March 13, 2007

Fresno, California - A third straight round of 71 gave senior Thomas Petersson a fourth place finish at the Fresno Lexus Classic, Tuesday, March 13. His three-under par was instrumental in guiding the Pacific Golf team to an eighth place overall finish.

The Tigers' posted a 54-hole score of 298-296-292=886 to tie for eighth place overall with New Mexico State. Petersson's 213 for the two-day event was his fourth Top-10 finish of the 2006-07 season; he finished just four strokes back from the individual champion, Brian Edick of UC Irvine.

Junior Chris Rosenau finished second for the Tigers, posting a final round 74 at the 6,946-yard course. He shot a 223 for the tournament while fellow junior A.J. Hohn placed 56th with a 229. Freshman Patrick Kucich carded a final round 78 for an overall 231 and Bayhaan Lakdawala recorded a 77 for a 54-hole score of 233.

"Thomas once again placed stellar golf and did the things he needed to do to keep himself in the hunt," said coach Brandon Goethals. "We improved each round throughout the week and that's a testament to the guys grinding it out and working hard through the finish."

San Diego State took home the team title with a 15-under, 849 while UC Irvine placed second, shooting an 850.

The Tigers enjoy a week of golf during Pacific's spring break before they trek to Santa Cruz for the Western Intercollegiate at Pasatiempo Golf Club this coming week.

PACIFIC SCORING T8 Pacific +22 F 298 296 292 886 4 Thomas Petersson -3 F 71 71 71 213 T35 Chris Rosenau +7 F 76 73 74 223 T56 A.J. Hohn +13 F 75 81 73 229 T62 Patrick Kucich +15 F 76 77 78 231 T68 Bayhaan Lakdawala +17 F 81 75 77 233 T85 Charles Van Sicklen +24 F 85 81 74 240

TEAM SCORING 1 48 San Diego State -15 F -3 276 288 285 849 2 35 UC-Irvine -14 F -7 283 286 281 850 3 Nevada, Univ. of +6 F -5 292 295 283 870 4 Hawaii, Univ. of +8 F -4 300 288 284 872 5 Fresno State +14 F E 298 292 288 878 6 Oregon, U. of +16 F -5 305 292 283 880 7 Kansas State Univ. +17 F -5 294 304 283 881 T8 New Mexico State U. +22 F +6 297 295 294 886 T8 Pacific +22 F +4 298 296 292 886 10 Texas El Paso, U. of +24 F +6 299 295 294 888 11 CSU-Northridge +36 F +7 300 305 295 900 12 CSU-Bakersfield +37 F +9 308 296 297 901 13 San Jose State Univ. +45 F +16 295 310 304 909 14 Boise State Univ. +53 F +10 298 321 298 917 15 Wyoming, U. of +61 F +14 315 308 302 925

INDIVIDUAL SCORING 1 T4 93 Brian Edick UC-Irvine -7 F -5 74 68 67 209 2 T1 Jay Choe UC-Irvine -5 F -2 68 73 70 211 3 T9 Cory Segall San Diego State -4 F -4 68 76 68 212 4 T4 Thomas Petersson Pacific -3 F -1 71 71 71 213 T5 T1 39 Aaron Goldberg San Diego State -2 F +1 71 70 73 214 T5 T1 Adam Porzak San Diego State -2 F +1 68 73 73 214 T5 T4 Roscoe Valentine (10) San Jose State Univ. -2 F E 68 74 72 214 T8 T7 John Chin UC-Irvine -1 F E 71 72 72 215 T8 T21 Travis Toyama Hawaii, Univ. of -1 F -5 78 70 67 215 T8 T13 Kyle Yonke (10) Kansas State Univ. -1 F -2 72 73 70 215 11 T9 Matthew Ryan Fresno State E F E 73 71 72 216