SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Utah State's golf team finished in fourth place at the UC Santa Barbara Intercollegiate, which concluded Tuesday afternoon at Sandpiper Golf Club.
Due to fog, play was suspended midway through the second round on Monday. The teams completed that round on Tuesday. The third round was not played due to pre-scheduled travel by competing teams.
The Aggies shot an 11-over 299 in the second round to finish with a two-day total of 17-over 593 on the par-72, 7,071-yard Seaside Course. Utah Valley won the team title at 6-over 582 – four shots clear of second-place CSUN (586, +10), while UC San Diego took third place (589, +13).
A trio of Aggies finished in the top 20, led by sophomore
Esteban Jaramillo, who tied for ninth at 3-over 147. He led the team and tied for seventh overall with six birdies.
Fellow sophomores
Julio Arronte Sanchez and
Luis Gerardo Cantu tied for 12th (4-over 148) and tied for 19th (6-over 150), respectively. Junior
Javier Vazquez ended the tournament tied for 23rd at 8-over 152, while fellow junior
John Cook tied for 34th at 11-over 155.
Utah State led the field of 12 teams with three eagles as Vazquez, Gerardo Cantu and Arronte Sanchez had one apiece.
CSUN's Nick Fowlkes captured the individual title with a 7-under 137. UC San Diego's Davis McDowell finished in second place at 2-under 142.
Up Next
The Aggies head to Tucson, Arizona, for the Mountain West Championships, which will be held Friday through Sunday, April 28-30, at Omni Tucson National Resort.
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UC Santa Barbara Collegiate
TEAM RESULTS
1. Utah Valley – 292-290=582 (+6)
2. CSUN – 285-301=586 (+10)
3. UC San Diego – 300-289=589 (+13)
4. UTAH STATE – 294-299=593 (+17)
5. Weber State – 300-301=601 (+25)
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
1. Nick Fowlkes, CSUN – 66-71=137 (-7)
2. Davis McDowell, UCSD – 74-68=142 (-2)
T3. *Jerry Wu, UCSD – 76-69=145 (+1)
T3. Kai Iguchi, UVU – 73-72=145 (+1)
T3. *Davis Lee, UCSD – 70-75=145 (+1)
T3. Tyler Jones, UTU – 72-73=145 (+1)
UTAH STATE INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
T9.
Esteban Jaramillo – 74-73=147 (+3)
T12.
Julio Arronte Sanchez – 75-73=148 (+4)
T19.
Luis Gerardo Cantu – 73-77=150 (+6)
T23.
Javier Vazquez – 72-80=152 (+8)
T34.
John Cook – 79-76=155 (+11)
* = Played as an individual.
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