The Chicago State women's golf team placed ninth out of 10 teams at the Briar Ridge Invitational hosted by UIC at the Briar Ridge Country Club (6,086 yards, Par 72) in Schererville, Indiana.
Koranis Boonmadee finished in a tie for 12th and shot low rounds for CSU both days, with a six-over-par 78 Sunday followed by a three-over 75 Monday morning. Complete results listed below.
Defending champion Morehead State reclaimed the team title by nine strokes (300) over runners-up Green Bay (607) and Western Michigan (607), followed by UIC (611), Purdue Fort Wayne (633), Northern Iowa (638), Cleveland State (639), Detroit Mercy (645) Chicago State (646) and Northern Kentucky (650).
Chicago State will be back on the course Oct. 3-4 at the Butler Fall Invitational at the Highland Country Club in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Team Standings
1. Morehead State, 300-298-598
2. Western Michigan, 304-303-607
Green Bay, 303-304-607
4. UIC, 304-307-611
5. Purdue Fort Wayne, 317-316-633
6. Northern Iowa, 317-321-638
7. Cleveland State, 317-322-639
8. Detroit Mercy, 324-321-645
9. Chicago State, 325-321-646
10. Northern Kentucky, 325-325-650
Chicago State University
T12
Koranis Boonmadee, 78-75-153
T38
Darinka Velazquez, 82-80-162
T43
Gia Lamba, 81-82-163
T60 Montserrat Ramirez, 84-86-170
T64
Faith McKinney, 87-84-171
Playing as an individual:
71
Catherine Swiercz, Chicago State, 94-91-185
T72
Carli Nance, Chicago State, 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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