Larson’s Top 10 Leads Jacket Men (Apr.
12, 2005)
TURLOCK, CA – Nicholas
Larson shot a 1-under 71 in Tuesday’s final round at the
Buzzini/Stanislaus Invitational to lead the Montana
State-Billings men to an eleventh place finish. The
freshman from Riverton, Wyo., carded rounds of 73, 74 and
71 to finish in a tie for ninth place. As a team the
Yellowjackets finished with a 47-over 911 with rounds of
303, 305, and 302.
Cal State-Stanislaus
ran away with the team title, shooting a 3-under 861. Cal
State-Bakersfield was second with an 8-over 872. The
highest placing PacWest Conference team was Hawaii-Hilo in
seventh with a 32-over 896. The Jackets placed higher
than Western New Mexico, which finished thirteenth at
52-over 916. Those three schools plus Chaminade, BYU-Hawaii
and Hawaii Pacific will meet for the PacWest Championships
in Hilo, HI on April 21-23.
Hawaii-Hilo’s Garrett
Okamura finished sixth with an even-par 216. His teammate
Nick Mason was tied with Larson for ninth. The Jackets’
Zach Abels made a big jump in the final round from 77th to 62nd, finishing at 18-over 234.
Team Standings
1 CSU-Stanislaus—286-288-287-861 (-3)
2 CSU-Bakersfield—299-278-295-872 (+8)
3 Point Loma Nazarene—292-289-293-874 (+10)
4 UC San Diego—296-288-294-878 (+14)
5 Western Washington—290-286-307-883 (+19)
6 CSU-Monterey Bay—297-298-296-891 (+27)
7 Hawaii-Hilo—301-291-304-896 (+32)
8 Sonoma State—309-294-296-899 (+35)
9 Nova Southeastern—294-293-317-904 (+40)
CSU-Chico—305-293-303-904 (+40)
11 Montana St-Billings—303-305-302-911 (+47)
Kennesaw St. Univ.—303-309-299-911 (+47)
13 Western New Mexico—302-297-317—916 (+52)
14 CSU-San Bernardino—308-305-304-918 (+54)
15 St. Martin's College—314-304-303-921 (+57)
16 Utah Valley State—315-309-305-929 (+65)
17 Northwest Nazarene—319-322-324-965 (+101)
Top Five Individuals
1. Andy Moren (CSUS) – 71-70-70-211 (-5)
2. Chris Hudson (PLN) – 72-70-71-213 (-3)
Ryan Thornberry (CSUS) – 68-74-71-213 (-3)
4. Nic Van Vuuren (UVSC) – 73-71-71-215 (-1)
Eric Justesen (CSUMB) – 70-74-71-215 (-1)
MSU Billings Individuals
T 9 Nicholas Larson—73-74-71-218 (+2)
T 49 Chris Haas—74-75-80-229 (+13)
T 62 Zach Abels—79-81-74-234 (+18)
T 66 Chris McConnell—77-77-80-235 (+19)
T 69 Bryan Barthelmess—80-79-77-236 (+20) |
