STOCKTON, Calif. - UC San Diego sits in seventh place while Nathan Tseng is fourth following Monday's opening round of the Visit Stockton Pacific Invitational.

Pacific is hosting the 15-team, 91-player event at Stockton Golf & Country Club, a par-71, 6,566-yard venue.

HOW IT HAPPENED
UC San Diego earned its seventh-place position by shooting a 2-under par 282 in round one.

The University of San Diego leads the field at 12-under and is followed by Pacific (-9) in second. California Baptist and Grand Canyon are tied for third at 8-under.

Tseng carded a 4-under 67. He had one eagle, five birdies, nine pars, and three bogeys.



Francis Catalano also shot under-par with a 69 (-2).



Three players are atop the individual leader board at 5-under including the University of San Diego's You Choi and Pacific's Travis Robbie.

TRITON TEAM RESULTS
T-4. Nathan Tseng, -4 (67)
T-11. Francis Catalano, -2 (69)
T-33. Akira Isayama, E (71)
T-72. Kyle Dougherty, +4 (75)
T-72. Justin Gill, +4 (75)

Individual (does not count in team scoring)
T-82. Adriel Abaoag, +5 (76)

TRITON TIDBITS
• There are seven Big West teams in contention - Cal State Fullerton, CSUN, Idaho (affiliate member), Sacramento State (affiliate member), UC Irvine, UC Riverside, and UC San Diego.
• The Tritons last played this tournament in 2022. They tied for 11th of 16 teams. Davis McDowell was the top finisher for UC San Diego, tying for third in the 93-player field.

UP NEXT
The Tritons' first group tees off at 7:45 a.m. Tuesday. They will be playing with UC Irvine and Sacramento State. Full Round 2 Pairings

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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.