Golf Team Shines Their Clubs for a New Season

Hayley Alaniz, Staff Reporter

Hayley_Alaniz@csumb.edu

April 17, 2008

With the competitive spring

season of 2008 underway, the

CSU Monterey Bay’s (CSUMB)

women’s golf team is off to a

great start. The fairway is green

enough to be played on, while the

clubs are shined and polished for

the CSUMB women to putt into

the post season.

The women’s golf team has

participated in tournaments in San

Antonio, TX, Goodyear, AZ, and

numerous golf courses around

California, most of which they

have not only been on par, but

also placed highly. For example,

the team has ranked second twice

so far this season, and there have

been certain individuals who have

proven their skills.

At the Notre Dame Demure

Invitational in Livermore,

Cicilia Chudivan, a sophomore

and Business major, ranked

number one of all players in the

competition with scores of 75

in the first round and 77 in the

second round. In that specific

tournament, four other CSUMB

players ranked in the top twenty

and continued to make their mark

in the collegiate golf world.

Terri Green, co-head coach for

the second season, commented

that one of the best things about

this season so far was the women’s

scoring average.

“When we [the coaches] took

over, the team was ranked fortysixth.

Now the team is ranked

twenty-fifth,” said Green.

With good team chemistry and

a main goal to have fun, Green

continued that the team hopes to

make it to the invitational finals

in late April in Phoenix. The

finals consist of only eight teams.

Green stated, “I have spoken to

a few coaches and they think

[CSUMB] has a good chance of

making it.”

Cicilia Chudivan, who has been

on the golf team for two years,

stated that not only has winning

the tournament at the Notre Dame

Invitational been the highlight of

her season, but also the team has

broken school records twice so

far this season.

A Freshman and Social

Behavioral Science (SBS) major

Darcy Lake said, “I think we

are doing very well. I believe

we have a really good chance of

making it to the post season; all

we have to do is work hard and I

think we can perform well.”

The small yet strong team

of women holds full academic

schedules as well as complies

with heavy demands at practice

and has still put up a fierce

fight. Competing against teams

like Chico State, who was once

ranked above CSUMB, has

been beneficial to the team.

Coach Green stated, “The main

philosophy for the girls is to enjoy

themselves. By having fun in the

tournaments, the women have no

stress and play better.”

On April 7 and 8, CSUMB

finished third at the InterWest

Chico State Invite with overall

scores of 316 and 320. The

women’s golf team will compete

in the Rocky Mountain Athletic

Association Championships in

Colorado on April 14 and 15.