Matadors Tied for 12th After Two Rounds at Fresno State

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FRESNO, Calif. - The CSUN men's golf team opened the spring portion of the 2024-25 season, posting a solid opening before struggling in round two at the Nick Watney Invitational Monday at Sunnyside Country Club.

The Matadors (587), tied for 12th, opened with a round of 285 before finishing round two at 302. CSUN is tied with Southern Utah (587) heading into Tuesday's final round. San Diego (553) and host Fresno State (553) lead the team competition by two shots over Pacific (555) with Santa Clara (558) and Cal Poly (559) rounding out the top five in the 13-team field. The Tigers' Carlos Astiazaran is the individual leader through two rounds at 9-under 133.

Liam Judkins is CSUN's low scorer through 36 holes as he is tied for 35th at 3-over 145. Judkins opened the day with a 1-under 70 that included four birdies and 10 pars. He then posted a 4-over 75 in the afternoon round that included just a single birdie.

CSUN SCORES

Nick Fry had the Matadors' low round of the day, firing a 2-under 69 in round one. Fry then dropped eight shots in round two, finishing at 6-over 77 to finish the day tied for 44th at 4-over 146. Fry had five birdies in the first round, getting as low as 3-under on his next-to-last hole. He then added three birdies in round two but also had seven bogeys and one double-bogey.
Dillon Jonke is tied for 60th at 8-over 150 following rounds of 74-76. Jonke posted a pair of birdies along with 12 pars in round one before adding a single birdie in round two.
Freshman Bryson Barnes is currently tied for 65th at 9-over 151 after posting rounds of 77-74. Barnes had three birdies over the first two rounds.
Domenic De Luca is another two shots back in a tie for 72nd at 11-over 153. De Luca notched five birdies in the first round which countered his four bogeys and one double-bogey as he finished at 1-over 72. He also had a single birdie in round two, finishing the afternoon round at 10-over 81.
Junior Yuo Torii, competing as an individual, is 80th through two rounds with scores of 80-86 for a two-round 24-over 166.

ACCORDING TO HEAD COACH JIM BRACKEN
"I was happy with the first round today, we just made way too many mistakes in the second round. This is our first event of the spring but our scores so far this spring have not been what we're capable of. Having said that, we can't dwell on today and have to turn the page and have a good final round tomorrow."

The Matadors will be paired with Air Force, Idaho, and Utah Valley for the final round which gets underway Tuesday morning.

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Matadors Tied for 12th After Two Rounds at Fresno State

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Players Mentioned

Bryson Barnes

Domenic De Luca

Nick Fry

Dillon Jonke

Liam Judkins

Yuo Torii