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'Cats tied for fifth, still in the hunt after two rounds of Golfweek Spring Invitational

Eric Frazzetta shot a 4-over par 74 in Monday's second round of the Golfweek Spring Invitational.

2/8/2010 2:56:33 PM

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.

The Wildcats head into Tuesday seven strokes behind Nova Southeastern University, which leads the 18-team field with a two-day total of 13-over par 589. The University of West Florida is two strokes back in second place at 15-over 591, followed by Lynn University (16-over 592) and Lander University (18-over 594). St. Edward’s University is tied with Chico State for fifth place.

Lucas Delgado continues to lead the ’Cats, following his 1-under par 71 Sunday with a 2-over 73 on Monday for a two round total of 2-over 144, putting him in a five-way tie for eighth place on the individual leaderboard. Right behind Delgado is Kyle Souza, who finished day two of the Golfweek Spring Invitational with a 2-over par 74, good for a three-way tie for 13th place at 3-over 147.

Sylvester Gama birdied three of the last 11 holes Monday to post a 2-over par 74 Monday; his two round total of 6-over 150 puts Gama in a four-way tie for 23rd place. Eric Frazzetta logged perhaps Chico State’s steadiest round Monday – while he had no birdies, he made just four bogeys en route to a 4-over par 76 and a 36-hole total of 153, putting him in a four-way tie for 40th place. Brandon Harkins, after struggling in Sunday’s opening round, rebounded to shoot a 4-over par 76 Monday and move into a seven-way tie for 56th place with a two-day total of 156.

Steven Brame of Lynn University, who shot a 5-under par 67 Sunday, shot 1-over 73 in Monday’s second round, but his 4-under par 140 continues to lead the Golfweek Spring Invitational by three strokes.

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Chico State begins the Golfweek Spring Invitational’s final round Tuesday at 8:05 a.m. Eastern time. Click on this link to check out Golfweek's coverage of the tournament, including scores, stories and video interviews with players and coaches.

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Wildcats of the Week

Kelly Clancey

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.

Sylvester Gama

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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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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’Cats finish strong, tie for third place in Golfweek Spring Invitational

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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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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