UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. - After Monday's 36 holes of play at the Redhawk Invitational, UC San Diego's men's golf is eighth of 17 teams.

Seattle U is hosting the two-day, 54-hole tournament at Chambers Bay in Washington State. 

The par-71 course played at 6,989 yards Monday.

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TRITON RESULTS
T-17. Kyle Dougherty, +2 (73-71--144)
T-29. Davis McDowell, +4 (74-72--146)
T-49. Calvin Kong, +7 (74-75--149)
T-62. Nathan Tseng, +9 (81-70--151)
T-70. Elliot Bunyaviroch, +10 (73-79--152)
 
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HOW IT HAPPENED
After two rounds, UC San Diego is 14-over par with a 582. The Tritons shot a 294 in the morning round and improved by six strokes to finish with a 288 in round two.

Sophomore Kyle Dougherty is the top Triton thus far. He is tied for 17th with an even-par 144. Dougherty shot a 73 and a 71. Freshman Nathan Tseng carded a 70 in the second round, the lowest by any Triton. He was 88th following the opening round and rocketed up 26 spots to 62nd on the leader board after his 70.

Idaho leads the field with a 10-under 558 after carding rounds of 282 and 276. Northern Colorado sits in second place, seven strokes back at three-under. Cal State Fullerton and Seattle U are tied for third at seven-over par. 

Seattle U's Nathan Cogswell is in front of the 95-player contingent with a two-under 135. He fired rounds of 66 and 69.

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TRITON TIDBITS
• This is the second-consecutive season that UC San Diego has played in the event.
• There are four Big West teams in the field including Cal State Fullerton, CSUN, UC Irvine, and UC San Diego.
• The 2022 tournament was reduced to a single round due to unsafe weather.

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UP NEXT
The third and final round tees off at 8 a.m. Tuesday from Chambers Bay. 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.