the high jump (5 feet, 3.25 inches), long jump (17 feet, 9.5 inches), 100-meter hurdles (15.42 seconds) and the 800-meter run (2 minutes, 20.25 second), while finishing second in the 200-meter dash (26.34 seconds), fourth in the shot put and sixth in the javelin throw.
Clancey, already well ahead of last season's schedule in which she scored a 4,400 in the Chico Multi and went on to post a career-best 4,811 at the CCAA Championships and advance to the NCAA Championships, will try to better her provisional mark March 24-25 at the California Multi, hosted by UC Berkeley.
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Men's Golf
Sylvester Gama carded three consecutive sub-par rounds and finished alone in second place at 7-under par at the Coyote Classic last Monday and Tuesday. Gama, competing as an individual, finished six strokes clear of third place in a standout performance that was bettered only by Cal State San Bernardino's Gene Webster, Jr.
Gama went 2-under in the opening round on the par-70 course at Arrowhead Country Club. He went 1-under in the afternoon. And on Tuesday, Gama's 66 was bettered only by Webster and matched his teammate Kyle Souza for the third lowest round of the tournament.
A 6-foot senior from Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara CC), Gama has now gone under par in eight of his 16 rounds of the 2009-10 season. His stroke average of 72.1 is second on the Wildcats as are his three top-five finishes.
Those efforts have made him easily the team's most improved player thus far this season. His stroke average was 75.3 last season and he had just one top-10 finish - an eighth-place finish at the CCAA Championships.
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3.9.10 | Men's Golf
Sylvester Gama carded three consecutive sub-par rounds and finished alone in second place at 7-under par at the Coyote Classic last Monday and Tuesday. Gama, competing as an individual, finished six strokes clear of third place in a standout performance that was bettered only by Cal State San Bernardino's Gene Webster, Jr.
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3.2.10 | Men's Golf
SAN BERNARDINO – The Chico State men’s golf team tied top-ranked Barry University for second place at the Coyote Classic Tuesday while showing off the depth of its talent. The Wildcats brought along a sixth player, Sylvester Gama, to play as an individual. All Gama did was manhandle the par-70, 6,510-yard layout with three straight sub-par rounds to finish alone in second place at 7-under par.
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3.1.10 | Men's Golf
SAN BERNARDINO - The No. 3 Chico State men’s golf team is in first place after of the first round of the Coyote Classic in San Bernardino, led by sophomore Kyle Souza, who leads the tournament following a 4-under 66 in the opening round. Souza fired a 33 on the front and another 33 on the back.
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2.25.10 | Men's Golf
CHICO – After finishing third three weeks ago in the Golfweek Spring Invitational, the Chico State men’s golf team – ranked No. 3 nationally in Golfstat’s Head-to-Head Standings and the latest Golf World/Nike Golf Coaches Poll – is back in action this Monday and Tuesday, competing in the 54-hole Coyotes Intercollegiate Tournament, hosted by Cal State San Bernardino and taking place at Arrowhead Country Club.
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2.9.10 | Men's Golf
ORLANDO, Fla. – The Chico State men’s golf team hovered near the top of the leaderboard throughout the Golfweek Spring Invitational, and in Tuesday’s third and final round the No. 1-ranked Wildcats registered their best round of the tournament, carding a collective 2-over par 290 to finish the 54-hole event at 22-over 886, securing a share of third place at the Reunion Resort’s Independence Course in Orlando, Fla.
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2.8.10 | Men's Golf
ORLANDO, Fla. – No dizzying highs, no disastrous lows – that’s how things went Monday for the top-ranked Chico State men’s golf team during the second round of the Golfweek Spring Invitational at the Reunion Resort’s Independence Golf Course in Orlando, Fla. With a generous sprinkling of birdies and nothing worse than bogey for any of the five Wildcat golfers, Chico State posted a collective 11-over par 299 Monday for a two day total of 20-over 596, good for a share of fifth place with one round remaining in the 54-hole tournament.
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2.7.10 | Men's Golf
ORLANDO, Fla. – The Chico State men’s golf team turned in a solid effort Sunday in the first round of the Golfweek Division II Spring Invitational, carding a collective 9-over par 297 and claiming a share of fourth place in the three-day, 54-hole event at Reunion Resort’s Independence Course. The Wildcats placed two golfers in the individual top 10 – Lucas Delgado heads into Monday’s second round tied for second with a 1-under 71, while Kyle Souza is tied for 10th with a 1-over par 73.
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