AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. - The UC San Diego golf team finished third of 23 teams and two players were in the top-20 as the Falcon Invitational wrapped up Monday.
Air Force hosted the tournament on the Blue Course at Eisenhower Golf Club.
The Tritons finished 12-under par. They shot below par in each of the three rounds, going 2-under today, 9-under in Sunday's second round, and 1-under in Saturday's opening 18.
Two Tritons placed among the top-20 in the 115-player field with
Davis McDowell finishing fifth at 7-under and freshman
Hanjie Yu coming in 18th at 2-under.
Francis Catalano (35th, +1),
Nathan Tseng (35th, +1), and
Justin Gill (63rd, +4) also competed for the Tritons.
Idaho, an affiliate member of the Big West, ran away with the team trophy at 23-under par, 10 strokes better than second-place Gonzaga.
Northern Colorado's Kaelen Dulany was the individual winner as he finished 14-under par.
Three other Tritons competed in an individual tournament separate from the team event. All three finished in the top-20. Freshman
Ethan Lien, playing in his first collegiate tournament, tied for third at 8-under,
Calvin Kong tied for 13th at 2-under, and
Leo Cheng tied for 18th at 1-under.
The winner of the individual event was Louis Grizot from UC Davis. He went 10-under par over the 54 holes of play.
TRITON STANDINGS (Team Event)
t-5.
Davis McDowell, -7 (72-65-72--209)
t-18.
Hanjie Yu, -2 (69-71-74--214)
t-35.
Francis Catalano, +1 (76-71-70--217)
t-35.
Nathan Tseng, +1 (70-72-75--217)
t-63.
Justin Gill, +4 (76-74-70--220)
TRITON STANDINGS (Individual Event)
t-3.
Ethan Lien, -8 (65-74-69--208)
t-13.
Calvin Kong, -2 (70-75-69--214)
t-18.
Leo Cheng, -1 (77-68-70--215)
TRITON TIDBITS
• This was the third-consecutive year that UC San Diego had played in the Falcon Invitational.
• There were seven Big West teams in contention - CSUN, Hawai'i, Idaho, UC Davis, UC San Diego, UC Riverside, and UC Santa Barbara.
UP NEXT
UC San Diego plays at the
Visit Stockton Pacific Invitational Oct. 9-11. The tournament is hosted by Pacific at The Reserve at Spanos Park.
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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.
