CSUN Firmly in Top 10 After Two Rounds at Nick Watney Invitational

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FRESNO, Calif. - Antoine Sale fired rounds of 66 and 70 to pace the CSUN men's golf team to a top-10 start after two rounds of the Nick Watney Invitational Monday at Fort Washington Country Club.

Sale, coming off a top-10 finish in his CSUN debut at Air Force two weeks ago, had seven birdies in a blistering opening round 66. Opening on the No. 10 tee, he had four birdies to make the turn at 4-under. Three more birdies, along with a pair of bogeys, would move him to 5-under on the round. Sale then added four more birdies, 11 pars and three bogeys in 1-under in round two.

At 6-under 136, Sale heads into Tuesday's final round six strokes off the pace set by UC Irvine's Darien Zhao and Connor Reis Saint Mary's who lead at 14-under 128. The Gaels hold the team lead through 36 holes at 25-under 543, six shots better than Sacramento State (549).

CSUN carded rounds of 284-278 on Monday and sits ninth in the 14-team field at 6-under 562. The Matadors will begin the final round just six shots out of the top five.

CSUN SCORES

Following Sale, Felix Schrott is tied for 27th at 2-under 140. Schrott had three birdies in each round Monday, but had three bogeys in round one's 71 and just one in a second round 69.
Brandon McDonough is tied for 41st at 1-over 143 following rounds of 74-69. McDonough had three birdies and six bogeys in the opening round before getting off to a blistering start in the afternoon round. He birdied six of his first seven holes to get as low as 6-under before finishing 4-over on his final 11 holes to finish at 2-under 69.
In his first tournament in the CSUN lineup, Dillon Jonke carded rounds of 73-73 and is tied for 51st at 4-over 146. Jonke had a pair of birdies and four bogeys in round one, before adding an eagle and a pair of bogeys in round two.
Liam Judkins, competing as an individual, is currently tied for 65th at 6-over 148 after posting scores of 72-76.
Thomas Burou was disqualified in the first round.

ACCORDING TO HEAD COACH JIM BRACKEN
"This is a good golf course, but there's plenty of birdie opportunities out there. We just need to be a little more consistent, we made too many bogeys and doubles today. The good thing is we're capable of shooting 15 or 20-under as a team tomorrow."

The Matadors will be paired with Utah State, Utah Valley, and Southern Utah for the final round which gets underway Tuesday morning at 8:30 a.m.

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CSUN Firmly in Top 10 After Two Rounds at Nick Watney Invitational

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Players Mentioned

Thomas Burou

Dillon Jonke

Liam Judkins

Brandon McDonough

Antoine Sale

Felix Schrott