U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, COLO. - Following Saturday's first round of the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational, UC San Diego men's golf is 17th and Kyle Dougherty is in 10th place.

In addition, Akira Isayama is tied for third in the separate individual tournament.

Air Force is hosting the three-day, 22-team, 110-player tournament at Eisenhower Golf Club.

The team competition is being played on the Blue Course and the individual tourney is on the Silver Course.

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Tritons finished 17-over par in round one.

Colorado State is in first place at two-under par, four strokes in front of second-place Utah State. San Jose State sits in third at three-over.

Dougherty shot an even 72 today and is tied with seven other players for the 10th position.

The individual leader is Matthew Wilkinson of Colorado State. The Ram is seven-under, four strokes better than his nearest competitor.

Isayama fired a three-under 69 in the individual tournament. He is tied for third with San Jose State's Alaric Mercie. There are 50 golfers in the individual field.

TRITON TEAM RESULTS
T-10. Kyle Dougherty, Even (72)
T-63. Justin Gill, +5 (77)
T-63. Nathan Tseng, +5 (77)
T-87. Davis McDowell, +7 (79)
T-95. Francis Catalano, +8 (80)

TRITON INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
T-3. Akira Isayama, -3 (69)

TRITON TIDBITS
• Eisenhower's Blue Course is 7,541 yards long while the Silver Course plays 6,510.
• This is the second-straight season that UC San Diego has played in this event.
• There are five Big West teams in the field - CSUN, UC Davis, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, and UC Santa Barbara

UP NEXT
Round two gets underway Sunday at 7:30 a.m. Pacific. There is no live coverage for the tournament.

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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.