AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. - After Sunday's second round of the Falcon Invitational, the UC San Diego golf team jumped up a spot into second place on the leader board.

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

The Tritons are 10-under par after 36 holes of play. They shot an impressive 9-under today after going 1-under in Saturday's opening round.

Two Tritons are among the top-10 in the 115-player field. Davis McDowell is in second place at 7-under and freshman Hanjie Yu sits in seventh at 4-under. Mc Dowell shot a 65 today and made a colossal jump in the standings as he was 26th at the end of Saturday.

Nathan Tseng (19th, 2-under), Francis Catalano (56th, 6-over), and Justin Gill (85th, 6-over) are also competing for the Tritons.

After 36 holes, Gonzaga is in front at 11-under par. Idaho, which led after 18 holes, is tied with UC San Diego for second place.

Individually, Paxton Maxwell from Utah Valley is leading the field at 9-under, two strokes ahead of McDowell.

Three other Tritons are competing in an individual tournament that is separate from the team event. Freshman Ethan Lien, playing in his first collegiate tournament, is fourth at 5-under. Both Leo Cheng and Calvin Kong are 22nd at 1-over.

The team event concludes Monday with round three. The first tee times are at 6:30 a.m. Pacific.

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

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TRITON STANDINGS (Team Event)
2. Davis McDowell, -7 (72-65--137)
t-7. Hanjie Yu, -4 (69-71--140)
t-19. Nathan Tseng, -2 (70-72--142)
t-56. Francis Catalano, +3 (76-71--147)
t-85. Justin Gill, +6 (76-74--150)

TRITON STANDINGS (Individual Event)
t-4. Ethan Lien, -5 (65-74--139)
t-22. Leo Cheng, +1 (77-68--145)
t-22. Calvin Kong, +1 (70-75--145)

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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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.