Behind Sale's 67, CSUN Moves up to Ninth at Pacific Invitational

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Behind Sale's 67, CSUN Moves up to Ninth at Pacific Invitational

10/17/2023 5:40:00 PM | Men's Golf

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STOCKTON, Calif. - CSUN's Antoine Sale fired a 5-under 67 on Tuesday as the Matadors carded a team round of 284 to move into ninth place after 36 holes of the Visit Stockton Pacific Invitational at The Reserve at Spanos Park.

Sale, who opened the day tied for 20th after a 2-under 70 on Monday, overcame bogeys on two of his opening three holes on Tuesday. Sale was 2-over six holes before consecutive birdies moved him back to even-par on the day. Still even through 11 holes, he then put together a string of five birdies over his final seven holes to close the day at 5-under.

Sale will begin Wednesday's final round tied for sixth at 7-under 137, just five shots behind Grand Canyon's Tommaso Zorzetto and Sacramento State's Luke Dugger who share the individual lead at 12-under 132.

As a team, the Matadors posted a five-shot improvement from round one to round two, finishing the day at 284. CSUN vaulted from 12th into a tie for ninth at 3-under 573. Loyola Marymount moved into a tie with first-round leaders Grand Canyon with a team round of 275 on Tuesday. The Lions and Lopes (853) will take a five-shot lead over Utah (558) into the final round,

CSUN SCORES

Eirik Thomassen also moved into the top-20 after posting five birdies in a round of 3-under 69 on Tuesday. After opening the day in a tie for 29th, Thomassen was as low as 5-under in round two before a pair of bogeys on his final two holes of the day sent him to the final round at 4-under 140, good for 19th-place.
Thomas Burou, competing as an individual, notched a pair of birdies and was 1-under through much of the second round before finishing the day at even-par 72. Burou is currently tied for 29th at 1-under 143.
Brandon McDonough, Felix Schrott and Liam Judkins are all in the lower half of the leaderboard through two rounds. McDonough remained tied for 65th at 5-over 149 following a 2-over 74 in round two. McDonough posted four birdies but also had six birdies on his card in round two.
Despite an eagle on the par-5 16th, Schrott finished the day at 2-over 74 to drop two spots into a tie for 74th at 6-over 150.
Judkins followed up his round of 1-over 73 on Monday with a 6-over 78 on Tuesday to slip from 47th into a tie for 80th at 7-over 151.

ACCORDING TO HEAD COACH JIM BRACKEN
"We showed moments today, Antoine finished strong and Eirik also played well despite finishing with a couple of bogeys. We still need to have three or four guys under-par but today was definitely an improvement. I expect us to have a good round tomorrow we'll look to move up."

The Matadors will be paired with Utah Valley and Cal State Fullerton for the final round which gets underway Wednesday morning beginning at 7:39 a.m.

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