Freshmen Impress at Del Walker; Titans Finish Eighth

Freshmen Impress at Del Walker; Titans Finish Eighth
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LONG BEACH, Calif. – The Cal State Fullerton men's golf team saved its best for last with a third round score of 283, but the improvement only moved the Titans up one spot to eighth in the standings on the final day of competition at the 20th Del Walker Intercollegiate held at Virginia Country Club on Tuesday.

The Titans finished the tournament in eighth place with a final score of 25-over-par 865, but their third round score was boosted by the play of freshmen Jack Ireland and Matt Wilson.

Wilson shot 3-under-par 67 for his third and final round, finishing the tournament with a three-round score of 207 (-3), tying for second in the standings. For the rookie, it was his best round of golf, best three-round score and best finish. In fact, Wilson's second-place finish was the best for a Titan this year and the best since Mark Anguiano finished in a tie for second place at the 2014 Big West Championship.

Ireland moved from 35th on the leaderboard to tying for 17th after a third-round score of 5-under-par 65 to finish the tournament at 3-over-par 213. For Ireland, his third-round score was his best round of golf as a Titan, and is the lowest score for any CSF player this year. In fact, Ireland's round of 65 is only the sixth in Titan history and the first since Anguiano did so in the first round at the El Macero Classic on April 18, 2014.

Wilson and Ireland each finished the tournament with 10 birdies apiece.

Cal Poly captured the title at the 20th Del Walker Intercollegiate staying in the lead with a final-round score of 282 to finish the tournament at 2-under-par 838. The Mustangs were followed by Long Beach State (-1, 839), Loyola Marymount (+8, 848), Pacific (+18, 858), Wichita State (+20, 860), UC Irvine (+23, 863), CSUN (+23, 863), Cal State Fullerton (+25, 865), UC Santa Barbara (+31, 871), Southern Utah (+32, 872), Redlands (+35, 875) and Long Beach State B (+40, 880).

LBSU Michael Chen clinched the individual title with a three-round score of 9-under-par 201.

Marcus Mercado fired a 5-over-par 75 in the third round to finish tied for 49th with a final score of 223 (+13).

Martin Manalo shot 77 (+7) in third round to finish at 15-over-225 to tie for 56th with teammate Mark Jensma, who had his best outing of the tournament with a third round score of 73 (+3).

Matt Murphy finished in 63rd place with a final score of 226 (+16).

The Titans return to action on Monday and Tuesday at the Sacramento State Invitational.

 
 
 
 
 
 

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