Ege Fires Second Round 69, Moves up to Fifth at Pacific Invitational

STOCKTON, Calif. - Freshman Mats Ege fired a three-under 69 Tuesday and moved up to fifth-place while the CSUN Men's Golf team slipped four spots to eighth after round two of the Visit Stockton Pacific Invitational at The Reserve at Spanos Park.

Ege, who began the day tied for ninth, moved into the top-five after matching his low round of the season. Junior Blake Brothers and senior Michael Zhang, competing as an individual, also posted improvements in the second round but no other Matador player was able to improve from round one to round two.

After an opening-round 289, the Matadors posted a team round of 290 on Tuesday to drop into a tie for eighth-place at (+3) 579. San José State (563) continues to lead the 16-team field as the Spartans lead second-place BYU by four shots.

CSUN SCORES

Ege opened the day on the No. 1 tee and was three-under after three straight birdies on holes five, six and seven. He eventually got to four-under after birdies at No. 11 and No. 15 before a bogey six at the par-5 16th dropped him to three-under for the round and four-under 140 for the tournament.
Fellow freshman Eirik Thomassen, who began the day tied for 14th, had just two birdies on Tuesday in carding a one-over 73 and slipped into a tie for 31st at one-over 145.
Junior Gabriel Barnes had three birdies in Tuesday's round of 74 but also dropped a stroke from round one and is tied for 45th at three-over 147.
Sophomore Paul-Louis Gachet had CSUN's high round of the day with a second-round 78 to slip into a tie for 66th at seven-over 151.
Junior Blake Brothers had a pair of birdies and moved up one spot into a tie for 74th at eight-over 152 (78-74).
Senior Michael Zhang had CSUN's biggest improvement of the day, firing five birdies in a one-under 71 which moved him up to 61st at six-over 150.

COACH JIM BRACKEN SAID
"Obviously Mats played well and the team didn't play horribly, we just didn't capitalize on some of the easier holes. I'd love to see multiple rounds in the 60's tomorrow and finish the fall with our low round of the season."

The Matadors will be paired with Grand Canyon and Sacramento State for the final round which gets underway Wednesday morning with CSUN tee times beginning at 7:54 a.m.

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Ege Fires Second Round 69, Moves up to Fifth at Pacific Invitational

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Gabriel Barnes

Blake Brothers

Mats Ege

Paul-Louis Gachet

Eirik Thomassen

Michael Zhang