STOCKTON, Calif. - All five of UC San Diego's golfers are under par as the team moved up three spots into second place following Friday's second round of the Visit Stockton Pacific Invitational.
Pacific is hosting the 17-team tournament at The Reserve at Spanos Park.
UC San Diego shot 17-under par Friday - 10 strokes better than its first round - and is tied with the University of Colorado in the second position at 24-under after 36 holes of play.
Three Tritons are in the top 10, four are in the top 20 and all five are among the top 30 on the 96-player leader board.
Justin Gill (-8) remains the top Triton in sixth. He is followed by
Nathan Tseng (-7) in seventh,
Hanjie Yu (-6) in 10th,
Davis McDowell (-3) in 16th, and
Francis Catalano (-1) in 27th.
Yu made the biggest jump in the standings today, rising 18 slots from 28th to 10th. Tseng improved by eight spots while McDowell and Catalano elevated themselves 12 positions.
Heading into Saturday's third and final round Pacific leads the tournament at 37-under, 13 strokes in front of UC San Diego and Colorado. The University of San Diego is fourth at 6-under par.
USD's Ian Maspat retained his individual lead and is 10-under. The upper echelon of the player standings is tight with four players at 9-under, Gill at 8-under, and eight other players at 5-under or better.
The third round is set for a 7:30 a.m. start Saturday. The first Triton to tee off will be Catalano at 9:09 a.m. He'll be followed by McDowell (9:18 a.m.), Yu (9:27 a.m.), Tseng (9:36 a.m.) and Gill (9:45 a.m.). they'll be paired with players from Pacific and Colorado.
Action can be followed with
live scoring.
TRITON STANDINGS
6.
Justin Gill, -8 (67-69--136)
t-7.
Nathan Tseng, -7 (70-67--137)
t-10.
Hanjie Yu, -6 (72-66--138)
t-16.
Davis McDowell, -3 (72-69--141)
t-27.
Francis Catalano, -1 (73-70--143)
TRITON TIDBITS
• There are six Big West teams in contention - Cal State Fullerton, CSUN, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, and UC Santa Barbara.
• This is the third time that UC San Diego has competed in this tournament (2022, 2024).
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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.
