UC San Diego took home the team championship and Steve Sugimoto of San Diego State claimed the individual title in the Cal State San Marcos Fujikura Invitational at Shadowridge Golf Club https://www.clubcorp.com/Clubs/Shadowridge-Golf-Club in Vista.
The Tritons, led by Coach Fred Hanover, didn’t put a single player in the top 10 but still claimed their first tournament victory since 2016 with a score of 292-294-302—888, 24-over-par, while host Cal State San Marcos totaled 305-292-293—890 to tie for second with Oklahoma Christian, which finished at 298-287-305—890.
Chico State was fourth at 302-291-304—897, followed by Stanislaus State at 298-294-311—903, Redlands at 310-297-298—905, Westminster College of Utah at 319-289-298—906, Sonoma State at 299-305-303—907, Victoria of British Columbia at 313-295-300—908 and California Lutheran at 300-304-305—909.
The Cal State San Marcos B team was 11th at 308-305-304—917, followed by Cal State San Bernardino at 310-304-305—919, West Texas A&M at 311-314-301—926, Cal State Dominguez Hills at 311-310-312—933, Miles College at 305-318-312—935 and Marymount College at 330-329-326—985.
Sugimoto, a junior from San Diego, claimed his first college victory with a score of 72-70-66—208, 8-under-par, followed by San Diego State teammate Zihao Jin at 70-73-71—214, Trevor Norby of Oklahoma Christian at 70-68-78—216, and Devin Gregg of Sonoma State at 75-72-71—218.
Matthew Moss of Cal State San Marcos shot 77-74-68—219 to tie for fifth with Jeffrey Perry of Cal Lutheran, who finished at 73-73-73—219, and Justin Vrzich of Cal State San Marcos, who wound up at 74-71-74—219.
Amadeo Figus of San Diego State posted a score of 74-76-70—220 to tie for eighth with Myoung Kim of Chico State, who totaled 74-73-73—220, while Newport Laparojkit of San Diego State finished at 76-73-72—221 to tie for 10th with Alejandro Armijo of Oklahoma Christian, who wound up at 76-71-74—221, Cameron Cooper of Redlands, who shot 73-74-74—221, and Andres Brictson of Oklahoma Christian, who came in at 75-72-74—221.
For team champion UC San Diego, Hayden Hui carded a score of 72-77-74—223 to finished in a tie for 15th that included Tritons teammate Jacob Johnson, who finished at 74-72-77—223, while Elliot Bunyaviroch tied for 18th at 76-74-74—224, Adam Navigato tied for 21st at 73-75-77—225, and Ryan Vaughan tied for 32nd at 73-73-81—227.
Benjamin Graham led Stanislaus State in solo 14th at 78-70-74-222, David Morris of Cal State San Bernardino shot 78-73-75—226 to finish in a tie for 26 th that included Raynard Belmonte of Cal State Dominguez Hills, who shot 71-75-80—226, Blake Bourelle of Sonoma State tied for 37th at 73-79-77—229 and Caleb Greiner of Marymount College tied for 54 th at 81-74-78—233.
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