CSU Heads To California For Mountain West Championship April 18-20

Tournament: Mountain West Championship
Dates: April 18-20, 2022
Host: Mountain West Conference
Location: Rancho Mirage, Calif.
Course: Dinah Shore Tournament Course-Mission Hills Country Club
Course Par/Yardage: Par 72 / 6,270 yds
Host Web Site: https://themw.com
Live Scoring: https://csura.ms/3jHvIkV
Tournament Field (9): Colorado State, Boise State, Fresno State, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, San José State, UNLV, Wyoming

Next on the Tee:
Colorado State will compete in the 2022 Mountain West Women's Golf Championship, April 18-20. The three-day, 54-hole tournament, hosted by the Mountain West Conference, will be played at Mission Hills Country Club's Dinah Shore Tournament Course (Par 72 - 6,270 yards) in Rancho Mirage, Calif. The team winner of the tournament earns the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Regionals. The Rams will go off No. 1 on the first day, starting at 7 a.m. PT and playing with San José State and San Diego State.

Lineup for the Mountain West Championship:
The Rams are in the play-five, count-four event this week at the Dinah Shore Tournament Course at Mission Hills Country Club. For CSU, the lineup will be:
1.            Andrea Bergsdottir
2.            Lacey Uchida
3.            Sofia Torres
4.            Pemika Arphamongkol
5.            Gabby Minier

Handicapping the Field In California:
Joining Colorado State competing for the league title are Boise State, Fresno State, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, San José State, UNLV and Wyoming.

Par Four On Mountain West Championship:

This will be the 22nd time that CSU has played in the event, with the best finish a tie for second in 2001. In a field of at least seven teams, the Rams best finish is third in both the 2010 and 2018 events.
Of the nine programs competing, five had participants as either a team or individual in the 2021 NCAA Regionals (New Mexico, San José State and San Diego State with teams, Fresno State and UNLV with individual), with two individuals that advanced to the NCAA Championships.
In the field, eight of the nine teams are ranked in the top 125 nationally according to Golfstat, with four in the top 70, including No. 5 San Jose State, No. 50 UNLV,, No. 53 New Mexico and No. 62 San Diego State.
The Dinah Shore Tournament Course is the home of The ANA Inspiration (formerly known as the Kraft Nabisco Championship), the first major tournament of the year on the LPGA Tour.

CSU History In Mountain West Championship
4/20-21/2021     7th/9     307-310-300=917 (+53)
2020       Canceled due to COVID
4/15-17/2019     8th/9     321-319-309=949 (+85)
4/16-18/2018     3rd/9     306-295-294=895 (+31)
4/17-19/2017     8th/9     311-305-317=933 (+69)
4/18-20/2016     6th/9     309-305-307=921 (+49)
4/20-22/2015     6th/9     304-299-310=913 (+49)
4/24-26/2014     8th/9     311-305-313=929 (+65)
4/25-27/2013     7th/8     316-318-316=950 (+86)
4/20-22/2012     5th/7     310-306-306=922 (+58)
4/14-16/2011     6th/7     300-297-292=889 (+25)
4/15-17/2010     3rd/7     306-302-306=914 (+50)
4/16-18/2009     4th/7     314-307-300=921 (+57)
4/17-19/2008     5th/7     324-314-304=942 (+66)
4/19-21/2007     5th/7     315-312-322=949 (+97)
4/20-22/2006     6th/7     311-302-321=934 (+70)
4/21-23/2005     3rd/6     302-298-307=907 (+55)
4/21-23/2004     5th/6     294-302-294=890 (+38)
4/24-26/2003     3rd/6     309-303-305=917 (+61)
4/22-24/2002     3rd/6     301-296-301=898 (+46)
4/23-25/2001     t-2nd/5 302-290-295=887 (+35)
4/24-26/2000     3rd/5     310-319-308=937 (+73)

Last Time Out:
                Colorado State fought the conditions but were unable to move up in the final round and finished 14th at the 2022 Chambers Bay Invitational. The two-day, 54-hole tournament, co-hosted by Seattle University and the University of Washington, was played at Chambers Bay Golf Course (Par 72 – 6,046 yards) in University Place, Wash.
                In chilly and windy conditions for the second day, CSU shot a 33-over 321 in the last round to finish at 82-over 946. On a day where no team cracked 300 in the scoring, UCLA won the tournament at 12-over 876, defeating runner-up Washington at 30-over 894 by 18 shots. Pepperdine finished third at 31-over 895, with Denver in fourth at 33-over 897. Fresno State rounded out the top five teams at 51-over 915.
                "This was quite a tough week for everyone in the field," head coach Laura Cilek said. "Chambers Bay is an amazing golf course, but the conditions were brutal this week. We saw wind, snow, rain, and sleet throughout our 36 holes on Monday and final 18 Tuesday. I thought our players did a good job trying to learn what they could from playing in those conditions. We are looking forward to getting to Mission Hills for our conference championship next week!"
                The Rams were paced by junior Andrea Bergsdottir, who tied for 34th at 17-over 233. Freshman Pemika Arphamongkol was next at 21-over 237 in a tie for 52nd. Sophomore Sofia Torres tied for 72nd at 25-over 241, while junior Tomine Bjerkelo and freshman Lacey Uchida tied for 81st at 27-over 243. Playing as an individual, sophomore Panchalika Arphamongkol tied for 52nd at 21-over 237. UCLA's Emma Spitz won medalist honors at 1-under 215, two shots ahead of teammate Emilie Paltrinieri and Washington's Camille Boyd at 1-over 217.

Other Season Highlights

The current team average of 298.48 is second on the CSU chart for single-season average and lowest versus par so far.
Junior Andrea Bergsdottir currently ranks fourth in career scoring average while fellow junior Gabby Minier is ninth on the list.
The first and third rounds for the Rams in the FAU Paradise Invitational are the low for the season and tied for the sixth lowest rounds in program history.
CSU's even-par 54-hole total of 864 at FAU is the fourth lowest score ever for the Rams.
Sofia Torres shot a 4-under 214 at the FAU Paradise Invitational, which is tied for the 10th best event performance ever.

Fast Five On the 2021-22 Season:

This is the 10th tournament for the Rams this season.
The Rams have three top-10 and 12 top-25 individual finishes this season, with the 11 top-25s going to five separate players (Panchalika Arphamongkol, Andrea Bergsdottir, Gabby Minier, Sofia Torres and Lacey Uchida).
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 at least once each so far this season.

On the World Stage:
                Three Rams on the current roster are ranked among the top 1500 players in the current World Amateur Golf Rankings, as of April 15. The rankings are based on their average performance in selected counting events over the past two calendar years.
Player   WAGR
Andrea Bergsdottir          1119
Sofia Torres        1239
Lacey Uchida      1470

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.

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