EL MACERO, Calif. - Two Tritons placed in the top-20 through the first two days competing at the El Macero Classic this weekend in Northern California.
UC Davis hosted the 54-hole, 18-team tournament at El Macero Country Club.

It was the best finish for the Tritons in three appearances at the tourney.

UC San Diego enters Sunday's final day of competition tied for fifth place alongside Cal Baptist at 24 strokes over par.

The Tritons have shot 600 overall as a team, with a score of 301 in the first rounds and 299 in the second round.

In the 104-player field, Davis McDowell is tied for third place while Nathan Tseng is tied for 10^th place. Justin Gill came in tied for 30^th place and Francis Catalano is tied for 70^th place.
 
Rounding out the Tritons lineup is Davis Lee who is currently tied for 95^th place in the tournament standings.

Saint Mary's currently holds the lead for the weekend as they have a total team score of 593 good for +17 through two days. CSU Northridge and San Diego currently sit at second and third place respectively.

CSU Northridge's Felix Schrott and GCU's Tommaso Zorzetto currently are tied for first place through the first two days of competition at even par.

TRITON RESULTS
T-3. Nathan Teseng, +1 (75-50)
T-3. Davis McDowell, +1 (75-25)
T-17. Justin Gill, +5 (74-47)
T-70. Francis Catalano, +14 (80-78)
T-95. Davis Lee, +19, (77-86)

TRITON TIDBITS
• This is the third-straight season that UC San Diego has played in this tournament.
• In 2023, the Tritons placed in 18^th place out of 20 teams. Davis McDowell finished tied for 58^th place last year.

UP NEXT
The Tritons will now look forward to their final 18 holes of competition on Sunday for the final day of the El Macero Classic.

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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.