The Chicago State women's golf finished eighth out of nine teams at the Dayton Flyer Invitational at the NCR Country Club North Course (Par 70, 5,958 yards) in Kettering, Ohio.
Koranis Boonmadee recorded low rounds for the Cougars each day, carding an 80 of Monday followed by a 79 Tuesday to shoot a two-round 159 which tied for 14th overall individually. Freshman
Gia Lamba made the biggest jump over the two days for CSU, shooting 93 followed by an 82 for an 11-stroke improvement and, as a team, the Cougars improved 10 strokes on the second day to finish nine strokes in front of Thomas More.
Complete team standings and Chicago State results listed below.
The women's golf team is scheduled to complete their fall schedule October 24-25 at the Braun Intercollegiate hosted by the University of Evansville at the Oak Meadow Country Club in Evansville, Indiana.
Dayton Fall Invitational
October 17-18
NCR Country Club North Course (Par 70, 5,958 yards)
Kettering, Ohio
Team Standings
1. Indianapolis, 311-305-620
2. Dayton, 311-310-621
3. Butler, 315-319-634
4. Purdue Fort Wayne, 320-317-637
6. Valparaiso, 331-316-647
5. Cleveland State, 323-332-655
7. Northern Kentucky, 332-324-656
8. Chicago State, 341-331-672
9. Thomas More, 345-358-703
Chicago State University
T14
Koranis Boonmadee, 80-79-159
T36 Montserrat Ramirez, 84-84-168
T46
Darinka Velazquez, 86-86-172
T50
Gia Lamba, 93-82-175
T59
Faith McKinney, 91-94-185
About Chicago State
Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. In 1991, the Chicago State women's tennis team became the first all-black college team to amass an unbeaten season at the NCAA level. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title, also making an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet. Chicago State volleyball recorded a historic season in 2021, with Yanlis Feliz becoming CSU's first volleyball All-American and head coach
Tony Trifonov earning selection as WAC Coach of the Year. During that same season, three different CSU teams earned victories over Big Ten opponents with men's soccer beating Northwestern, women's basketball upending Wisconsin and volleyball, which established a school record 17 wins and hosted a post-season volleyball tournament for the first time in program history, swept Indiana in Bloomington.
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