Nov. 5, 2001
SDSU Men's Golf Team Shoots Season Best Two Round Total To lead Aztec Invitational. Johansson, Lieber and Smith are tied for seventh at 6-under 138
LAKESIDE, Calif. The conditions were ideal and the course at the Barona Creek Golf Club gave up plenty of low scores during the opening day of play at the Aztec Invitational, Monday.
In all, 10 of the 17 teams ended the day below par, including four teams that finished at least 20 strokes under par. However none was hotter that San Diego State's "A" team. Three Aztecs carded two-round totals of 6-under par as SDSU combined to shoot a season low 36-hole total of 25-under 551 to lead the two-day event after 36 holes.
Nevada, which like SDSU did not count a single plus-par round among its eight two-round individual scores, enters Tuesday's third and final round three strokes off the pace at 22-under 554. Ohio State (-21) and Fresno State (-20) round out the top four positions.
"I am very pleased with how we played today," said SDSU head coach Dale Walker. "But we have there are plenty of good teams still in the hunt and we have 18 tough holes of golf still ahead of us."
One of those teams is eighth-ranked Fresno State, which had two players finish in the top two Monday, including the tournament's overall individual leader Nick Watney. Watney, who won the Fresno Lexus Classic earlier this season, carded a two-round total of 8-under par 136 and leads a group of five players in second at 7-under.
Three Aztecs, Lars Johannson, John Lieber and Charlie Smith, are tied for seventh just two shots off the lead at 6-under 138.
Ohio State's Doug Wade carded the day's low round, setting a Barona Creek Golf Club record with his second round 8-under par 64.
Play at the Aztec Invitational concludes with Tuesday's third and final round beginning with a 7:30 a.m. shotgun start.
Aztec Invitational Barona Creek Golf Club Lakeside, CA Dates: 11/05 - 11/06 (Today:11-05-2001) Par: 72 Yardage: 7088
Fin. School Scores 1 San Diego State U. 278 273 551 -25 2 Nevada, Univ. of 280 274 554 -22 3 Ohio State Univ. 287 268 555 -21 4 Fresno State Univ. 280 276 556 -20 5 SDSU Black 290 270 560 -16 6 Washington State U. 279 282 561 -15 7 Brigham Young Univ. 286 281 567 -9 Georgia State Univ. 284 283 567 -9 9 Wichita State Univ. 289 280 569 -7 Texas-San Antonio 283 286 569 -7 11 Texas El Paso, U. of 289 290 579 +3 12 Denver, U. of 295 286 581 +5 13 Portland State U. 293 292 585 +9 14 Weber State Univ. 299 289 588 +12 15 Eastern Washington U 291 299 590 +14 16 Southern Utah Univ. 306 295 601 +25 17 Gonzaga University 305 308 613 +37
Aztec Invitational Barona Creek Golf Club Lakeside, CA Dates: 11/05 - 11/06 (Today:11-05-2001) Par: 72 Yardage: 7088
Fin. Name School Scores 1 Nick Watney Fresno St. 69 67 136 -8
2 Jonathan Echols Fresno St. 69 68 137 -7 Gibby Martens TX-San Ant 68 69 137 -7 Chris Galeski SDSU B 69 68 137 -7 Doug Wade Ohio State 73 64 137 -7 Gilberto Rodriguez SDSU B 70 67 137 -7
7 Manuel Merizalde BYU 72 66 138 -6 Lars Johansson SanDiegoSt 71 67 138 -6 Sprague Kolp Nevada 71 67 138 -6 John Lieber SanDiegoSt 69 69 138 -6 Mike Haack Nevada 71 67 138 -6 Ian Hagen Nevada 68 70 138 -6 Charlie Smith SanDiegoSt 69 69 138 -6
14 Jason Oien Ohio State 71 68 139 -5 Chris Baryla UTEP 70 69 139 -5 Ryan Camp Wash. St. 66 73 139 -5 Kevin Hall Ohio State 71 68 139 -5 Brandon Kearney SanDiegoSt 69 70 139 -5
19 D.J. Fiese Georgia St 69 71 140 -4 Mark Warman SanDiegoSt 72 68 140 -4 Michael Schaeffer TX-San Ant 68 72 140 -4
22 Cullen Brasfield Nevada 71 70 141 -3 Dustin White Wash. St. 71 70 141 -3 Nathan Fritz UTEP 68 73 141 -3 Julien Trudeau Wichita St 73 68 141 -3 David Denham Georgia St 69 72 141 -3 Doug Nelson Portlnd St 71 70 141 -3
28 Curtis Andrews Weber St. 77 65 142 -2 Justin Collins Ohio State 74 68 142 -2 Nick Underwood Wichita St 72 70 142 -2 Jared Overton BYU 71 71 142 -2 Dustin Smith Fresno St. 70 72 142 -2 Chad Spencer Fresno St. 72 70 142 -2 Jason Novascone Wichita St 71 71 142 -2
35 Tommy Hart Denver 73 70 143 -1 Jon Reehoorn Wash. St. 69 74 143 -1 Scott Henderson SDSU B 76 67 143 -1 Jeremy Taylor Wash. St. 74 69 143 -1 Isaac Woods Wash. St. 73 70 143 -1 Ian Nelson Fresno St. 72 71 143 -1
41 Erik Billinger Denver 72 72 144 E Mike Givilancz TX-San Ant 76 68 144 E Tony Giarratano Denver 77 67 144 E Ty Cline Wichita St 73 71 144 E
45 Linus Nilsson SDSU B 77 68 145 +1 Jaime Radonich Gonzaga U. 70 75 145 +1 Kyle Wight BYU 73 72 145 +1 Zach DuFresne Georgia St 75 70 145 +1
49 Christopher Graham BYU 70 76 146 +2 Scott Miller Ohio State 72 74 146 +2
51 Brodie Jordan Portlnd St 75 72 147 +3 Trevor Fox E. Wash. 68 79 147 +3 Jake Solomon Weber St. 73 74 147 +3 Austin Smith Portlnd St 71 76 147 +3
55 Danny Lopez So. Utah 80 68 148 +4 Justin Miller Weber St. 72 76 148 +4 Jeff Barton UTEP 73 75 148 +4
58 Judd Easterling Wichita St 76 73 149 +5 Jack Croyle Georgia St 71 78 149 +5 John Mosier So. Utah 74 75 149 +5 Brad Beverly Georgia St 79 70 149 +5 Shawn Pattison E. Wash. 72 77 149 +5 Jared Haff E. Wash. 72 77 149 +5 Justin Sollene Nevada 70 79 149 +5
65 John Hulwick Denver 73 77 150 +6 Ron Harvey, Jr. BYU 78 72 150 +6 Jerry Carnahan TX-San Ant 73 77 150 +6
68 Tyler Daniels Portlnd St 76 75 151 +7 Peter Sisich E. Wash. 80 71 151 +7
70 Dave Shelley So. Utah 78 74 152 +8 Luke Healy TX-San Ant 74 78 152 +8 Jarrod Jenkins SDSU B 75 77 152 +8
73 Mark Poirier E. Wash. 79 74 153 +9 Zac VanLeuven Weber St. 77 76 153 +9
75 Eric Poppitz Portlnd St 79 75 154 +10
76 Jon Meyer Gonzaga U. 79 76 155 +11 Scott Hollenbach UTEP 82 73 155 +11 Randy Potter Gonzaga U. 78 77 155 +11 Patrick Dolan UTEP 78 77 155 +11 Barrett Jarosch Denver 78 77 155 +11
81 Cameron Young So. Utah 79 78 157 +13 C.J. Haws Weber St. 83 74 157 +13
83 Dave Hill Gonzaga U. 78 80 158 +14 Taylor Edwards So. Utah 75 83 158 +14
85 Taylor Madison Gonzaga U. 80 87 167 +23
Aztec Invitational Barona Creek Golf Club Lakeside, CA Dates: 11/05 - 11/06 (Today:11-05-2001) Par: 72 Yardage: 7088
Fin. School Scores
1 San Diego State U. 278 273 551 T 7 Lars Johansson 71 67 138 T 7 John Lieber 69 69 138 T 7 Charlie Smith 69 69 138 T 14 Brandon Kearney 69 70 139 T 19 Mark Warman 72 68 140
2 Nevada, Univ. of 280 274 554 T 7 Sprague Kolp 71 67 138 T 7 Mike Haack 71 67 138 T 7 Ian Hagen 68 70 138 T 22 Cullen Brasfield 71 70 141 T 58 Justin Sollene 70 79 149
3 Ohio State Univ. 287 268 555 T 2 Doug Wade 73 64 137 T 14 Jason Oien 71 68 139 T 14 Kevin Hall 71 68 139 T 28 Justin Collins 74 68 142 T 49 Scott Miller 72 74 146
4 Fresno State Univ. 280 276 556 1 Nick Watney 69 67 136 T 2 Jonathan Echols 69 68 137 T 28 Dustin Smith 70 72 142 T 28 Chad Spencer 72 70 142 T 35 Ian Nelson 72 71 143
5 SDSU Black 290 270 560 T 2 Chris Galeski 69 68 137 T 2 Gilberto Rodriguez 70 67 137 T 35 Scott Henderson 76 67 143 T 45 Linus Nilsson 77 68 145 T 70 Jarrod Jenkins 75 77 152
6 Washington State U. 279 282 561 T 14 Ryan Camp 66 73 139 T 22 Dustin White 71 70 141 T 35 Jon Reehoorn 69 74 143 T 35 Jeremy Taylor 74 69 143 T 35 Isaac Woods 73 70 143
Aztec Invitational Barona Creek Golf Club Lakeside, CA Dates: 11/05 - 11/06 (Today:11-05-2001) Par: 72 Yardage: 7088
Fin. School Scores
T 7 Brigham Young Univ. 286 281 567 T 7 Manuel Merizalde 72 66 138 T 28 Jared Overton 71 71 142 T 45 Kyle Wight 73 72 145 T 49 Christopher Graham 70 76 146 T 65 Ron Harvey, Jr. 78 72 150
T 7 Georgia State Univ. 284 283 567 T 19 D.J. Fiese 69 71 140 T 22 David Denham 69 72 141 T 45 Zach DuFresne 75 70 145 T 58 Jack Croyle 71 78 149 T 58 Brad Beverly 79 70 149
T 9 Wichita State Univ. 289 280 569 T 22 Julien Trudeau 73 68 141 T 28 Nick Underwood 72 70 142 T 28 Jason Novascone 71 71 142 T 41 Ty Cline 73 71 144 T 58 Judd Easterling 76 73 149
T 9 Texas-San Antonio 283 286 569 T 2 Gibby Martens 68 69 137 T 19 Michael Schaeffer 68 72 140 T 41 Mike Givilancz 76 68 144 T 65 Jerry Carnahan 73 77 150 T 70 Luke Healy 74 78 152
11 Texas El Paso, U. of 289 290 579 T 14 Chris Baryla 70 69 139 T 22 Nathan Fritz 68 73 141 T 55 Jeff Barton 73 75 148 T 76 Scott Hollenbach 82 73 155 T 76 Patrick Dolan 78 77 155
12 Denver, U. of 295 286 581 T 35 Tommy Hart 73 70 143 T 41 Erik Billinger 72 72 144 T 41 Tony Giarratano 77 67 144 T 65 John Hulwick 73 77 150 T 76 Barrett Jarosch 78 77 155
13 Portland State U. 293 292 585 T 22 Doug Nelson 71 70 141 T 51 Brodie Jordan 75 72 147 T 51 Austin Smith 71 76 147 T 68 Tyler Daniels 76 75 151 75 Eric Poppitz 79 75 154
14 Weber State Univ. 299 289 588 T 28 Curtis Andrews 77 65 142 T 51 Jake Solomon 73 74 147 T 55 Justin Miller 72 76 148 T 73 Zac VanLeuven 77 76 153 T 81 C.J. Haws 83 74 157
15 Eastern Washington U 291 299 590 T 51 Trevor Fox 68 79 147 T 58 Shawn Pattison 72 77 149 T 58 Jared Haff 72 77 149 T 68 Peter Sisich 80 71 151 T 73 Mark Poirier 79 74 153
16 Southern Utah Univ. 306 295 601 T 55 Danny Lopez 80 68 148 T 58 John Mosier 74 75 149 T 70 Dave Shelley 78 74 152 T 81 Cameron Young 79 78 157 T 83 Taylor Edwards 75 83 158
17 Gonzaga University 305 308 613 T 45 Jaime Radonich 70 75 145 T 76 Jon Meyer 79 76 155 T 76 Randy Potter 78 77 155 T 83 Dave Hill 78 80 158 85 Taylor Madison 80 87 167