Oct. 17, 2006

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LA QUINTA, Calif. - Playing against one of the top fields at one of the most prestigious college tournaments in the country, the University of Northern Colorado men's golf team finished 12th overall at The Prestige at PGA West which concluded play on Tuesday.

The Bears were as high as fourth after the first round but fell back to finish 12th in the 15 team field, edging Oregon, San Diego and Princeton. Co-host Stanford snapped UCLA's three-year reign as the team champion, finishing at -15 for the two-day event, two strokes better than the Bruins.

Junior Tom Gempel led the way for the Bears, carding a final round 75 (+3) to finish at 222 (+6) for the event, putting him in 27th place. That was one stroke better than sophomore Jordan Ensrud, who had a 76 on Tuesday and finished 31st (+7). Junior Eric Higgins was 44th (+10) and Kyle Sullivan was 51st (+13). Senior Jon Stecher had a pair of rounds of 79 on Monday but withdrew from Tuesday's final round.

Stanford's Zack Miller had a final round 69 (-3) to claim individual medalist honors.

Northern Colorado will wrap-up its fall season on Nov. 6-8 when they travel to Stockton, Calif. to compete in the Food4Less Pacific Invitational. Live scoring for that event can be accessed at UNCBears.com.

Final Northern Colorado Scores

27. Tom Gempel         74-73-75 222 (+6)
31. Jordan Ensrud      71-76-76 223 (+7)
44. Eric Higgins       76-77-73 226 (+10)
51. Kyle Sullivan      72-79-78 229 (+13)
-   Jon Stecher        79-79-W  W

Final Team Standings

 1. Stanford           288-281-280  849 (-15)
 2. UCLA               294-276-281  851 (-13)
 3. UC Irvine          288-286-285  859 (-5)
 4. Minnesota          288-292-290  870 (+6)
 5. USC                294-303-280  877 (+13)
    Kansas             301-294-282  877 (+13)
 7. Notre Dame         302-295-282  879 (+15)
 8. UC Davis           296-292-292  880 (+16)
 9. Colorado           297-298-289  884 (+20)
10. Illinois           304-297-292  893 (+29)
11. California         298-299-298  895 (+31)
12. Northern Colorado  293-305-302  900 (+36)
13. Oregon             302-305-295  902 (+38)
14. San Diego          300-299-311  910 (+46)
15. Princeton          317-301-317  935 (+71)