LA JOLLA, Calif. - Round two of the Fifth Annual UC San Diego Invitational wrapped up Monday on the renowned South Course at Torrey Pines.
The Tritons are sitting in a tie for 13th among the 20 team field, 43 over par after shooting a 306 in Sunday's opening round and a 313 today.
UC San Diego's top individual heading into Tuesday's third and final round is
Justin Gill, tied for 23rd in the 111 player field.
Sacramento State (+17) leads the tournament with rounds of 303 and 290. Arkansas State (+22) is second (+22) and Utah State (+23)Â is third.
The lone player under par is Thomas Schmidt of Arkansas State. He fired rounds of 71 and 68 on the par 72, 7,802 yard course layout.
The 20-team lineup is the largest in the event's history. Two teams in the field are ranked in the national top 100 including New Mexico State (64) and Arkansas State (88). Five Big West squads are in contention including CSUN, Sacramento State, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, and UC San Diego.
Tuesday's third round tees off at 7 a.m. with a shotgun start. The weather is calling for a high of 69 with some morning fog, a 16 percent of showers, and a WNW wind around nine miles per hour.Â
Admission is free for spectators and
live scoring for all three rounds will be provided by Smart Golf.
Round three pairings can be found
here.
TRITON STANDINGS
tie-23:
Justin Gill, +7*
tie-42:
Francis Catalano, +10
tie-42:
Akira Isayama, +10
tie-42:
Calvin Kong, +10
tie-57:
Leo Cheng, +12*
tie-57:
Eli Geddy, +12*
tie-65:
Kyle Dougherty, +13
tie-91.
Adriel Abaoag, +17*
tie-94:
Nathan Tseng, +18
* competing as an individual and does not factor in team score
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Practice Round: Saturday, March 22
Round 1: Sunday, March 23, 1 p.m. shotgun start
Round 2: Monday, March 24, 1 p.m. shotgun start
Round 3: Tuesday, March 25, 7 a.m. shotgun start
VENUE
Torrey Pines Golf Course (South Course)
11480 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037 (
map)
Par: 72
Yardage: 7802
Rating/Slope: 78.2/144
Scorecard
COMPETING TEAMS (20)
(Scoreboard rankings as of 3/19)
#64 New Mexico State
#88 Arkansas State
#135 North Dakota State
#139 Sacramento State
#141 UC Irvine
#143 Seattle
#147 Utah State
#152 George Mason
#159 UC San Diego
#164 Gonzaga
#173 UC Riverside
#198 California Baptist
#199 DePaul
#223 Houston Christian
#226 CSUN
#244 Air Force
#254 Lehigh
#258 Bucknell
#292 Prairie View A&M
#7 Oklahoma Christian (NCAA Division 2)
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PREVIOUS UC SAN DIEGO INVITATIONAL RESULTS
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Year
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Venue
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Team Winner
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Individual Medalist(s)
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Full Results
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2024
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Torrey Pines (North)
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North Dakota State (857/-7)
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Jack Johnson/North Dakota State (208/-8)
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Results
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2023
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Torrey Pines (North)
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Oklahoma Christian (832/-32)
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Eirik Thomassen/CSUN (196/-20)
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Results
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2022
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La Costa (Champions)
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Sacramento State (854/-10)
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Justin Hastings/San Diego State (207/-9)
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Results
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2021
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La Costa (Champions)
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Utah State (898/+29)
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Colton Cordingly/Utah State
Liam Koeneke/San Diego State (218/+2)
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Results
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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.
