April 3, 2007

Santa Barbara, California - The Pacific golf team finished strong at the Ogio Pacific Coast Intercollegiate, posting a final round 285 to take eighth place. Senior Thomas Petersson and junior Chris Rosenau tied for 17th place, shooting scores of 210 to lead the Tigers to their first under-par tournament in more than five years.

Petersson shot a final round 69 while Rosenau posted a 74 at the 6,830-yard Alisal River Course. Junior A.J. Hohn shot his first tournament under par, posting a one-under 215 for the week while freshman Patrick Kucich finished at 219 and sophomore Charlie Van Sicklen at 223.

"This is a glimpse of things to come for us," said head coach Brandon Goethals. "We've raised the bar with a good performance but we need to get much better than we showed today. I'm not taking a thing away from our guys and I'm very proud of the consistency that we showed. I'm looking forward to getting even better."

Chris Kirk of Cal Poly took the individual title with rounds of 64-67-68 while his team took top honors by shooting 37 under par.The Tigers are off for three weeks until the Big West Championship at Tijeras Creek at the end of the month.

1 Cal Poly 275 275 277 827 -37 2 Denver, U. of 272 274 286 832 -32 3 UC Irvine 276 284 280 840 -24 4 Oregon State U. 285 276 281 842 -22 5 San Diego, U. of 280 283 282 845 -19 6 Washington State U. 284 286 276 846 -18 7 UC Santa Barbara 280 286 285 851 -13 T 8 Pacific, U. of the 278 290 285 853 -11 T 8 St. Mary's (CA) 283 285 285 853 -11 10 San Francisco, U. of 285 286 285 856 -8 11 CSU-Bakersfield 279 291 287 857 -7 12 Long Beach State 289 283 287 859 -5 13 UC Riverside 286 282 293 861 -3 14 CSU-Northridge 291 289 282 862 -2 15 New Mexico State U. 290 280 293 863 -1 16 Idaho, Univ. of 292 287 288 867 +3 17 Sacramento State 288 292 291 871 +7 18 Santa Clara Univ. 298 286 292 876 +12

1 Chris Kirk Cal Poly 64 67 68 199 -17 2 Russell Grove Idaho 72 65 66 203 -13 T 3 Jeff Koprivetz Denver 69 66 69 204 -12 T 3 Jordan Madison Wash. St. 69 69 66 204 -12 T 5 Geoff Gonzalez Cal Poly 69 67 69 205 -11 T 5 Mike Barry San Diego 68 69 68 205 -11 T 7 Matt Grush UC-SaBarba 66 70 70 206 -10 T 7 Michael McRae St. Mary's 70 69 67 206 -10 T 9 Brady Baguio CSUB 69 69 69 207 -9 T 9 Jake Yount San Diego 69 69 69 207 -9 T 9 John Chin UC-Irvine 70 70 67 207 -9 12 Austin Hurt Wash. St. 69 72 67 208 -8 T 13 Alex Williams Oregon St. 70 67 72 209 -7 T 13 Joe Panzeri San Diego 66 72 71 209 -7 T 13 Joe Ryon UC-SaBarba 67 72 70 209 -7 T 13 Scott Clayton UC-Rvrside 72 67 70 209 -7 T 17 Charlie Soule Denver 69 69 72 210 -6 T 17 Chris Rosenau Pacific 65 71 74 210 -6 T 17 Diego Velasquez Oregon St. 72 69 69 210 -6 T 17 Thomas Petersson Pacific 70 71 69 210 -6 T 17 Tony Verna UC-SaBarba 70 70 70 210 -6