KYLE TREMBLEY
CONTRIBUTOR

MEN’S GOLF JUMPS TO #17

Cal State San Marcos men’s golf jumped up 6 spots in this week’s NAIA National Rankings, settling in at #17 after debuting last week at #23.

Coach Greg Hutton’s Cougars, who were unranked in the preseason, capped off a very strong regular season with a 7th place finish out of 16 teams at the Cal Baptist Spring Break Intercollegiate in Primm, NV on March 21-22.  At that event, CSUSM finished right in the middle of a field loaded with ranked teams, placing ahead of numerous teams including Holy Names University (#13) and  the University of Victoria (#21).

The Cougars are preparing to compete at the A.I.I. Conference Championships in Victoria, Texas starting Apr. 25.

WOMEN’S GOLF SHINES AT CSUMB

Playing their final “regular season” round of the spring, Coach Cindy Naval’s CSUSM women’s golf squad went out on a high note, shooting an outstanding 317 to finish 11th place at the Lady Otter Invitational.

Hosted by CSU Monterey Bay at Black Horse GC in Seaside, CA, the tournament featured a 22-team field loaded with NCAA Division I and II schools. CSUSM was just one of three NAIA teams competing, but shot rounds of 325 and 317 for a total of 642 to place ahead of 11 NCAA teams. Nova Southeastern won the event with a team total of 597, with the host school placing second at 614.

Linnel DeVilla continued what has been a great spring for her with an excellent round of even par 73 on Tuesday. Combined with Monday’s 79, DeVilla shot a 152 at the tournament, tying her for 11th place.

WEEKEND RESULTS

SOFTBALL
CSUSM 4, Columbia 3
Columbia 3, CSUSM 1
CSUSM 7, Simon Fraser 2
CSUSM 4, Simon Fraser 3

Record:
CSUSM: 31-6

BASEBALL
CSUSM 12, Menlo 10 (10)
Menlo 4, CSUSM 3

Records:
CSUSM: 19-14 Menlo: 17-12-1