“During Round 1, we executed our game plan of capitalizing on speed on the greens, putting ourselves in good positions to score, and staying patient,” said Tiffanie Yabut, Head Coach of the `Runners. “We failed to put ourselves in good positions around the greens during Round 2, causing us to give up a lot of unnecessary shots. While it is disappointing to not play well at home, we know the tournament isn’t over and we’ll continue to focus on our process to help us make a jump tomorrow.”
Round 1
Aufa Rachmadya led the `Runners at two-over-par through the first nine holes while Dordevic was just one stroke behind her teammate. The duo came back to the clubhouse as CSUB’s first-round leaders, both carding scores of 78 (+6).
Sophomore Gillian Galicia posted an 83 in Round 1 while fifth-year `Runner Kaleigh Irey rounded out CSUB’s scoring four with an 87. Playing in her first tournament at the NCAA Division I level, recent transfer Yasmin Guerrero carded an 89. Christy Mae Saban, who is playing as an individual this tournament, also used 89 strokes in the first round.
As a team, CSUB’s scoring four posted a total of 326 strokes through Round 1, Bakersfield’s sixth-best single round score of the season. The `Runners sat in 12th place of 12 teams at that point, but Bakersfield lurked just six strokes behind eighth-place Utah Valley.
Round 2
Dordevic continued her steady play and, despite leaving a few strokes out on the course, she walked into the clubhouse as CSUB’s Day 1 leader with 157 strokes (78-79, +13). Dordevic is tied for 29th overall in the 69-woman field after two rounds of play.
Galicia lowered her first-round score by two strokes in the second go-around, finished the day second for the `Runners with 164 strokes (83-81). Rachmadya wrapped up the day two strokes behind Galicia (78-88-166) while Kaleigh Irey came into the clubhouse fourth (87-92-179). Guerrero rounded out CSUB’s competition squad with 187 strokes (89-98-187) while Saban improved three strokes to finish at 175 (89-86) on the day.
Collectively, CSUB closed the second round with a total of 666 strokes (326-340) and is 12th in the field.
Tomorrow
CSUB and the rest of the 12-team field will return to Bakersfield Country Club for one final round of golf on Tuesday. A shotgun start will once again kick off play at 8 a.m. (PT).