CSUB women gain spot in postseason basketball tourney
| Monday, Mar 15 2010 11:05 PM
Last Updated Monday, Mar 15 2010 11:13 PM
Cal State Bakersfield's women's basketball team received a bid Monday from the Women's Basketball Invitational, becoming the first CSUB team sport to reach the Division I postseason.
CSUB, in its final year of transition from Division II to Division I, will play at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (22-10). The WBI selects 16 teams not chosen for the women's NCAA or NIT fields.
"This is a historic step," CSUB coach Tim La Kose said in a release. "We have worked this entire transition to move from being a top Division II team to a top Division I team, and this is a giant step in the right direction."
CSUB (16-12) is the No. 7 seed in the tournament's West region; Texas A&M-Corpus Christi is No. 2.
Should the Roadrunners win, they would host a second-round game against either Washington or Portland on a date to be determined.
JC men's golf
Rufie Fessler fired a 79 to help Bakersfield College finish fourth in the Canyons Invitational, which doubled as a Western State Conference tournament at Valencia Country Club.
Host College of the Canyons won the event with a team score of 379, followed by Ventura (397), Allan Hancock (401) and BC (403) in the 16-team tournament.
Chris McCracken shot an 80, Rich Gilkey and Ryan Underhill scored 81s, James Dean Phillips an 82 and Daniel Russell an 85 for the Renegades, who next play in the CSUB Invitational on Monday at Bakersfield Country Club.
