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STOCKTON, Calif. – The UC San Diego men’s golf team dropped two spots in the standings after Tuesday’s second round of the Visit Stockton Pacific Invitatioinal.
Pacific is hosting the 18-team tournament at The Reserve at Spanos Park.
The Tritons shot 10-over par on the par 73, 7132-yard course today, which put them into 13th place. Monday’s opening round saw the team shoot 6-under, placing it 11th.
Senior Justin Gill and freshman Cole Kim are the top Tritons thus far, tied for 46th in the 99-competitor field at 3-under par. Sophomore Ethan Lien had the lowest round today for UC San Diego, shooting even par.
Pacific moved into the top spot on the leader board as the Tigers are 9-under. San Francisco and Utah Valley are tied for second, five strokes behind the host.
Individually, Pacific’s Felix Bouchard and Seattle’s Cade McVicker are in the top position at 6-under.
This is the fourth appearance for UC San Diego at the Pacific Invitational.
TRITON RESULTS
tie-46. Justin Gill, +4 (73-75–148)
tie-46. Cole Kim, +4 (71-77–148)
tie-61. Ethan Lien, +6 (78-72–150)
tie-61. Hanjie Yu, +6 (74-76–150)
tie-68. Jerry Zhu, +7 (76-75–151)
UP NEXT
Wednesday’s third and final round starts at 7:30 a.m. UC San Diego’s first group tees off at 8:24 a.m. The Tritons will be playing alongside competitors from fellow Big West member UC Irvine as well as Sacramento State.
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.