Incredible second day nets Modesto its second straight CCCAA Women's Golf Championship and third since 2017

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MORRO BAY - The Modesto Junior College women’s golf team planted their flag in the sand and captured the 2022 California Community College Athletic Association Women’s Golf State Championship after an incredible second day of scoring on Monday at Morro Bay Golf Course.

It was the second straight state title for the MJC Pirates, who topped the field at Cypress Ridge in Arroyo Grande in 2021.

Following a day where only four golfers in the entire field broke 80, the Pirates had four of their own golfers shoot a 79 for a team score of 316 and a two-round total of 666, a mere two shots ahead of state runner-up, College of the Canyons, who shot a Day 2 score of 337 for a tournament score of 668.

Saddleback College shot an impressive 329 on Day 2 to finish third overall with a 672, followed by Reedley College (685), Napa Valley (693), Fullerton (695), Sierra (718) and Bakersfield (741).

For the champion Pirates, the foursome of Shealyn Hanrahan, Makena Ebster, Mikaella Manto and Olivia Machado each carded a 7-over-par 79 to help Modesto shave 34 shots off of Monday’s team total of 350.

Fullerton College’s Catherine Lee was the 2022 Individual State Champion after shooting a 75-79-154. She topped College of the Canyons’ Motoko Shimoji (76-78-154) for the top spot by way of a tiebreaker.

Saddleback’s Nicole Whipple finished third in the state with a 158, followed by Reedley College’s Keahna Castillo (160), College of the Canyons’ Floria Peugnet and Santa Barbara City College’s Carlee Stevens (162), who battled the chilly weather and a lack of sunlight to shoot the best round on Monday, a 4-over-par, 76.

(Tony Altobelli, CCCSIA)