CSUN in the Lead Through Two Rounds of Bill Cullum Invitational

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SOMIS, Calif. - Seeking its third straight Bill Cullum Invitational title, the CSUN men's golf team carded rounds of 287-291 and is first place after 36 holes of the tournament Monday at The Saticoy Club.

The Matadors (578), which won the team title in 2021 and 2022 at The Oaks Club at Valencia, carry a seven-shot lead over North Dakota State (585) into Tuesday's final round. Hawai'i (585) and UC Riverside (585) are tied for third while Cal State Fullerton (588) rounds out the top-five in the 14-team field.

CSUN's Eirik Thomassen and Antoine Sale open the final round just one shot behind individual leader Davis McDowell of UC San Diego. Thomassen fired rounds of 72-71 while Sale finished at 69-74 to head into the final round tied for second with two other players. McDowell shot a blistering 8-under 66 in Monday's afternoon round to jump 40 spots on the leaderboard from round one to round two.

Thomassen had five birdies in round one and got as low as 3-under before a triple bogey at No. 17 dropped him to even-par 72. He then added three birdies and just two bogeys in round two to close with a 1-under 71. Sale had four birdies and a single bogey in an opening round 3-unde 69 before posting four birdies over his final eight holes in round two to finish at 2-over 74.

CSUN SCORES

Following Thomassen and Sale, Felix Schrott is also in the top-15 after 36 holes. Schrott had identical rounds of 1-over 73 with three birdies and four bogeys in each round to finish the day tied for 14th at 2-over 146.
Dillon Jonke made it four Matadors in the top-20 as he carded rounds of 73-74 and is tied for 19th at 3-over 147.
Brandon McDonough, competing as an individual, is also tied for 19th at 3-over 147 following rounds of 71-76.
Liam Judkins, also an individual, is tied for 33rd at 6-over 150 after posting scores of 75-75.
Thomas Burou rounded out the CSUN scoring as he is currently tied for 39th at 7-over 151 following rounds of 78-73.

ACCORDING TO HEAD COACH JIM BRACKEN
"The guys played pretty consistent golf today. We made a few mistakes here and there but they were able to shake it off. We haven't played this course a whole lot so it's not a real home course advantage for us but I'm really pleased with how we played today. Hopefully, we can play well again tomorrow and finish it off."

The Matadors will be paired with North Dakota State, UC Riverside and Hawai'i for the final round which gets underway Tuesday morning at 8:30 a.m.

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CSUN in the Lead Through Two Rounds of Bill Cullum Invitational

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Players Mentioned

Thomas Burou

Dillon Jonke

Liam Judkins

Brandon McDonough

Antoine Sale

Felix Schrott

Eirik Thomassen