Cal Poly Opens Spring Women's Golf Season at Bakersfield CC

Monday, February 7

Bakersfield Country Club, Bakersfield, CA

8 a.m.

Valley Invitational

Caroline Cantlay at Big West Championship

Caroline Cantlay posted a team-leading 72.5 scoring average in the fall for Cal Poly. The senior's 74.92 career scoring average is No. 1 in program history.

Cal Poly Opens Spring Women's Golf Season at Bakersfield CC

2/3/2022 10:06:00 AM | Women's Golf

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- Following a fall season that included back-to-back first-place finishes and a tie for second place, the defending Big West Conference champion Cal Poly women's golf team heads into the spring portion of its 2021-22 schedule Monday and Tuesday with the first of four spring tournaments.

Coach Sofie Aagaard's Mustangs will compete in the second edition of the Valley Invitational co-hosted by Cal Poly and CSU Bakersfield at the Bakersfield Country Club.

The 54-hole event begins with two rounds of play Monday and the 18-hole final round Tuesday on the 6,029-yard, par-72 layout. Both days begin with 8 a.m. shotgun starts. Live scoring is available at www.golfstat.com. A link also can be found on the women's golf schedule page at GoPoly.com.

Led by Nicole Neale's second-place finish, Cal Poly won the inaugural Valley Invitational by six strokes over Boise State.

"As the defending champions, we are looking forward to a great start to our spring," said Aagaard.

In addition to Cal Poly and CSU Bakersfield, the 12-team field for the Valley Invitational also includes California Baptist, Cal State Fullerton, CSUN, Grand Canyon, Northern Arizona, Santa Clara, UC Davis, UC Irvine, Hawai'i and San Francisco.

Caroline Cantlay led Cal Poly in the fall with a 72.5 scoring average and a pair of top-20 finishes while freshman Kaylyn Noh compiled a 72.7 scoring average with three finishes in the top five, including seconds in both the Ron Moore Intercollegiate and the Ptarmigan Ram Classic, both in Colorado.

Noh also was fourth in her first collegiate event, the Hobble Creek Fall Classic in Springfield, Utah, and posted six rounds of par or better, including four rounds in the 60s.

Cal Poly won both the Ron Moore Intercollegiate and the Ptarmigan Ram Classic and finished tied for second in the Hobble Creek Fall Classic.

Four rounds of qualifying competition at Morro Bay Golf Course, San Luis Obispo Country Club and Hunter Ranch Golf Course helped determine the five golfers who will represent Cal Poly at the Valley Invitational.

In addition to Cantlay, Cal Poly will be represented by Jensen Jalufka, Vanessa Wang, Elizabeth Scholtes and Kamille Dimayuga. Noh will compete as an individual along with Carissa Wu, Madi Daniel and Neale.

Jalufka scored three rounds under par and finished three under par for the four rounds, winning the qualifying rounds over her teammates by 12 strokes. Jalufka missed the entire 2020-21 season due to injury.

Cal Poly also will compete in tournaments hosted by UNLV, UC Davis and Fresno State before defending its Big West title April 10-12 at the San Luis Obispo Country Club.

"We have a strong spring session ahead of us with good field tournaments to build up and prepare us for the Big West Conference Championship," said Aagaard.