Behind Thomassen, CSUN Finishes Seventh at Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational

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USAFA, Colo. - Senior Eirik Thomassen finished at 4-under 212 to lead the CSUN men's golf team to a seventh-place finish at the season-opening Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational Sunday at the Eisenhower Blue Golf Course.

After posting a 1-under 287 in the first round, the Matadors followed up with round of 294 on Saturday and 291 on Sunday to finish seventh in the 24-team field at 8-over 872. Colorado State captured the team title at 30-under 834, a 25-shot margin over second place Colorado.

Thomassen, who opened with a blistering round of 4-under 68 on Friday. finished with a pair of eagles along with two birdies in posting a final round 1-under 71. His sixth-place finish is the fourth top-10 finish of his Matador career.

CSUN SCORES

Also for the Matadors, Paul-Louis Gachet and Felix Schrott tied for 34th at 3-over 219. Gachet began the day in a tie for 25th after rounds of 70-75, before closing with three birdies in a final round 2-over 72. Schrott followed up rounds of 72-73 with a 2-over 74 which included three birdies.
Felix Schrott is also in the hunt after an opening round even-par 72 has him tied for 22nd. Schrott matched Gachet with five birdies but also had three bogeys and one double-bogey in his round.
Nick Fowlkes had a team-high four birdies on Sunday to post his best round of the tournament at even-par 72. With rounds of 82-74-72, Fowlkes finished tied for 83rd at 12-over 228.
After posting rounds of 77-74 Friday and Saturday, Nick Burns was forced to withdraw on Sunday due to injury.
The invitational also featured an individual tournament on the Eisenhower Silver course with Thomas Burou and Ian MacKay representing CSUN. Burou finished tied for 13th at 1-over 217 following rounds of 75-74-68 while MacKay placed 44th at 24-over 240 with scores of 81-81-78.

COACH JIM BRACKEN SAID
"We got off to a horrendous start today but played 10-under after righting the ship, so I'm proud of the fight we showed. I'm not unhappy with a top-seven finish here but I still think we're talented enough as a team to be in the top-five. Again, the way we fought back today and showed character showed me a lot and we'll look forward to our next event at Fresno State."

The Matadors will be back in action Sept. 26 as they travel to Fresno for the opening round of the Nick Watney Invitational at Kings River Country Club.

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Behind Thomassen, CSUN Finishes Seventh at Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational

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Players Mentioned

Nick Burns

Thomas Burou

Nick Fowlkes

Paul-Louis Gachet

Ian MacKay

Felix Schrott

Felix Schrott

Eirik Thomassen