Springboro, Ohio — In the first day of play at the Wright State Invitational at the Heatherwoode Golf Course, the Chicago State men's golf team placed ninth out of 13 teams. After shooting a team 305 in the first round, the Cougars posted a 315 in round two, with
Camron Jones and
Joshua Stig leading the way, each tied for 34th overall.
Complete results are listed below and
available here.
Team Standings:
1 Wright State
2 Valparaiso
3 IUPUI
T4 Youngstown State
T4 Ohio
T4 Robert Morris
7 Xavier
8 Butler
9 Chicago State University 305-315-620 (+52)
10 St. Francis
11 Green Bay
12 Eastern Illinois
13 Detroit Mercy
Chicago State Cougars:
Camron Jones, 76-79-155
Joshua Stig, 75-80-155
Zack Phelps, 81-76-157
Kevin Bullington, 78-80-158
Kieran Hogarth, 76-83-159
Clay Wells, 78-81-159
Playing as individuals:
Julian Colavecchia, 77-79-156
Payton Dunahee 84-81-165
The field will finish with 18 holes tomorrow at Heatherwoode starting at 7:30 a.m. CT.
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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