March 24, 2003
EUGENE, Ore. - With play running about one hour and 15 minutes behind schedule at the Oregon Duck Invitational, the San Diego State men's golf team completed its first round at seven-over 295 to stand in an eighth-place tie. The second round began immediately after the first and will continue until dark. Final second-round results will be posted on the official web site of Aztec athletics, www.goaztecs.com, if the round is finished later tonight.
The Aztecs are 10 shots back of host and defending champion Oregon, which shot a three-under 285 to take a five-shot lead over second-place Arizona.
SDSU has three players among the top 30, led by junior Mark Warman's (San Clemente, Calif./San Clemente HS) 1-under 71 that ties for ninth place. Warman stands five shots behind first-round co-leaders Bryant Reyes of San Jose State and Bjorn Widerstedt of Northwestern at six-under 66.
Senior John Lieber (San Diego, Calif./Grossmont HS) is among a group of eight golfers tied for 16th at even-par 72, including Golfweek and Golfstat No. 1 Brandt Snedeker of Vanderbilt. Senior John Lepak (La Habra Heights, Calif./Oregon State) is tied for 29th at two-over 74, while senior Lars Johansson (Karlskrona, Sweden/Champansholam HS) and sophomore Aaron Choi (San Diego, Calif./Torrey Pines HS) round out the Aztec lineup in a tie for 68th place at 78.
Redshirt freshman Andrew Scott (Henderson, Nev./Green Valley HS), competing as an individual, is tied for 59th after shooting a first-round 77.
Oregon Duck InvitationalEugene C.C.Eugene ORDates: 03/24 - 03/25 (Today:03-24-2003)Par: 72Yardage: 6854
Fin. Top 20 Teams Scores 1 Oregon, U. of 285 2 Arizona, U. of 290 3 Washington State U. 292 4 UCLA 293 Washington, U. of 293 Northwestern 293 Stanford University 293 8 Vanderbilt Univ. 295 San Diego State U. 295 UC Davis 295 11 San Jose State Univ. 296 12 Oregon State U. 298 13 Pepperdine Univ. 300 14 Michigan State U. 302 15 Hawaii-Hilo, U. of 304 16 Nevada, Univ. of 306
Fin. Top 20 Individuals School Scores 1 Bryant Reyes San Jose S 32- 34 66 Bjorn Widerstedt N'western 34- 32 66 3 Ricky Barnes Arizona 35- 33 68 John Ellis Oregon 34- 34 68 5 Derek Berg Washington 35- 34 69 Ryan Ressa Wash. St. 31- 38 69 7 John Merrick UCLA 34- 36 70 *Justin St. Clair Oregon 31- 39 70 9 Mark Donnell Vanderbilt 33- 38 71 Kenny Coakley Oregon St. 34- 37 71 Mark Warman SanDiegoSt 35- 36 71 Gregg LaVoie Oregon 33- 38 71 Michael Jurgensen Oregon St. 36- 35 71 Blake Mastalir Stanford 36- 35 71 *Kyle Johnson Oregon 36- 35 71 16 Brandt Snedeker Vanderbilt 34- 38 72 John Lieber SanDiegoSt 34- 38 72 Chris Nallen Arizona 34- 38 72 Ryan Camp Wash. St. 33- 39 72 Jay Westerlund UC Davis 35- 37 72 Colin Gilliam Haw.-Hilo 33- 39 72 Mike Sica Oregon 36- 36 72 Alex Coe Pepperdine 34- 38 72
Fin. School Scores T 8 San Diego State U. 295 T 9 Mark Warman 35- 36 71 T 16 John Lieber 34- 38 72 T 29 John Lepak 37- 37 74 T 68 Lars Johansson 39- 39 78 T 68 Aaron Choi 38- 40 78 T 59 *Andrew Scott 38- 39 77* - competing as an individual