With the expansion of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in 1996, rivalries all over the conference were disrupted, and familiar foes rarely crossed each other’s battlefields in season schedules. Coach LaVell Edwards joked afterwards, “I’d rather lose and live in Provo than win and live in Laramie.”īut the last two years have seen a dearth of Wyoming wisecracks. One memorable moment occurred in 1981 when BYU football traveled to Wyoming and lost to the ‘Pokes amid a blinding October snowstorm.
Plenty of BYU fans can recall epic Cougar-Cowboy battles in various sports, which over the years have shaped an intense rivalry. During that same season, three different CSU teams earned victories over Big Ten opponents with men's soccer beating Northwestern, women's basketball upending Wisconsin and volleyball, which established a school record 17 wins and hosted a post-season volleyball tournament for the first time in program history, swept Indiana in Bloomington.įor complete coverage of Chicago State University athletics, follow us on social media (Twitter), (Instagram), /ChiStateCougars (Facebook), or visit the official home of Chicago State athletics at from the University of Utah, BYU arguably has no bigger athletic nemesis than the University of Wyoming. Chicago State volleyball recorded a historic season in 2021, with Yanlis Feliz becoming CSU's first volleyball All-American and head coach Tony Trifonov earning selection as WAC Coach of the Year. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet. The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions.
CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title, also making an appearance in the Postseason Tournament (CIT). In 1991, the Chicago State women's tennis team became the first all-black college team to amass an unbeaten season at the NCAA level. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler.
CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. Both CSU men's and women's golf will participate in the three-day event.Ībout Chicago State Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. Formerly the PGA Minority Golf Championship, the 35-year event features Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-serving institutions and other minority-serving institutions from across the nation. Next up for Chicago State is the 2022 PGA Works Collegiate Championship in Philadelphia. This year's event was at the Boulder Creek Golf Club, a world-renowned venue which is made up of three nine-hole courses.Ĭomplete results are listed below and available here courtesy of GolfStat.ġ. With a 7-under 857, Abilene Christian roared back to earn the WAC Championship. Bartosz Bogusz finishes as CSU's leading golfer for the three-day event, logging a 226 total.
On Sunday, Clay Wells paced the Cougars with a 75, finishing at 228 on the weekend. Story Links BOULDER CITY, Nev. - Wrapping up the weekend at the Western Athletic Conference championship, Chicago State men's golf posted a final-round score of 312, finishing in 10th place with a total of 915 on the weekend.
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