March 22, 2009
RANCHO SANTA FE, Calif. -
San Diego State men's golf team carded a 12-over 588 to earn the No. 2 seed at the exclusive Callaway Collegiate Match Play Championship. The Aztecs moved from fourth place into a tie for second at the end of the second 18 holes at the Farms Golf Club in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
San Diego State and Florida State tied for second but the Aztecs claimed the second seed by virtue of the drop -score tiebreaker. Indiana earned the top seed after carding a 6-under 282 to finish ahead of the Aztecs by three strokes. Texas A&M placed fourth in medal play and will face UCLA in the opening round of match play after the Bruins fired 4-under 284 to move from 16th. Texas Tech earned the sixth seed and will face the Seminoles. Middle Tennessee, Stanford and Arizona State tied for seventh with the Blue Raiders claiming the seventh seed, the Cardinal the eighth and the Sun Devils dropping to the consolation bracket after the tiebreaker.
The Aztecs were paced by top-15 performances by freshman Andrew Cooley (T4 at 144; 70-74) sophomore Matt Hoffenberg (T14 at 147; 73-74). Senior Bryan Martin (77-72) and sophomore Johan Carlsson (73-76) tied for 21st position as each recorded a two-round 149. Freshman Alex Kang rounded out the Aztec competitors with his day one 153 total (T43; 78-75).
David Erdy of Indiana earned individual medalist honors after posting a tournament best 65 in the second round to bring his two-round total to 7-under 137. Texas A&M's Bronson Burgoon and Erik Flores of UCLA were the only other players to finish under par, tying for second at 4-under 140.
Arizona State will face Duke in the consolation bracket. Other consolation pairings include (10) San Diego - (15) UC Irvine, (11) Chattanooga - (14) Louisville and (12) Alabama - (13) Charlotte.
The Match Play portion of the event begins with an 8 a.m. shotgun start Monday, March 23. A link to live results will be available on GoAztecs.com.
Callaway Collegiate Match Play Championship
The Farms Golf Club
Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
Match Play Pairings - March 23
Championship Bracket
(1) Indiana vs. (8) Stanford
(4) Texas A&M vs. (5) UCLA
(3) Florida State vs. (6) Texas Tech
(2) San Diego State vs. (7) Middle Tennessee
Consolation Bracket
(9) Arizona State vs. (16) Duke
(12) Alabama vs. (13) Charlotte
(11) Chattanooga vs. (14) Louisville
(10) San Diego vs. (15) UC Irvine