Sept. 14, 2006

Long Beach, Calif. - The Pacific golf team opened their 2006-07 season at the Del Walker Intercollegiate Thursday morning. The Tigers are currently in 14th after 36-holes of play at Virginia Country Club.

Senior Thomas Petersson is in a tie for 12th place after day one, posting a 69-74=143 at the 6,633-yard par-71 course. Petersson's +1 opening rounds puts him just four strokes off the lead going into the final round tomorrow morning.

Junior Chris Rosenau shot a 73-75=148 while teammate Brett Giurlani ended his day with scores of 76 and 74. Senior Reid Scarff is in 69th place after opening round scores of 77-76 and junior A.J. Hohn rounds out the field for the Tigers, posting a 80-78=158.

"Where we're sitting right now is unacceptable," said coach Brandon Goethals. "We're not in a great place and we need to dig down and find our way out of it. I know our guys are capable of it and we need to show that tomorrow."

St Mary's - California and Arkansas are tied for the team lead as both schools posted one-over 569's on the opening day of the tournament. Individually teammates Kyle Collins and Thomas Kearney of Texas - San Antonio lead at three-under par.

The final round of the Del Walker Intercollegiate will take place Friday, September 15.

PACIFIC INDIVIDUAL 14 Pacific +26 295-299=594 T12 Thomas Petersson +1 69-74=143 T44 Chris Rosenau +6 73-75=148 T56 Brett Guirlani +8 76-74=150 T69 Reid Scarff +11 77-76=153 75 A.J. Hohn +16 80-78=158

TEAM SCORING T1 St. Mary's-Californ. +1 F +1 284 285 569 T1 Arkansas, U. of +1 F +3 282 287 569 T3 San Diego, U. of +5 F +6 283 290 573 T3 Texas-San Antonio +5 F +3 286 287 573 5 Fresno State +7 F +4 287 288 575 6 Arizona (B) +9 F +6 287 290 577 7 CSU-Northridge +11 F +2 293 286 579 8 San Jose State Univ. +12 F +6 290 290 580 9 Cal Poly +13 F +4 293 288 581 10 Long Beach State +14 F +5 293 289 582 T11 UC Riverside +16 F +12 288 296 584 T11 Santa Clara Univ. +16 F +7 293 291 584 T11 Loyola Marymount U. +16 F +8 292 292 584 14 PACIFIC +26 F +15 295 299 594