`Runner Golfers Start Season with Strong Rounds

EDEN, Utah – In just the first day of competition in the 2022-23 season, the Cal State Bakersfield golf team has proved that a big year is ahead. Under the leadership of second-year Head Coach Tiffanie Yabut, the Roadrunners opened the year with 36 holes of golf at the Kelsey Chugg Invitational on Monday. Yabut's squad has already improved upon its best round from last season and the `Runners have their sights set on shifting the direction of the program into a legitimate contender in The Big West.

Quotes from Head Coach Tiffanie Yabut

"Our first round was tough. We committed to our game plan, but we struggled with course management and spent most of our round trying to adjust to the speed of the greens and landing spots into greens. The greens are fast and firm and we put ourselves in tough positions to score."
"I am proud of the fight and grit the team showed in the second round. We adjusted to the greens and picked better landing spots after Round 1 and came back strong in Round 2."
"I am especially proud of the great performance by freshman Sarah Mutai. She is a fiery competitor and put together two strong rounds for us. The only shots she lost were from course management, so it was a very impressive performance and debut as a Roadurnner."

Notables

Bakersfield's Round 2 score of 304 (+16) is already six strokes better than the team's lowest round of the 2022-23 season.
Making her collegiate debut, Mutai led CSUB with a score of 150 (76-74, +7) through the first two rounds.
CSUB's total of 620 strokes is tied for eighth place of 10 teams and just seven strokes behind fifth place.
Full results available on GolfStat.com.

Round 1

Mutai posted a 76 (+4) to lead the `Runners in her first collegiate round.
Fellow freshman and Bakersfield native Iris Han (77) and junior Jefi Dordevic (79) also scored in the 70s.
CSUB's score of 316 would have been the second-best team score of the 2021-22 season.

Round 2

Mutai shot a 74 to pace CSUB once again.
Three other `Runners returned cards in the 70s to the clubhouse: Gillian Galicia (75, career-low), junior Arlene Salvador (76), and Dordevic (79).

Tomorrow

Kelsey Chugg Invitational
18 holes
Wolf Creek Golf Club
8:00 a.m. (PT) shotgun start
Links to follow along at GoRunners.com/Live

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Players Mentioned

Jefi Dordevic: 5' 4"; Junior

Gillian Galicia: 5' 2"; Junior

Sarah Mutai: 5' 4"; Freshman

Iris Han: 5' 4"; Freshman

Arlene Salvador: 5' 6"; Junior

Players Mentioned

Jefi Dordevic
: 5' 4"; Junior

Gillian Galicia
: 5' 2"; Junior

Sarah Mutai
: 5' 4"; Freshman

Iris Han
: 5' 4"; Freshman

Arlene Salvador
: 5' 6"; Junior