The Long Beach State women’s golf team completed a dominant performance at the Big West Championship at Strawberry Farms Golf Club to win the three-round tournament by 10 strokes. LBSU finished with an overall 879, 27-over par. It’s the second Big West Championship in school history, and the first since 2009.
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Jennifer Yu won the individual title after a 2-under par 69 in the final round. She is the first LBSU golfer to win scince Kay Hoey in 2007. Yu started the day with two bogies, but finished strong with two birdies on the final holes. She won by three strokes.
“We had a really good talk about two weeks ago about raising the bar,” Cerulle said of he and Yu. “It inspired her, and watching her last two weeks of preparation, you could see it coming.”
LBSU automatically qualifies for the NCAA Regionals on Wednesday, April 25.
1. Long Beach State — 285-304-290 – 879 (+27)
2. UC Davis — 295-301-293 – 889 (+37)
3. UC Irvine — 300-299-298 – 897 (+45)
4. Cal Poly — 300-301-301 – 902 (+50)
5. Hawai’i — 308-299-296 – 903 (+51)
7. UC Riverside — 304-314-297 – 915 (+63)
6. Cal State Fullerton — 299-315-302 – 916 (+64)
8. CSUN — 306-315-301 – 922 (+70)
Long Beach State
1. Jennifer Yu — 70-74-69 — 213 (E)
T5. Haley Tygret — 71-78-73 — 222 (+9)
T8. Holland Shourds — 73-79-71 — 223 (+10)
T12. Cara Barker — 71-77-77 — 225 (+12)
32. Maria Davis — 78-75-83 — 236 (+23)
