FORT COLLINS, Colo. - UC San Diego golfer Davis McDowell leads the field following Thursday's first two rounds of the Ram Masters Invitational. As a team, the Tritons are sitting in fifth place of 16 schools.

It was UC San Diego's first day of action in its 2025-26 season.

Colorado State University is hosting the 13th annual tournament at Fort Collins Country Club. The course is a par-70 and is playing at 7,234 yards.

McDowell is 6-under par after carding a 5-under 65 in the opening round and following up with a 1-under 69 in the second frame. He leads Colorado State's Alessandro Trenta by a single stroke. Four others are tied for third place at 3-under. 

In round one, McDowell earned an eagle on the par-5, 575-yard first hole. The senior also carded four birdies and had just a single bogey. His second round featured five birdies and four bogeys.

Triton senior Nathan Tseng can also be found among the top-20 on the leader board, sitting in 16th place at 2-over par. He fired rounds of 66 and 76.

The Tritons are also being represented by senior Francis Catalano, junior Justin Gill, and freshman Hanjie Yu.

UC San Diego is 7-over par, tied with Weber State for fifth. The team shot 2-under in round one and 9-over in the second.

The host Rams are in front of the field at even par.

Players battled windy conditions in the second round with gusts up to 19 miles per hour.

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TRITON STANDINGS
1. Davis McDowell, -6 (65-69--134)
16. Nathan Tseng, +2 (66-76--142)
28. Francis Catalano, +5 (74-71--145)
35. Justin Gill, +6 (73-73--146)
70. Hanjie Yu, +12 (74-78--152)

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TRITON TIDBITS
• This is the third appearance for UC San Diego at the Ram Masters (5th of 15 in 2022 (5th of 15) 13th of 16 in 2021).
• Today was Hanjie Yu's first collegiate outing.
• There are seven Big West teams in contention - Cal State Fullerton, CSUN, Long Beach State, Sacramento State (affiliate member), UC Davis, UC San Diego, and UC Santa Barbara.

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UP NEXT
Tee Times (Pacific)
Yu, 7:42
Catalano/Gill, 7:54
McDowell/Tseng, 8:06

The action can be followed with live scoring.
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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.