US AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — The UC San Diego golf team held its position Tuesday and finished 11th of 24 squads as the Gene Miranda Falcon Invite concluded.

Individually, junior Davis McDowell was the top finisher for the Tritons, tying for 17th of 220 players.

Air Force hosted the three-day, 54-hole tournament at Eisenhower Golf Club in Colorado Springs.

UC San Diego finished with an 878, 14-over on the par-72, 7,541-yard course. The team opened with a 302 (+14) Sunday, followed with a 287 (-1) Tuesday, and concluded with a 289 (+1) today. The Tritons sat in a tie for 19th after the opening round and moved up to 11th by improving their score by 15 strokes in round two.

McDowell ended the event with an even par 216. He posted rounds of 72 (even), 70 (-2), and 74 (+2). 

Junior Franics Catalano moved up 14 spots in the standings after carding a 71 (-1) Tuesday. He tied for 47th with a 5-over par 221.

Senior Jerry Wu also tied for 47th.

Improving their placings between Monday and Tuesday were junior Kyle Dougherty (+6, tie for 55, up six spots) and sophomore Nathan Tseng (+11, tie for 80th, up 18 spots).

Colorado State won the team title for the second-straight year with a score of 851 (-13). 
 
CSU's Christoph Bleier and Valparaiso's Caleb VanArragon each shot 203 (-13), with VanArragon winning on the first playoff hole.

There were 120 players in the field.

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TRITON RESULTS
17 (tie): Davis McDowell, even (72-70-74--216)
47 (tie): Francis Catalano, +5 (77-73-71--221)
47 (tie): Jerry Wu, +5 (77-70-74--221)
55 (tie): Kyle Dougherty, +6 (76-74-72--222)
80 (tie): Nathan Tseng, +11 (77-78-72--227)

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TRITON TIDBITS
• It was UC San Diego's first tournament of its 2023-24 season.
• Five Big West Teams were competing at Air Force including Cal Poly, CSUN, UC Davis, UC Riverside, and UC San Diego.
• Nathan Tseng competed in the 2023 U.S. Amateur Championship.

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UP NEXT
UC San Diego is off this coming week and returns to action Sept. 23-24 at the Macdonald Classic, hosted by Yale in New Haven, Conn.

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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 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.