CSUN Slips to 15th at Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate

Saturday, February 22

Palm Desert, Calif.

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California State University at Northridge

Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate

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CSUN Slips to 15th at Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate

2/22/2020 4:42:00 PM | Men's Golf

PALM DESERT, Calif. - Following a second-round 310, the CSUN men's golf team slipped from sixth-place into a tie for 15th after two rounds of the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate Saturday at The Classic Club.

After posting a solid opening-round 288 on Friday, the Matadors carded a second-round 310 to slip nine slots on the team leaderboard. CSUN (598) heads into Sunday's final round five shots out of the top-10 in the 21-team field.

After putting two players in the top-20 after 18 holes, only freshman Mats Ege remains in the top-20 after 36 holes. Ege, who was second after a blistering 66 on Friday, finished round two at three-over 75 to slip into a tie for ninth-place at three-under 141.

CSUN SCORES

After posting seven birdies in round one, Ege added three birdies on Saturday but also had a pair of double bogeys and one bogey. The freshman was one-over after the front nine before a double bogey six at No. 13 dropped him to three-over for the round. Ege was four-over following a bogey at No. 17 before a birdie on his final hole brought him back to three-over for the round and three-under for the tournament.
Sophomore Paul-Louis Gachet had CSUN's low round of the day, posting a two-over 74 to move up from 81st into a tie for 62nd at six-over 150. Gachet made the turn at one-under on Saturday before a series of bogeys dropped him to three-over. He then birdied the par-five18th hole to finish the day at two-over 74.
Junior Blake Brothers, who was tied for 20th after an opening-round 71, slipped into a tie for 82nd at nine-over 153 following a second-round 82.
Eirik Thomassen followed up Friday's round of 75 with a 79 on Saturday to slip from 66th into a tie for 84th at 10-over 154. Tomas Helgo rounded out the CSUN scoring as he is tied for 109th at 15-over 159 (77-82). Michael Zhang is also competing as an individual and is 116th at 21-over 165 (79-86).

COACH JIM BRACKEN SAID
"We simply did not play well today; it was a combination of bad decisions and poor execution. This team is too talented to play like we did today, but we've got a chance to right the ship tomorrow and play like we did in round one."

The Matadors will be paired with Seattle, South Dakota State and UT-Arlington for Sunday's final round which gets underway on the 10th tee with tee times starting at 7 a.m.

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