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Wazzu News and Notes - March 9, 2022
  • The Washington State women's golf team concluded the 2022 Juli Inkster Meadow Club Collegiate in eighth place, as the Cougars posted a three-round score of 890 (+26). Senior Darcy Habgood and freshman Jinyu Wu each finished inside the top-25 on the player leaderboard to lead the way for the Cougars.
    Habgood carded 4-over; 220 over three rounds of play at the Meadow Club Golf Course to finish 21st on the player leaderboard. The Australian native capped off her stay at the Meadow Club Collegiate by shooting 2-over; 74 in her final round of play. Redshirt freshman Jinyu Wu finished the tournament one-stroke behind Habgood, as the Shanghai, China native posted a three-round score of 221 (+5) to finish in a tie for 22nd.
    Wazzu closed out the Meadow Club Collegiate by carding 13-over; 301 in the third round to finish the tournament in eighth place on the team leaderboard. WSU ended the Meadow Club Collegiate with a three-round score of 890 (+26).
    "The team played tough this week," said WSU Head Coach Kelli Kamimura. "Meadow Club is a challenging course and we stayed focused on hitting one shot at a time and managing our controllables. We did a lot of things well and will take the next two weeks to keep working on getting one day better every day."
    WSU had all five scoring golfers post a top-50 finish at the Meadow Club Collegiate. Junior Jiye Ham and freshman Madelyn Gamble finished in a tie for 40th on the player leaderboard after each golfer carded 11-over par; 227. Freshman Sarah Skovgaard Bils ended her first collegiate tournament with the Cougs in a tie for 48th, as the Virum, Denmark native posted a three-round score of 231 (+15).
    Host San Jose State collected the team title at the Juli Inkster Meadow Club Collegiate, as the Spartans carded 10-under; 854 over their three rounds of play. Washington's Camille Boyd captured the individual title by carding a course record 202 (-14) at the Meadow Club Collegiate.
    Washington State returns to action March 21-22, as the Cougars travel to Fresno, California to participate in the Fresno State Classic at the Belmont Country Club.
    https://wsucougars.com/news/2022/3/8/womens-golf-concludes-the-meadow-club-collegiate-in-eighth.aspx

  • Freshman Peter Jung finished the 2022 Bandon Dunes Championship in a tie for sixth place Tuesday, March 8, as the Washington State men's golf team concluded the tournament in a tie for eighth place on the team leaderboard after posting a three-round score of 866 (+34).
    Jung, who was playing the tournament as an individual, capped off his three-day stay at the Sheep Ranch Golf Course by shooting 3-under par; 68. Jung shot 5-under on par-5 scoring in the tournament to complete the Bandon Dunes Championship at even-par; 213.
    Sophomore Jaden Cantafio also posted a top-15 finish at the Bandon Dunes Championship, finishing in a tie for 11th on the player leaderboard at 4-over; 217. Cantafio capped off the tournament by posting his best round of play at the Sheep Ranch Golf Course on Tuesday. The sophomore shot 3-under par; 68 in his final round to move up 19 slots up the player leaderboard at the end of the tournament to finish tied for 11th.
    "I'm proud of how all the guys fought the last few days," said WSU Head Coach Dustin White. "We just didn't quite have it this week. There was some good golf, but we weren't able to put it together as a group or finish rounds particularly well. The wind got up and the course played tough. This week taught us a lot and will make us better the rest of the spring. Peter had a really nice week and Jaden hung in there and had a solid final round. This should be a nice confidence builder for both of them."
    Junior Pono Yanagi also posted a top-25 finish at the Bandon Dunes Championship. The Hilo, Hawaii native carded even-par; 71 in Tuesday's third round to end the tournament in a tie for 21st. Yanagi completed the Bandon Dunes Championship with a three-round score of 219 (+6).
    Oregon captured the team title at the 2022 Bandon Dunes Championship. The Ducks carded 11-over; 863 as a team to win the tournament by two strokes over San Jose State. The Spartans Caleb Shelter won the tournament's individual title by shooting 4-under; 209 over this three-day stay at the Sheep Ranch Golf Course.
    Washington State will be back in action March 24-26, as the Cougars will head to the Bay Area to participate in The Goodwin at Stanford University.

  • Ahead of the conference championship tournament, the Pac-12 Conference announced the postseason awards with Washington State earning three honors. Fifth-year senior Michael Flowers was named to the second team while freshman big Mouhamed Gueye was recognized with All-Freshman honors. Sophomore Efe Abogidi's prowess in the paint earned him an honorable mention nod to the All-Defensive Team. Flowers and Gueye were first-time recipients while Abogidi earned his second award after taking home all-freshman honor last season.
    In his first season in the Crimson and Gray, Flowers proved himself among the elite talents in the conference. A floor general and a scorer, the fifth-year guard finished the regular season ninth in the conference in scoring averaging 14.2 points per game. He did much of his damage from the outside, leading the Pac-12 in three-point shooting at 2.9 per game on 38.9% shooting. In all, he finished the regular season with 23 double-digit scoring efforts including eight 20-point games and the Cougs' lone 30-point night going for a season-high on the road in Seattle against the Huskies. While known for his scoring touch, Flowers proved himself a well-rounded guard adding 3.4 rebounds per game and a team-best 3.4 assists per game. His 2.14 a/t ratio ranked fifth in the conference as he ended the regular season with 105 assists to just 49 turnovers.
    Arguably the best freshman in the class in his inaugural campaign, Gueye finished the year with five Pac-12 Freshman of the Week awards including taking home the final two of the season as the Cougs took on their Pacific Northwest rivals. Earning four of those awards in Pac-12 play, Gueye was at his best against his conference foes posting 8.8 ppg (51.7% shooting) and 5.6 rpg to go with 1.1 bpg. He posted 10 double-digit scoring games on the year including a career-best 25-point career night in his first rivalry game against Washington. In addition, he led the way with three double-doubles including his first Pac-12 double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds against Stanford, Jan. 13. He would add a second going for 12 points and 11 rebounds against ASU, on Feb. 12. In all, Gueye became the 14th Coug to earn all-freshman honors for his play on the court.
    Continuing his presence as the protector in the middle for the Cougs on the defensive end of the floor, Abogidi earned his first all-defensive nod, becoming the first for WSU since Jervae Robinson also earned honorable mention honors in 2019-20. The anchor of the defense, Abogidi made the Cougs one of the elite units in Division I allowing just 65.3 points per game. With Abogidi in the middle, WSU became the first Pac-12 team since Utah in 2014-15 to hold multiple conference opponents under 45 points in the same season. He ended the regular season with 1.71 blocks per game, second among all shot blockers in the conference, while his 54 total blocks ranks sixth on the Cougs' all-time single-season list. Additionally, he led the Cougs' rebounding efforts at 5.6 per game grabbing 20% of the rebounding chances on the defensive end.

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