The Chicago State women's golf team finished seventh out of 11 teams at the Braun Intercollegiate hosted by the University of Evansville at the Oak Meadow Country Club in Evansville, Indiana.
Koranis Boonmadee led the Cougars each round with a first-round 81 followed by a 74 to finish in a tie for 11th overall. It was the fourth time in five tournaments Boonmadee has led the team.
As a team, the Cougars leapfrogged Indiana State and Southern Indiana with a 323, shaving 17 strokes off their first-round score to finish seventh while first-day leader Austin Peay State posted a 306 for a three-shot win over runnner up Evansville.
Complete team standings and Chicago State results listed below. This was the final competition of the fall season for the women's golf team.
Braun Intercollegiate
October 24-25
Oak Meadow Country Club
Evansville, IN
Team Standings
1. Austin Peay State, 305-306-611
2. Evansville, 313-301-614
3. Bellarmine, 312-312-624
4. UIC, 309-316-625
5. Murray State, 317-310-627
6. Lindenwood, 334-326-660
7. Chicago State, 340-323-663
8. Indiana State, 327-337-664
9. Southern Indiana, 328-338-666
10. Eastern Illinois, 349-334-683
11. Tennessee State, 352-342-694
Chicago State University
T11
Koranis Boonmadee, 81-74-155
T38
Darinka Velazquez, 88-79-167
T46 Montserrat Ramirez, 86-84-170
T54
Faith McKinney, 85-89-174
T64
Gia Lamba, 91-88-179
Playing as an indvidual
70
Catherine Swiercz, 105-99-204
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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