Nov. 7, 2006

STOCKTON, Calif. - The University of Northern Colorado men's golf team improved its score by 12 strokes from day one to day two of the Food4Less Pacific Invitational and are in ninth place entering Wednesday's final round which is being held at the Brookside Country Club.

The Bears were aided by a pair of sub-70 rounds as senior Kyle Sullivan fired a 3-under 69 and fellow senior Jon Stecher had a 4-under score of 68 to power the team. Sullivan is 15th overall (-2) while Stecher is two strokes back in 23rd place (even par).

John Chin of UC Irvine, Erik Petersen of Rice and Daniel Summerhays of BYU are currently in a three way tie for first place (-9).

Other Bears golfers include sophomore Jordan Ensrud and junior Eric Higgins, who are tied in 40th place (+3). Junior Tom Gempel is 55th overall (+14).

The Bears leaped up two spots in the overall standings and are just five strokes out of sixth place overall. BYU continues to be the team leader at -22 overall, five strokes ahead of Charlotte.

The final 18 holes of the event will be played on Wednesday morning. Live stats can be accessed through links at UNCBears.com.

Northern Colorado Scores

15. Kyle Sullivan      73-69  142 (-2)
23. Jon Stecher        76-68  144 (E)
40. Jordan Ensrud      72-75  147 (+3)
40. Eric Higgins       75-72  147 (+3)
55. Tom Gempel         80-78  158 (+14)

Team Scores After Round Two

 1. Brigham Young      275-279  554 (-22)
 2. Charlotte          280-279  559 (-17)
 3. UC-Santa Barbara   276-287  563 (-13)
 4. UC-Irvine          286-279  565 (-11)
 5. Rice University    287-285  572 (-4)
 6. Fresno State       285-290  575 (-1)
    CSU-Northridge     284-291  575 (-1)
 8. Rhode Island       285-292  577 (+1)
 9. Northern Colorado  296-284  580 (+4)
    San Jose State     292-288  580 (+4)
11. Pacific            291-297  588 (+12)
12. UC Riverside       310-302  612 (+36)