Men's Golf Finishes 9th at Food4Less Pacific Invitational

Nov. 8, 2006

STOCKTON, Calif. - The University of Northern Colorado men's golf team finished ninth overall at the Food4Less Pacific Invitational which concluded on Wednesday at the Brookside Country Club.

The Bears combined for a final round score of 298 to finish at 878 (+14) for the event. BYU, who led from the start to finish of the tournament, was the team champion (-34), topping Charlotte by 11 strokes overall.

The Bears were led by senior Kyle Sullivan who had a final round 76 to finish 27th overall (+2). Senior Jon Stecher was just one stroke behind Sullivan in 31st place while sophomore Jordan Ensrud was 41st, two strokes behind Stecher. Junior Eric Higgins was 41st (+7) while junior Tom Gempel finished 53rd (+15).

BYU's Clay Ogden won the individual medalist title with a score of -12. He topped teammate Daniel Summerhays be a stroke.

Northern Colorado has now wrapped-up its fall season and will be off until March 19-20 when the team competes at the Western Intercollegiate in Santa Cruz, Calif.

Northern Colorado Final Scores

27. Kyle Sullivan       73-69-76  218 (+2)
31. Jon Stecher         76-68-75  219 (+3)
35. Jordan Ensrud       72-75-74  221 (+5)
41. Eric Higgins        75-72-76  223 (+7)
53. Tom Gempel          80-78-73  231 (+15)

Final Team Standings

 1. Brigham Young        275-279-276  830 (-34)
 2. Charlotte            280-279-282  841 (-23)
 3. UC-Santa Barbara     276-287-289  852 (-12)
 4. UC-Irvine            286-279-290  855 (-9)
 5. Rhode Island         285-292-290  867 (+3)
 6. Rice University      287-285-296  868 (+4)
 7. CSU-Northridge       284-291-295  870 (+6)
 8. Fresno State         285-290-296  871 (+7)
 9. Northern Colorado    296-284-298  878 (+14)
10. San Jose State       292-288-301  881 (+17)
11. Pacific              291-297-298  886 (+22)
12. UC Riverside         310-302-306  918 (+54)