US AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — The UC San Diego golf team moved up eight spots in the standings following Monday's second round of the Gene Miranda Falcon Invite.
Air Force is hosting the 24-team, 54-hole tournament Sunday through Tuesday at Eisenhower Golf Club in Colorado Springs.
The Tritons shot a 287 (-1) Monday, 15 strokes better than Sunday's 302 (+14) that they posted in the opening round. The team is currently in 11th place at 13-over par with a two-round total of 589. UC San Diego came into today's round tied for 19th.
Junior
Davis McDowell continues to hold the top spot for the Tritons, sitting in a tie for 15th with a 2-under 142. He fired a 70 (-2) Monday to go along with his 72 (even) Sunday. He moved up one spot in the standings today.
Senior
Jerry Wu rocketed up the leader board 36 positions, moving into a tie for 36th with a 70 (-2) Monday. His 77 yesterday left him in a tie for 72nd.
New Mexico State sits atop the field at 8-under, three strokes ahead of Colorado State and four in front of UC Davis. Five teams are under par following the two rounds.
Valparaiso's Caleb VanArragon took over the No. 1 individual spot Monday, playing consistently with a 67 (-5) in each round. Colorado State's Christoph Bleier, who was in the lead after one round, is now tied for second with Jakub Hrinda from George Washington at 8-under par.
There are 120 players in the field.
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TRITON RESULTS
15 (tie):
Davis McDowell, -2 (72-70--142)
36. (tie):
Jerry Wu, +3 (77-70--147)
61. (tie):
Francis Catalano, +6 (77-73--150)
61 (tie):
Kyle Dougherty, +6 (76-74--150)
98 (tie):
Nathan Tseng, +11 (77-78--155)
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TRITON TIDBITS
• Five Big West Teams are competing at Air Force including Cal Poly, CSUN, UC Davis, UC Riverside, and UC San Diego.
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Nathan Tseng competed in the 2023 U.S. Amateur Championship.
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UP NEXT
The third and final round tees off beginning at 6:30 a.m. Pacific on Tuesday. The round can be followed with
live scoring.
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 in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III 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.
