STOCKTON, Calif. - The UC San Diego golf team finished 12th as the Visit Stockton Pacific Invitational concluded with Wednesday's third round.
Pacific hosted the 15-team, 92-player event at Stockton Golf & Country Club, a par-71, 6,566-yard venue.
HOW IT HAPPENED
UC San Diego was seventh after round one and 12th after both the second and third rounds.
The Tritons finished 9-over with an 861 over the three rounds. They shot 282 in the first round, 293 in the second, and 286 today.
The University of San Diego won the event, finishing 32-under par. The Toreros were four strokes in front of second-place Pacific and 11 better than third-place California.
Nathan Tseng went wire-to-wire as the Tritons' leader. He opened with a 67 Monday, which put him in fourth. His 74 Tuesday dropped him into 28th and today's 72 had him finishing 33rd overall.
Justin Gill, who placed 47th at 4-over, shot a 67 Wednesday to match Tseng for the low round by a Triton over 54 holes of play.
The top of the leader board was tight. Pacific's Travis Robbie took the win at 13-under par. A University of San Diego duo - Jaden Cantafio and You Choi - tied for second at 11-under.
TRITON RESULTS
T-33.
Nathan Tseng, Even (67-74-72--213)
T-47.
Justin Gill, +4 (75-75-67--217)
T-57.
Akira Isayama, +5 (71-75-72--218)
T-65.
Kyle Dougherty, +6 (75-69-75--219)
T-73.
Francis Catalano, +8 (69-76-76--221)
Individual (does not count in team scoring)
T-87.
Adriel Abaoag, +14 (76-78-73--227)
TRITON TIDBITS
• There were seven Big West teams in contention - Idaho (6th), Cal State Fullerton (7th), UC Irvine (t-8th), UC Riverside (10th), Sacramento State (11th), UC San Diego (tie-12th), and CSUN (tie-12th).
• 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
UC San Diego plays its final fall tournament on the Bahamas. The prestigious White Sands Collegiate takes place Oct. 25-27 at the Ocean Club on Paradise Island.
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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.
