Helgo Places in the Top-10 at UC San Diego Invitational

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CARLSBAD, Calif. - Junior Tomas Helgo tied for ninth while the CSUN men's golf team took fifth Tuesday at the conclusion of the UC San Diego Invitational at the La Costa Champions Course.

Helgo's ninth-place finish was his best since finishing fifth at the UCSB Invitational in the Spring of 2019. The Matador junior, who competed as an individual, had four birdies over his opening nine holes and was one-under heading to the back nine. He then posted one birdie, two bogeys and a double bogey over the last nine holes to finish the day at (+2) 74. His three-round (+8) 224 was his low since posting a (+6) 219 at Fresno State's Nick Watney Invitational in 2019.

As a team, CSUN posted a final round (+19) 307 to finish the tournament with rounds of 313-301-307. At (+57) 921, the Matadors finished just ahead of host UC San Diego (925). Utah State claimed the team title at 893 while Liam Koeneke of San Diego State was the individual medalist (+2) 218. Koeneke defeated Colten Cordingley of Utah State in a three-hole playoff that went par-par-birdie.

CSUN SCORES

Blake Brothers and Eirik Thomassen were the low Matadors in the lineup, as both tied for 17th at (+12) 228. Brothers opened the tournament with consecutive rounds of 78 before posting two birdies and 14 pars on his way to a final round (E) 72. Thomassen had four birdies on Tuesday and posted a final round (+3) 75 to finish with scores of 83-70-75.
Paul-Louis Gachet followed up Monday rounds of 77-78 by closing with three birdies and 10 bogeys in a final round (+7) 79. Gachet wound up tied for 32nd at (+18) 234.
Also for the Matadors, Brandon McDonough struggled to a final round (+12) 84 which left him 34th at (+21) 237.
Gabriel Barnes rounded out the CSUN lineup as he is tied for 39th at (+26) 242 following rounds of 80-81-81.

COACH JIM BRACKEN SAID
"This was Tomas' best tournament since his freshman season so I'm hoping his solid play continues in the coming weeks. At some point every team has a stinker performance and this was ours. We'll forget about this tournament, move on and work on some things before UC Santa Barbara's event and hopefully start peaking before conference."

The Matadors next travel to Santa Barbara to compete in the UCSB Intercollegiate (Apr. 12-13) at Sandpiper Golf Club.

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Helgo Places in the Top-10 at UC San Diego Invitational

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Players Mentioned

Gabriel Barnes

Blake Brothers

Paul-Louis Gachet

Tomas Helgo

Brandon McDonough

Eirik Thomassen