CSU Opens 2021-22 Season At Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational

Tournament: Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational
Dates: Sept. 13-14, 2021
Host: University of New Mexico
Location: Albuquerque, N.M.
Course: UNM Championship Course
Course Par/Yardage: Par 72 / 6,317 yds
Host Web Site: https://golobos.com
Live Scoring: https://csura.ms/3jUV4wL
Tournament Field (14): Colorado State, New Mexico, BYU, California, Colorado, Fresno State, Iowa, Kansas, New Mexico State, Oregon State, Pepperdine, San Jose State, Texas State, UNLV

Next on the Tee: Colorado State will open the 2021-22 season at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational, Sept. 13-14. The two-day, 54-hole tournament, hosted by the University of New Mexico, is being played at UNM Championship Course (Par 72 - 6,317 yards) in Albuquerque, N.M.

Lineup for the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invite: The Rams are in the play-five, count-four event this week at UNM Championship Course. For CSU, the lineup will be:
1.      Andrea Bergsdottir
2.     Lacey Uchida
3.     Pemika Arphamongkol
4.     Romina Villanueva
5.     Panchalika Arphamongkol
Ind. Sofia Torres

A Strong Field In Albuquerque: Among the 14 teams playing in this opening event, nine of them were represented in postseason play, with five (New Mexico, New Mexico State, Oregon State, Pepperdine, San Jose State) making the NCAA Regionals field with full teams and four (BYU, Colorado, Fresno State, UNLV) sending individuals.

Last Time Out: The Colorado State women's golf team finished its 2021 spring season at the Mountain West Conference Championship at the Mission Hills Country Club. The Rams finished in seventh after inking a 307-310-300=917 for the three-day championship. Freshman Panchalika Arphamongkol made the fourth largest jump in the final day, moving up nine positions to finish tied for 13th to lead CSU carding a 76-76-74=226 in her MW Championship debut.
       "Friendly and Sofia have been incredibly steady for us all spring," said head coach Laura Cilek. "It was great to see them both cap it off with a nice performance at our conference championships!"
       Freshman Sofia Torres also climbed the leader board, moving up three positions to finish tied for 15th with a 74-77-76=227 in her first MW Championship. The freshmen duo have been the most consistent for Colorado State, combining for eight Top-20 finishes and both finishing with a sub-76 average in their first season.
TOURNAMENT NOTES
- Arphamongkol posted the fourth lowest score in the field while playing the par 5s finishing three-under. Minier followed inking two-under par.
- Arphamongkol gathered a team-high 34 of Colorado State's 155 pars for the three-rounds, including carding 12 in each of the final two rounds.
- Torres and Bergsdottir each holed six birdies to lead the Rams, including Torres recording three in the opening round.
- Colorado State overall finished one-under par on the par-5s.

Fast Five On the 2021-22 Season:
This is the opening tournament for the Rams this season.
The Rams played in the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational last season, but the tournament moved from the spring of 2021 (which was done due to the Mountain West not competing in Fall 2020 based on the global pandemic) back to its typical fall slot for the 2021-22 season.
The Rams are the only college team in the country to feature two pairs of sisters on the roster (Panchalika & Pemika Arphamongkol and Thea & Tomine Bjerkelo).
Head coach Laura Cilek is in her fourth year as leader of the Rams.
CSU returns the top five scorers from last year, but all three freshmen have cracked the lineup for the opening tournament through qualifying.

Last Time at Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational:
       Sophomore Andrea Bergsdottir inked a career-best 69 in the second round of the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational to help propel her to a top-15 finish as she carded a 72-69-77=218 to tie for 13th. Colorado State finished ninth with a 290-292-313=895 for the two-day event, which included a season-low in the first round.
       "We are so proud of Andrea for her finish this week," head coach Laura Cilek said. "She works very hard and it is awesome to see it come to fruition. Andrea is a great example of a student-athlete and her future for the Rams is very bright. She just needs to continue to trust the process and continue to put herself in contention at tournaments and the wins will come."

TOURNAMENT NOTES
- Colorado State was tied for third after its first-round 290 and was five-shots off the lead after the first day
- The Rams' 290 in the opening round was a season low
- CSU totaled 166 pars during the three-rounds, led by Sofia Torres who recorded 38
- Andrea Bergsdottir led the team finishing even par on the par-4 holes
- Panchalika Arphamongkol paced the Rams on the pac-3s, recording one-under and a 2.92 average.

Friendly Honored As All-American Scholar: Freshman Panchalika Arphamongkol was named to the 2020-21 Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholar team as the association announced its annual honors. The criteria to be named an All-American Scholar includes a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.50.
       Overall, 1,432 women's collegiate golfers were recognized with the prestigious All-American Scholar honor including a combined 38 from the Mountain West.

Fahey Joins Coaching Staff: Erin Fahey joined the CSU women's golf program as assistant coach in June 2021 after spending the last two seasons in the same role at Bowling Green.
       Prior to joining the coaching ranks, Fahey was a three-time captain for the Falcons and was named the 2019 Mid-American Conference Sportswoman of the Year. Over the course of her career, Fahey led BGSU to six team tournament titles, which included a title at the 2017 KZoo Classic, where Fahey also claimed the first individual championship of her playing career.
       During her playing career for the Falcons, the Austin, Texas native has rewritten the BGSU women's golf record book. Her 76.49 career stroke average is the top in program history by 1.74 strokes, while her 75.48 (2017-18) is the best single-season stroke average in BGSU women's golf history. Additionally, Fahey's 77.17 stroke average in 2015-16 still stands as a freshman record. Fahey was BGSU's leading scorer each year of her career.
       A part of back-to-back (17-18 & 18-19) BGSU teams that ranked No. 1 in the country for Division I women's golf in community service hours, Fahey flourished within the BG community and inside the classroom. Fahey – a three-time Academic All-MAC selection and four-time WGCA Academic All-American Scholar – competed on two Bowling Green teams that ranked inside the Top 25 in the nation in Division I team GPA. The 2018-19 squad ranked 23rd in the country for team GPA, while the 2016-17 Falcons ranked No. 15 in the nation.
       Fahey received her bachelor's degree from Bowling Green in 2019. An economics major while at BGSU, Fahey earned her MBA (with a specialization in finance) from the university in 2020.

On the World Stage: Two Rams on the current roster are ranked among the top 900 players in the current World Amateur Golf Rankings, as of September 8. The rankings are based on their average performance in selected counting events over the past two calendar years.
Player                                     WAGR
Andrea Bergsdottir              817
Sofia Torres                           826

Coming Up:
       CSU will return quickly to the course when it travels to Madison, Wis. for the 2021 Badger Invitational, Sun.-Mon., Sept. 19-20.

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