Highlanders Complete Shoot-Out at Angel Park

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(Oct. 1, 2007) – UC Riverside’s men’s golf team (296-309-287-892) finished in 14th at the Shoot-Out at Angel Park in Las Vegas hosted by the University of Hawaii. Sophomore Andrew Cortez shot even par for the tournament and finished tied for seventh to lead UCR.

Cortez (70-72-71-213) was UCR’s top golfer throughout the tournament. Freshman Nick Paez (76-82-66-224) finished t-53rd, shot a 66 in the third and final round, tied with several golfers as the best round of the tournament. Sophomore Scott Clayton (76-77-76-229) and senior Steve Solis (76-78-75-229) tied for 70th. Unfortunatly Spencer Paschall was disqualified after the second round and didn’t qualify with a final score.

UNLV won the tournament, as they were the only team to finish under par, closing out with a five under par 840. The Big West’s Cal State Northridge finished in second place and UNLV’s B team came in third.

Brandon Crick of Gonzaga fired a six under par 207 taking the individual title, on shot ahead of Seung-Su-Han of UNLV. Four golfers finished tied for third at –2.

The Highlanders next compete at the Bill Cullum Invitational hosted by Cal State Northridge at Simi Valley, CA Oct 15-16.