AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. - Following Saturday's opening round of the Falcon Invitational, the UC San Diego golf team is tied for third and a pair of Tritons are among the top-10 in the standings.

Air Force is hosting the 23-team event at Eisenhower Golf Club.

UC San Diego shot 1-under par on the par-72 Blue Course, which is playing at 7,301 yards. The Tritons are tied with California Baptist and Utah State for the third position.

Freshman Hanjie Yu is tied for third at 3-under, while senior Nathan Tseng is tied for eighth at 2-under in the 115-player field.

Davis McDowell (even, tied for 26th), Francis Catalano (+4, tied for 77th), and Justin Gill (+4, tied for 77th) are also competing for the Tritons.

After 18 holes, Idaho is in front at 5-under par.

Jared Abercrombie from California Baptist and Paxton Maxwell from Utah Valley are leading the field at 4-under, one stroke ahead of Yu.

Three other Tritons are competing in an individual tournament that is separate from the team event. Triton freshman Ethan Lien, playing in his first collegiate tournament, shot 7-under par on Eisenhower's Silver Course and is tied for first place after today's round. Calvin Kong (-2) is tied for sixth and Leo Cheng (+5) is tied for 33rd. 

Texas Arlington's Liam Hartling also shot 7-under.

The Silver Course layout spans 6,510 yards.

The team event continues Sunday with round two. Yu will be the first Triton to tee off at 8:10 a.m. Pacific UC San Diego will be paired with players from Denver, Boise State, and Idaho. 

The individual tourney's second round is slated for a 7:30 a.m. Pacific start Sunday.

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TRITON STANDINGS (Team Event)
t-3. Hanjie Yu, -3 (69)
t-8. Nathan Tseng, -2 (70)
t-26. Davis McDowell, E (72)
t-77. Francis Catalano, +4 (76)
t-77. Justin Gill, +4 (76)

TRITON STANDINGS (Individual Event)
t-1. Ethan Lien, -7 (65)
t-6. Calvin Kong, -2 (70)
t-33. Leo Cheng, +5 (77)

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TRITON TIDBITS
• This is the third-consecutive year that UC San Diego has played in the Falcon Invitational.
• There are seven Big West teams in contention - CSUN, Hawai'i, Idaho, UC Davis, UC San Diego, UC Riverside, and UC Santa Barbara.
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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.