Senior Mark Anguiano and junior Tisha Alyn Abrea combined for four top-10 finishes to lead Cal State Fullerton in tournament action, collecting Big West Men's and Women's Golfer of the Month honors for September.
Anguiano Impressive To Open Fall Season
Cal State Fullerton senior Mark Anguiano (Whittier, Calif./La Serna HS) missed individual medalist honors by one stroke in back-to-back tournaments, but still posted a pair of top-three finishes to claim Big West Men's Golfer of the Month honors for September.
Anguiano tied for third in a field of 81 golfers at the Itani Quality Homes Collegiate in Pullman, Wash. He shot a 6-under 204 for the tournament in leading the Titans to a second place finish out of 12 teams. CSF finished one stroke back of host Washington State. Anguiano got progressively better throughout the tournament, carding rounds of 70, 69 and 65. The final round 65 represented the best individual round by a Titan since John San Juan shot a 65 at the Del Walker Invitational on Oct. 22, 2009.
In his next outing, at the Dash Thomas Memorial in Boise, Idaho, Anguiano utilized another torrid finish to the tournament to secure his second runner-up showing. Shooting a final round 66, Anguiano helped the Titans storm up the leader board and move from a tie to seventh after 36 holes to a tie for third at tournament's end. The 66 tied for the third-lowest round by a Titan since the program was reinstated in 2009-10. After carding consecutive rounds of 70 for the opening 36 holes, Anguiano finished with a 7-under 206, which marks the second-lowest individual score since 2009-10.
Anguiano has recorded six straight rounds at par or better to start the season.
Others nominated: Jordan Wright (Cal Poly); Matt Hansen (UC Davis); Leven Simon Seay (UC Riverside)
Alyn Abrea Continues String of Top-10 Showings
Cal State Fullerton junior Tisha Alyn Abrea (Murrieta, Calif./Vista Murrieta HS) was selected the Big West Women's Golfer of the Month for September after posting a pair of top-10 finishes at tournaments in Minnesota and Oregon.
Alyn Abrea tied for eighth among 64 players at the Minnesota Invite in Minneapolis, Minn. She recorded an 11-over total of 227 on The Minikahda Club course and amassed her 10th career top-10 finish. Her best round came on the final day as she posted a 74 to help the Titans move up one spot in the standings to finish eighth among 12 teams.
In a rain-shortened Rose City Collegiate in Oregon, Alyn Abrea posted a 36-hole score of 146 to finish tied for third in the 84-player field. It was her fourth career top-five finish – tying her with two other golfers for the most in school history. Alyn Abrea's final round score of 71 helped the Titans post the second-lowest round (294) of the day, a 21-shot improvement from the first round, and enabled CSF to finish fourth overall among 15 teams.
Alyn Abrea has now finished in the top 10 in each of his last three tournaments dating back to the 2013 Big West Conference Championships.
Others nominated: Madison Hirsch (Cal Poly); Shawnee Martinez (Long Beach State); Betty Chen (UC Davis); Luciane Lee (UC Irvine); Izzy Leung (Hawai‘i)