Tournament: CCAA Championships
Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Location: Brooks, Calif.
Course: Yocha Dehe Golf Course (par-72 / 5,937 yards)
CSUSM Place: 1st out of 6 teams
Top Cougar: 2. Makenna Cabardo (+6, 222)
Individual Winner: Morgan Sjoerdsma (+5, 221)
CCAA All-Tournament Team
Makenna Cabardo
Madison Murr
COURSE REPORT: The No. 8 Cal State San Marcos women’s golf defended its CCAA Championship Title for a third time, winning by 18 strokes with a 1-under 287 on Wednesday afternoon at the Yocha Dehe Golf Course in Brooks, California. Freshman McKenna Cabardo was named the CCAA Championship Runner-Up after carding a 4-under 68 in the final round.
FIRST TEE
Cabardo turned in four birdies and eagled the sixth hole to finish with a 6-over 222 three-round total, one stroke behind CCAA Champion Morgan Sjoerdsma of Cal State LA.
Madison Murr tied for third place after finishing the final round with an even-par 72 and turning in a 12-over 228.
Lauren Hickam had her best collegiate finish with a share of sixth place after carding a 15-over 231.
Breann Horn moved up four places to finish in the top 10, tying for eighth with a 16-over 232.
Diana Delgado carded her best round of the tournament with a 1-over 73, finishing with a 21-over 237 and tied for 15th place.
TEAM SCOREBOARD
1. No. 8 Cal State San Marcos 318-304-287 – 909 (+45); 2. Cal State LA 315-314-298 – 927 (+45); 3. Cal State East Bay 323-303-306 – 932 (+68); 4. Cal State Monterey 327-304-306 – 937 (+73); 5. Sonoma State 331-307-307 – 945 (+81); 6. Chico State 341-315-327 – 983 (+119).
INDIVIDUAL SCOREBOARD
1. Morgan Sjoerdsma (CSULA) 76-74-71 – 221 (+5); 2. Makenna Cabardo (CSUSM) 78-76-68 – 222 (+6); T3. Madison Murr 78-78-72 (+12); T3. Samantha Cabunag (SSU) 82-73-73 – 228 (+12); 5. Marie Dean (CSULA) 76-78-75 – 229 (+13); T6. Lauren Hickam (CSUSM) 79-75-77 – 231 (+15); T6. Wa Yeung Cathy Tong (CSUMB) 81-74-76 – 231 (+15); T8. Breann Horn (CSUSM) 83-75-74 – 232 (+16); T8. Drishti Karumbaya (CSUEB) 77-79-76 – 232 (+16); 10. Caroline Berge (CSUEB) 80-75-78 – 233 (+17); OTHER CSUSM SCORERS: T15. Diana Delgado 84-80-73 – 237 (+21).
INSIDE THE SCORECARD
This marks CSUSM’s third consecutive CCAA Championship title. The Cougars won the inaugural conference title back in 2018 and then preceded to defend it in 2019 when CSUSM hosted at Morgan Run Golf Club.
CSULA’s Morgan Sjoerdsma is the first non-CSUSM student-athlete to be named CCAA Champion as Jaime Jacob was the individual medalist in 2018 and 2019.
CSUSM dominated in Par 4 (+59, 4.39) and Par 5 (-11, 4.82) scoring for the tournament.
The Cougars tallied a tournament-best 144 pars, narrowly passing Cal State East Bay by one.
UP NEXT
With the win, the No. 8 Cougars received the automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Super Regional on May 2-4 in Stockton.
