PRIMM, Nev. – The No. 7 Cal State San Marcos men's golf team posted its lowest 54-hole score of the spring season and finished runner up in the Primm Battle hosted by Grand View University (Iowa) at Primm Valley Golf Club.
The Cougars registered 10-under 854, 19 strokes back of champion No. 2 Oklahoma City (835, -29). No. 3 British Columbia (857, -7) No. 5 Wayland Baptist (865, +1) and No. 6 Johnson & Wales (Fla.) (867, +3) rounded out the top-five, respectively.
By placing better than three higher ranked teams, the Cougars have a good likelihood of moving up in the NAIA Top 25 Coaches poll that will be released this Friday, Mar. 27.
CSUSM ended the tournament with a 4-under score of 284*. The Cougars posted 284 in the opening round before a 2-under 286 in Monday's round two.
Oklahoma City shot 17-under 271 in the final go-around to run away with the title. The Stars went into the day leading CSUSM by six strokes.
Dylan Healey and
TJ Masters each tallied 2-under 70's to lead the way for the Cougars.
Scott Shefflette carded 1-under 71 and
Ryan Odom posted 1-over 73.
Masters and Shefflette each had two rounds under par during the competition.
Healey was the top finisher for CSUSM, tying for 13th at 2-under 214. Odom and Shefflette tied for 20
th at even-par 216, and Master's tied for 26
th at 2-over 218.
The Cougars have finished runners-up in four straight NAIA tournaments. They'll wrap up the regular season slate, April 13-14 at Cal State Stanislaus' Hanny Stanislaus Invite in Turlock, Calif.
*The PDF results show that
Ryan Odom shot 75. However, he shot 73 in the final round.
Team Leaderboard1. Oklahoma City 282-282-271 – 835, -29;
2. Cal State San Marcos 284-286-284 – 854, -12; 3. British Columbia 287-291-279 – 857, -7; 4. Wayland Baptist 291-285-289 – 865, +1; 5. Johnson & Wales (Fla.) 293-289-285 – 867, +3; 6. Northwood (Fla.) 292-290-286 – 868, +4; 7. Victoria (B.C.) 297-296-281 – 874, +10; T8. Grand View 196-298-284 – 878, +14; T8. Thomas (Ga.) 292-292-294 – 878, +14; 10. The Master's College 293-295-292 – 880, +16; 11. Concordia (Ore.) 303-290-292 – 885, +21; 12. Arizona Christian 296-298-292 – 886, +22; 13. Texas at Brownsville 299-296-298 – 893, +29; 14. Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 306-300-295 – 901, +37; 15. Bellevue 299-302-303 – 904 - +40; 16. William Jessup 304-304-303 – 911, +47; 17. Westminster (Utah) 305-311-296 – 912, +48.
Individual Leaderboard*T1. Anthony Marchesani (OCU) 71-68-67 -206, -10; T1. Jamie Warman (OCU) 66-70-70 – 206, -10; 3. Matthew Cheung (OCU) 72-72-64 – 209, -8; 4. Kolton Kyne (CU) 70-68-72 – 210, -6; 5. Louis Hirst (N'Wood) 70-69-72 – 211, -5;
Other individual scores: 13. Dylan Healey (CSUSM) 72-72-70 – 214, -2;
T20. Scott Shefflette (CSUSM) 71-74-71 – 216, E;
T20. Ryan Odom (CSUSM) 71-72-73 – 216, E;
T26. TJ Masters (CSUSM) 80-68-70 – 218, +2;
T51. Aaron Bronis (CSUSM) 70-77-79 – 226, +10.
