Coyotes finish near back of field
Golf team winds up 14th out of 15 teams in rain-shortened golf tourney
Mike Murphy, SID
Senior Joe Alldis was CSUSB's top finisher at the Sonoma State tournament.
10/20/2009 6:09:22 PM
SANTA ROSA -- Cal State San Bernardino struggled through inclement weather on Monday and could not improve their position Tuesday as the Coyotes wound up a disappointing 14th in the 15-team field at the 2009 Sonoma State Men's Golf Invitational at Santa Rosa Golf Club.
The 54-hole tournament was cut short by Monday's bad weather and slow play since a collegiate women's tournament was conducted simultaneously with the men's.
The best any Coyote golfer could do was a tie for 33rd spot by senior Joe Alldis who carded back-to-back rounds of 75 for a 150 total on the par-72, 6,711-yard course. Senior Gene Webster had the team's low round of the day, a 74, but finished a stroke back of Alldis at 151, good for a tie for 40th spot.
CSUSB edged last place Notre Dame de Namur by three shots. It was the worst finish in a regular season tournament by the Coyotes since they were 14th at the Western Washington Invitational on Sept. 26, 2005.
Chico State won the tournament with a 36-hole total of 578, two over par while the Coyotes were 41 over par, 39 shots back. Medalist honors went to Matthew Garcia of Academy of Art University with a six-under-par total of 138 on rounds of 68 and 70.
Sonoma State, the 2009 NCAA Div. II champion, was seventh at 591.
SONOMA STATE COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL
@ Santa Rosa Golf Club
TEAMS: 1. Chico State -- 578; 2. Dixie State -- 583; 3. (tie) Saint Martin's and Western Washington -- 585; 5. Cal State Stanislaus -- 587; 6. Grand Canyon -- 590; 7. Sonoma State -- 591; 8. UC San Diego -- 594; 9. (tie) Cal State Monterey Bay and Hawaii Hilo -- 599; 11. Sonoma State B -- 607; 12. Academy of Art -- 609; 13. Cal State East Bay -- 616; 14. COYOTES -- 617; 15. Notre Dame de Namur -- 620.
TOP INDIVIDUALS: 1. Matthew Garcia (Academy of Art) -- 68-70--138; 2. Kyle Souza (Chico State) -- 70-69--139; 3. Eric Frazzetta (Chico State) 71-70--141; 4. Xaiver Dailly (West. Washington) -- 67-75-- 142; 5. Bryan Kiss (CS Stanislaus) -- 71-72-143.
COYOTE CARDS: 33. Joe Alldis -- 75-75-150; 40. Gene Webster -- 77-74-151; 49. Thomas Chu -- 76-77-153; Kenny Anthony -- 83-80-163; Bryan Kim -- DQ-81.