California State University at Northridge
Bill Cullum Invitational
Matadors Finish 10th at Bill Cullum Invitational
10/18/2016 4:35:00 PM | Men's Golf
CSUN put itself in contention for a top five finish after carding team rounds of 288-291 on Monday. But the Matadors posted a final round 296 on Tuesday to slip two spots on the final leaderboard, finishing at 11-over 875.
Five teams in the 15-team field finished under-par as UC Santa Barbara led from start to finish in tying the tournament record with a team score of 31-under 833. USC's Jonah Texeira, one of four Trojan individuals in the field, won medalist honors with a 14-under total of 202 (66-68-68). Texeira's total broke the previous Cullum record held by Arizona State's Jon Rahm who finished at 13-under 203 in 2014.
Fidel Concepcion of Southern Utah, the defending individual champion, posted a final round 69 to finish second at 12-under 204 while Brandon Bauman of UC Santa Barbara and David Kim of UC Irvine shared third place at nine-under 207.
For the Matadors, Tavit Garabedian and Felix Mory had CSUN's low finish as the two tied for 25th. Garabedian was tied for 15th after an opening round one-under 71 but slipped to 27th after a second round 73. The senior was one-under through 14 holes before a bogey at No. 1 dropped him to even par for the round and the tournament. Mory led CSUN with six birdies on his way to a one-under round of 71 which moved him eight spots up the leaderboard.
Junior Trym Falch, who was in the top-30 through two rounds, struggled to a final round seven-over 79 to drop into a tie for 60th at seven-over 223. Falch wound up posting rounds of 71-73-79. Sophomore Tomas Skajem tied for 66th at nine-over 225 after rounds of 74-72-79 and senior Sam Engel competed the CSUN lineup finishing 84th at 17-over 233 (80-79-74).
CSUN also competed a pair of individuals as freshman Michael Zhang tied for 76th at 11-over 227 (74-74-79) and Sevian Frangipane posted the best round of his young CSUN career with a final round 74 to finish 90th at 26-over 242 (82-86-74).
Jim Bracken's squad has two fall tournaments remaining as the Matadors next head to the Visit Stockton Pacific Invitational Oct. 27-29 at Stockton Golf and Country Club.
BILL CULLUM INVITATIONAL
Simi Valley, CA
Wood Ranch G.C.
Oct. 17-18, 2016
TOP FIVE TEAM RESULTS (15Â TEAMS)
1. UC Santa Barbara 279-275-279--833 (-31)
2. UC Irvine 292-276-281--849Â (-15)
3. Long Beach State 288-288-277--853Â (-11)
4. Seattle 287-290-282--859 (-5)
5. Utah State 287-282-291--860 (-4)
10. CSUN 288-291-296--875Â (+11)
INDIVIDUAL TOPÂ 10
1. Jonah Texeira, USC 66-68-68--202Â (-14)
2. Fidel Concepcion, SUU 68-67-69--204 (-12)
3. Brandon Bauman, UCSB 73-64-70--207Â (-9)
3. David Kim, UCI 73-66-68--207 (-9)
5. Willy Moffly, UCSB 69-66-73--208 (-8)
6. Tanner Jenson, USU 70-68-71--209Â (-7)
6. Nick Swanson, UCSB 67-73-69--209Â (-7)
6. CJ Coleman, CSF 71-70-68--209Â (-7)
9. Jonathan Kang, UCI 71-69-70--210 (-6)
10. Antony Cesare, PEPP 69-72-69--210Â (-6)
MATADOR RESULTS
10. CSUN 288-291-296--875Â (+11)
T25. Tavit Garabedian 71-73-72--216 (E)
T25. Felix Mory 72-73-71--216Â (E)
T60. Trym Falch 71-73-79--223 (+7)
T66. Tomas Skajem 74-72-79--225 (+9)
T76. Michael Zhang* 74-74-79--227 (+11)
84. Sam Engel 80-79-74--233 (+17)
90. Sevian Frangipane* 82-86-74--242 (+26)
* - Individual
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