FRESNO, Calif. - A big second round lifted the UC San Diego golf team into first place Monday at the Watney Invitational. Also in first place is Triton senior
Davis McDowell.
Fresno State is hosting the 14-team tournament at San Joaquin Country Club in Fresno.
The Tritons shot four over par in the opening 18 and turned things around in the second 18, firing three under to move atop the pack at one over par after 36 holes.
Nevada is three strokes behind in second while Pacific is third at seven over.
McDowell sits atop the leader board at five under par. He opened with a two under 69 and improved by a stroke with a three under 68 in round two. He heads into Tuesday's final round with a three stroke advantage over Sacramento State's Zach Mate and Jacob Vazquez of CSUN.
Nathan Tseng is the second Triton in the top 20, sitting in 14th at one over.
TRITON RESULTS
1,
Davis McDowell, -5 (69-68--137)
7.
Nathan Tseng, E (71-71--142)
21.
Francis Catalano, +3 (74-71--145)
21.
Justin Gill, +3 (74-71--145)
54.
Hanjie Yu, +9 (76-75--151)
69.
Leo Cheng, +14 (76-80--156)*
* playing as an individual and does not figure in the team's score
UP NEXT
The third and final round gets underway Tuesday at 8:15 a.m.
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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.
