KINGSBURG, Calif. - Following two rounds at the Nick Watney Invitational Monday, the UC San Diego men's golf team is tied for 13th.

Fresno State is hosting its annual tournament at Kings River Country Club in California's Central Valley.

HOW IT HAPPENED
UC San Diego carded rounds of 294 and 287 for a total of 581, 13-over par on the par-71, 6,623-yard course. The Tritons rebounded in the afternoon 18, improving by seven strokes over their morning round. Their 287 was 3-over par.

Sophomore Davis McDowell is currently inside the top-30, sitting in a tie for 28th. He is just 1-over par after firing rounds of 72 and 71 for a 143. Three other Tritons improved their scores in the second round including Nathan Tseng, Jerry Wu, and Kyle Dougherty. Elliot Bunyaviroch shot matching 74s in each round. 

TRITON RESULTS
T-28. Davis McDowell, +1 (72-71--143)
T-42. Nathan Tseng, +3 (74-71--145)
T-49. Jerry Wu, +4 (74-72--146)
T-63. Elliot Bunyaviroch, +6 (74-74--148)
T-63. Kyle Dougherty, +6 (75-73--148)
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T-63. Ethan Chen, +6 (73-75--148) (playing as an individual)

THE LEADERS
At 21-under par, Long Beach State sits atop the 16-team field. Cal State Fullerton (-15) is second, six strokes behind The Beach at 15-under. The host Bulldogs sit in third place at 12-under par. Grand Canyon (-10) is the fourth and final team to finish the day below par.

There are three Big West teams in the top-5 as UC Irvine is in fifth place.

Ian Gilligan from LBSU is atop the 93-player leader board with a 12-under 130. He holds a three-stroke lead over Nicky Kling from Grand Canyon. A total of 21 players are under par heading into Tuesday's final round.

TRITON TIDBITS
• This is the second-straight year that UC San Diego has played in this tournament.
• Bunyaviroch, Chen, and McDowell all played in last year's Nick Watney, which was held at San Joaquin Country Club.
• UC San Diego placed 12th of 14 teams last season while freshman Francis Catalano was the top Triton performer, tying for 36th.
• There are seven Big West teams competing this year including Cal State Fullerton, CSUN, Long Beach State, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara.
• Freshman Nathan Tseng is playing in his first collegiate tournament.

UP NEXT
The third and final round of the Nick Watney Invitational tees off at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 27. Action can be followed with live scoring.

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About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions III and II and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.