EL MACERO, Calif. - UC San Diego men's golf tied for 18th as the El Macero Classic wrapped up Sunday.
UC Davis hosted the three-day, 20-school tournament at El Macero Country Club.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Tritons finished with a 28-over par 892 after shooting rounds of 304, 294, and 294. In Saturday's second round, they trimmed 20 strokes off of their Friday total and maintained that pace in Sunday's third and final round.
UC San Diego tied for 20th with Pacific.
Freshman
Calvin Kong was the Tritons' top finisher, tying for 55th in the 100-player field. He came in six-over par with a 222. Sophomore
Davis McDowell was just behind, tying for 58th at seven-over.
Due to their third-round play, McDowell moved up 13 spots in the standings, Kong jumped 12 places, Dougherty improved by seven spots, and Wu gained three spots.
Kong's 72 in the second round was the best of any Triton over the three days.
The University of San Diego won the event with a 14-under 850. North Texas was three strokes behind in second and Cal State Fullerton took third, four strokes behind San Diego.
Seven of the 20 teams concluded the tourney under par.
Omar Morales of UCLA was the individual medalist after winning a playoff over San Diego's Andi Xu. Both Morales and Xu finished 13-under over 54 holes.
A total of 22 golfers came in under par for the tournament.
El Macero is a par-72 that played 7,127 yards during the event. The average round was a 73.6.
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TRITON RESULTS
T-55.
Calvin Kong, +6 (77-72-73--222)
T-58.
Davis McDowell, +7 (77-73-73--223)
T-73.
Kyle Dougherty, +10 (76-76-74--226)
T-85.
Jerry Wu, +13 (74-81-74--229)
T-97.
Davis Lee, +20 (78-73-85--236)
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TRITON TIDBITS
• Eight teams nationally-ranked in the top-100, including two in the top-50, competed including San Francisco (45), San Diego (47), California (51), Long Beach State (58), UCLA (74), Fresno State (81), Santa Clara (87), and Loyola Marymount (97).
• Five Big West schools were represented - Cal Poly (tie for 13th), Cal State Fullerton (3rd), Long Beach State (7th), UC Davis (12th), and UC San Diego (tie for 18th).
• This was the second and final three-day tourney for the Tritons this season (Visit Stockton Invitational, Oct. 20-22).
• UC San Diego played in this tournament in 2022 as well.
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NEXT UP
UC San Diego closes out its season with an appearance at the 58th PING Cougar Classic, hosted by BYU April 21-22 at Riverside Country Club in Provo, Utah.
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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.
