Oct. 21, 2002
LAKESIDE, Calif. - The University of Denver shot a second-round 282 to leap into first place after 36 holes of the Barona Collegiate Cup. Propelled by first-place individual Shawn Wills, the 17-under par Pioneers (559), who trailed host San Diego State by one shot after the first round, took a six-shot lead on the Aztecs and BYU (565).
Denver holds two of the top four individuals, as Wills is tied for first with California's Peter Tomasulo at 9-under 135 and the Pioneers' James Love is two shots back with BYU's Ron Harvey, Jr. at 7-under 137. SDSU senior John Lepak, the early leader after shooting the day's low score of 65 in the first round, is the host school's top individual as he stands in a fifth-place tie with Golfweek and Golfstat's No. 1-ranked collegiate golfer, Fresno State's Nick Watney, at 6-under 138.
After taking the early lead by shooting a tournament-low 276 in the first round, SDSU slipped to a second-round 289. The Aztecs have five players in the top 20, but only three are playing for SDSU's first team. Senior Charlie Smith was the only Aztec to shoot under-par in both rounds (71-69) and he is tied for 10th at 140, while freshman Andrew Scott shares 20th place at 2-under 142. Senior Lars Johansson (140) and sophomore Aaron Choi (141), who are both playing for the SDSU Red Team, are tied for 10th and 14th, respectively.
Rounding out SDSU's first-team lineup are senior John Lieber (T-31st, 145) and junior Mark Warman (T-59th, 149). The SDSU Red Team, which stands sixth after shooting the tournament's second-lowest round with a second-round, 11-under 277, also boasts sophomore Gilberto Rodriguez and senior Chris Galeski, who are both tied for 31st at 145, and senior Brian Miller (T-81st, 153).
Play resumes tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. for the third and final round of the Barona Collegiate Cup. Players from top-three teams Denver, San Diego State and BYU tee off on hole no. 1 beginning at 8:55 a.m.
Second round scores with relation to par Oct. 21 at the Barona Collegiate Cup, played at the par-72, 7,088-yard Barona Creek Golf Club in Lakeside, Calif.
Fin. School Scores 1 Denver, U. of 277 282 559 -17 2 San Diego State U. 276 289 565 -11 Brigham Young Univ. 284 281 565 -11 4 California, U. of 283 286 569 -7 5 New Mexico, U. of 284 286 570 -6 6 SDSU Red Team 294 277 571 -5 7 Fresno State Univ. 286 287 573 -3 Colorado State Univ. 283 290 573 -3 9 Texas El Paso, U. of 290 287 577 +1 Ohio State Univ. 287 290 577 +1 11 Louisville, U. of 287 292 579 +3 Nevada, Univ. of 285 294 579 +3 Texas A&M University 291 288 579 +3 14 Washington State U. 289 294 583 +7 15 N. Car.- Greensboro 289 297 586 +10 16 Texas-San Antonio 295 293 588 +12 17 Hawaii, Univ. of 296 303 599 +23
Top 20 Individuals Fin. Name School Scores 1 Shawn Wills Denver 67 68 135 -9 Peter Tomasulo California 66 69 135 -9 3 James Love Denver 69 68 137 -7 Ron Harvey, Jr. BYU 67 70 137 -7 5 Nick Watney Fresno St. 69 69 138 -6 John Lepak SanDiegoSt 65 73 138 -6 7 Greg Machtaler BYU 70 69 139 -5 Dustin White Wash. St. 68 71 139 -5 Martin Laird Col. St. 70 69 139 -5 10 Zach Doran Ohio State 70 70 140 -4 Lars Johansson SDSU Red 73 67 140 -4 Andrew Parr Texas A&M 72 68 140 -4 Charlie Smith SanDiegoSt 71 69 140 -4 14 Michael Letzig New Mexico 69 72 141 -3 Chad Spencer Fresno St. 71 70 141 -3 Mark Anderson Louisville 70 71 141 -3 Sprague Kolp Nevada 69 72 141 -3 Aaron Choi SDSU Red 73 68 141 -3 Madalitso Muthiya New Mexico 74 67 141 -3 20 Chris Baryla UTEP 71 71 142 -2 Andrew Scott SanDiegoSt 70 72 142 -2
San Diego State Individuals T 2 San Diego State U. 276 289 565 T 5 John Lepak 65 73 138 T 10 Charlie Smith 71 69 140 T 20 Andrew Scott 70 72 142 T 31 John Lieber 70 75 145 T 59 Mark Warman 73 76 149
6 SDSU Red Team 294 277 571 T 10 Lars Johansson 73 67 140 T 14 Aaron Choi 73 68 141 T 31 Gilberto Rodriguez 74 71 145 T 31 Chris Galeski 74 71 145 T 81 Brian Miller 80 73 153