STOCKTON, Calif. - Justin Gill is second and UC San Diego is fifth after the first 18 holes of the Visit Stockton Pacific Invitational Thursday.

Pacific is hosting the 17-team tournament at The Reserve at Spanos Park. 

Gill fired a blistering 5-under par 67 in the opening round, the second lowest round of his career. The junior posted seven birdies, nine pars, and just two bogeys. Four of his birdies came on par-5 holes.

Senior Nathan Tseng is also in the top-20, tied for 15th at 2-under.

Ian Maspat from the University of San Diego leads at 8-under, three strokes in front of second-place Justin Bai from Pacific, Brandon Knight from Colorado and Travis Robbie from Pacific.

Overall, the Tritons are 7-under.

The University of Colorado and the host Tigers are tied for first place at 12-under. The University of San Diego is third, two strokes behind the leaders at 10-under.

The second round is set for a 7:30 a.m. start Friday. The first Triton to tee off will be senior Francis Catalano at 8:24 a.m.

Action can be followed with live scoring.

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TRITON STANDINGS
t-2. Justin Gill, -5 (67)
t-15. Nathan Tseng, -2 (70)
t-28. Davis McDowell, Even (72)
t-28. Hanjie Yu, Even (72)
t-39. Francis Catalano, +1 (73) 

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TRITON TIDBITS
• The Tritons will be playing alongside golfers from Sacramento State and Utah Tech in Friday's second round. (Tee times)
• 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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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.