Men's Golf in Ninth After Opening Round of Big West Championship

Sunday, May 3

La Quinta, Calif.

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California State University at Northridge

Big West Championship

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Men's Golf in Ninth After Opening Round of Big West Championship

5/3/2026 6:26:00 PM | Men's Golf

LA QUINTA, Calif. - The CSUN Men's Golf team opened the Big West Championship with a team score of 310 and sits ninth in the 10-team field after Sunday's opening round at La Quinta Country Club.

Individually, junior Ethan Posthumus is the low Matador through 18 holes after carding a 2-over 74. Posthumus had four birdies in round one, three coming on the front nine. He was 3-under after his opening six holes before a double bogey at No. 7 sent him to the back nine at 1-under. He would add a single birdie on the back nine, where he finished 3-over to close out a round of 74. Posthumus is tied for 22nd heading into Monday's second round.

Long Beach State fired a 12-under 276 and leads the team competition by 14 shots over second-place Cal Poly (290). UC San Diego (291), UC Davis (291), Hawai'i (293), and UC Irvine (293) round out the top five after one round. The Beach's Steen Zeman is the round one individual leader after shooting a 5-under 67 on Sunday.

Tournament: Big West Championship
Dates: May 3-5, 2026
Location: La Quinta, Calif.
Course: La Quinta C.C. (par-72)
CSUN Place: 9th out of 10 teams (310, +22)
Team Leader: Long Beach State (276, -12)
Individual Leader: Steen Zeman, Long Beach State (67, -5)

CSUN SCORES

Following Posthumus, senior Domenic De Luca is tied for 36th at 4-over 76. De Luca opened the day with five consecutive bogeys before finishing 1-under over his final 13 holes. De Luca had all three of his birdies on the 13-hole stretch.
The three other Matadors in the lineup, Bryson Barnes, Tavin Boman, and Liam Judkins, are tied for 45th at 8-over 80. Boman had three birdies on Sunday, while Barnes and Judkins each had two. Boman, who also had five pars, struggled with nine bogeys, while Barnes had nine pars but also four bogeys and three double bogeys. Judkins also had nine pars, along with five bogeys and a pair of double bogeys on the day.

TEAM SCOREBOARD
1. Long Beach State 276 (-12); 2. Cal Poly 290 (+2); 3. UC San Diego 291 (+3); 3. UC Davis 291 (+3); 5. Hawai'i 293 (+5); 5. UC Irvine 293 (+5); 7. UC Santa Barbara 295 (+7); 8. Cal State Fullerton 298 (+10); 9. CSUN 310 (+22); 10. UC Riverside 311 (+23).

HEAD COACH JIM BRACKEN SAID
"Conditions aside, there's no sugarcoating it, we just played really bad golf today. We weren't hitting fairways and had plenty of penalty shots because of our poor ball-striking. Ethan played well, but I'm sure he feels like he still threw some shots away.

"Over the next two days, I want to see that the guys are willing to grind and just execute better. We simply can't make mistakes like we made today."

UP NEXT
CSUN will be paired with UC Riverside for Monday's second round, which gets underway with Judkins leading the Matadors off at 12:30 p.m. off the No. 1 tee.

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