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Murray, McComish bring fresh new talent to Wildcat women's golf team
Oregon native Sarah McComish, a prep star at Sprague High School, joins the Wildcats this fall.
7/1/2010 10:58:32 AM
CHICO – With the departure of seniors Erin Sears and Megan Chang, the Chico State women’s golf team have two major holes to fill as it approaches the 2010-11 season. Even with several quality players returning, Head Coach Kathy Dais has made sure that two more talented prospects have been added to the Wildcat roster, with junior college transfer Melinda Murray and high school standout Sarah McComish signing their National Letter of Intent to join the ’Cats this fall.
Murray comes to Chico after spending two years at Santa Rosa Junior College. Though the school was without a women’s golf team, Murray stayed active and improved her game by competing in several amateur golf tournament around the Bay Area. Her greatest success came at the Sonoma County Amateur where Murray posted the second-lowest gross score three straight years in a tournament featuring stroke play and match play champions from many northern California golf clubs. At Santa Rosa High School, Murray logged four seasons on the Panthers’ golf team while earning Athletic Academic honors each year. She qualified for the North Coast Section Championship as a junior, and in her senior year was the recipient of the Bertha Wiggins Golf Scholarship for outstanding player. Melinda’s personal coach is her father John Murray, head PGA professional at Foxtail Golf Club in Rohnert Park.
McComish joins the Wildcats after wrapping up an impressive prep career at Sprague High School in Salem, Ore. Playing for the Olympians, McComish competed four straight years in the Oregon Schools Activities Association (OSAA) 6A State Girls Golf Tournament, and last May finished seventh overall with a two-round score of 78-77-155. In addition to spending plenty of time on the links, McComish participated in a school business campaigning club and was one of 10 handpicked Sprague students to coordinate a fundraiser for a Portland children’s hospital…all while maintaining a 3.46 GPA. Sarah’s father – and personal coach – is John McComish, a former PGA player and owner/PGA head professional at Oak Knoll Golf Course in Independence, Ore.
“I look forward to working with both student athletes,” Dais said. “Melinda will bring experience and maturity to the team. Sarah is very enthusiastic about joining the Wildcats. She has a solid fundamental golf background that will be an immediate impact for the team.”
Women's Golf at Point Loma Nazarene Invitational
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Wildcats of the Week
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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.
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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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2.3.12 | Women's Golf
CHICO – It’s been over three months since the Chico State women’s golf team has teed it up in tournament play, but the understandably anxious Wildcats will finally return to action this Monday and Tuesday, kicking off the spring portion of their 2011-12 schedule with a trip to San Diego to take part in the Point Loma Nazarene University Super San Diego Championship at Riverwalk Golf Course.
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12.8.11 | General
While the leaves have been falling in the City of Trees, the citiy's University, Chico State, has been rising toward the top of the list of the nation’s best NCAA Division II athletic programs. The Wildcats finished the fall ranked second in the Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup fall standings, released Thursday.
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10.25.11 | Women's Golf
SANTA ROSA – The Chico State women’s golf team will undoubtedly enter the spring portion of its 2011-12 season with high expectations, thanks to a solid performance Tuesday in the final round of the Sonoma State Invitational. The Wildcats wrapped up the fall schedule on a positive note, shaving nine strokes off Monday’s first round score at Santa Rosa Golf and Country Club, and carding a collective 29-over par 321 to climb to fifth place in the 36-hole tournament with a total score of 67-over 651.
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10.24.11 | Women's Golf
SANTA ROSA – The Chico State women’s golf team, competing in its final fall tournament of the 2011-12 season, placed three players in the top 25 and carded a collective 38-over par 330 en route to a seventh place finish following first day action at the 36-hole Sonoma State Invitational at Santa Rosa Golf and Country Club.
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10.21.11 | Women's Golf
CHICO – The Chico State women’s golf team has provided plenty of positives so far this season, and Head Coach Kathy Dais is hoping that a strong finish to the fall portion of the 2011-12 campaign will result in ample momentum heading into the spring part of the schedule. The ’Cats will try to deliver that solid performance this Monday and Tuesday during the Sonoma State Fall Invitational, taking place at the Santa Rosa Golf and Country Club.
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10.11.11 | Women's Golf
BELLINGHAM, Wash. – Only two of the 11 schools competing in the Viking Invitational Tuesday bettered its team score from the day before – unfortunately, the Chico State women’s golf team wasn’t one of them. Like most of the field at Bellingham Golf and Country Club, the Wildcats saw their scores soar in the tournament’s final round, posting a collective 50-over par 338 to finish in 10th place overall with a 36-hole total of 78-over 654.
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10.10.11 | Women's Golf
During her nine freshman tournaments last season, Chico State women’s golfer Sarah McComish posted just one top 15 finish. That won’t be the case in 2011-12 – the sophomore from Salem, Ore. has already seen to that by earning a share of seventh place in last weekend’s St. Martin Invitational. Her finest finish ever as a Wildcat makes her the obvious choice for Wildcat of the Week.
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