LOGAN, Utah – Utah State's golf team returns to action this week at the second-annual UC San Diego Invitational at La Costa in Carlsbad, California.
 
The Aggies will join 13 other teams at the 54-hole event, which will take place Monday and Tuesday, March 21-22, at the 7,151-yard, par-72 Champions Course.
 
Along with the Aggies and host UC San Diego, the 14-team field is comprised of Chapman, a DIII school in Orange, California, CSUN, Dixie State, Florida A&M, Hawai'i, Prairie View A&M, Sacramento State, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara, Weber State and Yale.
 
Scheduled to compete this weekend are freshman Esteban Jaramillo (No. 1), sophomore Javier Vazquez (No. 2), senior Cameron Tucker (No. 3), freshman Julio Arronte Sanchez (No. 4) and sophomore John Cook (No. 5).
 
In Utah State's last time out, the Aggies finished in eighth place at the Pizza Hut-Pat Hicks Thunderbird Invitational, which was hosted by Southern Utah, Feb. 11-13, at Sunbrook Golf Club in St. George, Utah. Vazquez was one of four Aggies to shoot an even-par 72 on the third and final day as he tied for 16th at 1-under 215, a 54-hole career best.
 
Utah State won the inaugural UC San Diego Invitational with a 29-over 893 (299-294-300), which was contested March 22-23, 2021. It marked the Aggies' first tournament victory since Feb. 11, 2020, when they won the SUU-hosted Pat Hicks Thunderbird Invitational.
 
According to available records, it was also just the second time Utah State had ever won a tournament on California soil, along with its victory at the CSUN-hosted Bill Cullum Invitational in October, 2017.
 
For more information on the Utah State golf program, follow the Aggies on Twitter at @USUMensGolf, on Facebook at USUMensGolf and on Instagram at USUGolf.
 
UC San Diego Invitational
Date: March 21-22
Host Course: La Costa (Champions Course)
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,151
Live Scoring: https://bit.ly/3KXbD5J
 
Utah State Lineup
1. Esteban Jaramillo (Freshman)
2. Javier Vazquez (Sophomore)
3. Cameron Tucker (Senior)
4. Julio Arronte Sanchez (Freshman)
5. John Cook (Sophomore)
 
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