Brothers Second, CSUN 13th at Gene Miranda AF Invitational

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. - Senior Blake Brothers fired a six-under-par round of 66 and is tied for second while the CSUN Men's Golf team is 13th after 36 holes of the 52nd annual Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational Saturday at the Academy's Eisenhower Blue Course.

Brothers, who began the day tied for tied for fifth after an opening-round 69, had four birdies and five pars on the front nine to make the turn at four-under. He then made birdie on his first four holes on the back nine to get to eight-under for the day. A par-bogey-bogey-par-par finish left Brothers at six-under 66 at the conclusion of the second round. He heads into the final round at nine-under 135, five shots behind leader Thomas Hutchison of UC Davis who shot a blistering 66 on Saturday.

As a team, CSUN improved from round one to round two but slipped from 11th to 13th place. The Matadors (591) followed up Friday's team round of 298 with a 293 on Saturday. UC Davis (551) continues to lead the team competition with San Jose State (566) second followed by Denver (568), Nevada (570) and Wyoming (571) in the 21-team field.

CSUN SCORES

Also for the Matadors, junior Felix Schrott had an eagle at the par-5 11th and three birdies but also had a pair of double bogeys and five bogeys on his way to a four-over round of 76. Schrott is currently tied for 59th at six-over 150.
Eirik Thomassen had four birdies in round two on his way to a two-over 74. Thomassen moved up two spots on the leaderboard into a tie for 74th at eight-over 152.
Brandon McDonough also had four birdies on Saturday and is tied for 81st at (+10) 154 after consecutive rounds of 77.
Thomas Burou made a five-shot improvement from an opening-round 82 as the junior had three birdies in a second-round five-over 77.
On the Silver Course for individual competition, Nick Fowlkes followed up an opening-round even-par 72 with a one-over 73 in round two and is tied for seventh at one-over 145.
Paul-Louis Gachet also posted a one-over 73 and moved into the individual top-20 at five-over 149 (76-73) and Ian MacKay is 40th at (+15) 159 following rounds of 80-79.

COACH JIM BRACKEN SAID
"Blake played really well again today, we just need some of the other guys to step up and have a good round tomorrow. It's still the very beginning of the season and I know the talent we have on this team. We should be in the hunt for team wins or at least be a top-10 team in every tournament."

CSUN will be paired with George Washington and Utah Valley for the final round which tees off Sunday morning beginning at 9:10 off the No. 10 tee.

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Brothers Second, CSUN 13th at Gene Miranda AF Invitational

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Players Mentioned

Blake Brothers

Thomas Burou

Nick Fowlkes

Paul-Louis Gachet

Ian MacKay

Brandon McDonough

Felix Schrott

Eirik Thomassen