Matz Takes Fourth, Bears 12th at Bill Cullum Invite

Monday, October 19

Northridge, CA

All Day

University of Northern Colorado

California State University at Northridge

10/20/2015 8:59:00 PM | Men's Golf

By: UNCBears.com

FINAL RESULTS

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. – The Northern Colorado men's golf team wrapped up its fall season with the final round of the Bill Cullum Invitational on Tuesday.

The Bears sat in 13th heading into the finale at the Wood Ranch Golf Club, and moved up one spot in the standings to capture 12th place as a team at the invite. The squad put together a final score of 881 (296-294-291) with three consecutive sub-300 rounds.

"Josh [Matz] had a wonderful event. Finishing tied for fourth in this field is a real accomplishment," said head coach Roger Prenzlow. "He was a pleasure to watch the entire event. It was great to see Steven [Kupcho] have a stellar round and also to have Sam [Marley] play well."

UNC was led by freshman Josh Matz throughout all 54 holes of the tournament. Matz capped off his excellent play with another 71 (-1), finishing in a tie for 4th place overall.

This was Matz's best finish at any tournament this fall, and the best of his young collegiate career.

He ended the two-day meet with a 211 (-5 overall) after posting a 71 (-1) and a 69 (-3) on Monday's 36-hole extravaganza.

The California native sealed the top finish with 13 pars and three birdies in his final 18 holes.

Senior Steven Kupcho also had a fall-best performance. Kupcho shot a 67 (-5) missing out on his career-low by a stroke. Kupcho was nine shots back of Matz, ending with a 220 (78-75-67). He finished in a tie for 38th place on the leaderboard.

The third best round of the day came from sophomore Sam Marley. Marley duplicated his first round total of 73 (+1) and totaled a 223 (73-77-73) at the invite, good for 48th place.

Both senior Conner Barr and junior Jack Cummings fired identical rounds of 80 (+8) to round of the team. Barr strung together a 231 (74-77-80), while Cummings was just one stroke back with a 232 (79-73-80).

"We need to keep making strides to play well for 54 holes," Prenzlow added. "We are playing well in spurts, but have a few lapses which cost us in the final standings. We have a ton of talent on this team, but need to focus better the entire tournament."

Loyola Marymount won the team title after scoring an 842 (-22 overall). Southern Utah's Fidel Concepcion took first place individually, posting a -9 under at the meet.

That completes the fall season for Northern Colorado. They will take the winter off and be back to open up the spring season on Feb. 8 in Cedar City, Utah at the Thunderbird Invitational.

BILL CULLUM INVITATIONAL
Simi Valley, CA
Wood Ranch G.C.
Oct. 19-20, 2015

TEAM RESULTS (16 TEAMS)

   1  Loyola Marymount..............       283 276 283       842     -22
   2  Pepperdine....................       294 274 279       847     -17
   3  Santa Clara...................       281 283 288       852     -12
   4  Seattle University............       282 280 303       865      +1
   5  Long Beach State..............       283 296 288       867      +3
   6  UC Santa Barbara..............       286 287 295       868      +4
   7  Cal Poly......................       288 283 299       870      +6
   8  Utah State Univ...............       277 297 298       872      +8
   9  UC Riverside..................       290 291 294       875     +11
  10  CSU - Fullerton...............       289 298 289       876     +12
  11  Boise State...................       287 297 293       877     +13
  12  Northern Colorado.............       296 294 291       881     +17
 T13  Southern Utah.................       297 299 291       887     +23
 T13  Hawaii........................       290 299 298       887     +23
  15  UC Irvine.....................       293 303 296       892     +28
  16  CSU - Northridge..............       303 304 299       906     +42

INDIVIDUAL TOP-10

   1  Fidel Concepcion............... Southern Utah.................     71 69 67       207      -9
   2  Hayden Shieh................... Santa Clara...................     72 65 71       208      -8
   3  Braden Baer.................... Loyola Marymount..............     72 68 69       209      -7
  T4  Joe Harvie..................... Seattle University............     68 66 77       211      -5
  T4  Sahith Theegala................ Pepperdine....................     75 66 70       211      -5
  T4  Camden Price................... Cal Poly......................     74 66 71       211      -5
  T4  Joshua Matz.................... Northern Colorado.............     71 69 71       211      -5
  T4  Riley Elmes.................... Loyola Marymount..............     69 72 70       211      -5
  T9  Tyler Kertson.................. Santa Clara...................     67 73 72       212      -4
  T9  Zach Smith..................... UC Santa Barbara..............     67 68 77       212      -4
  T9  Nick Jan....................... Loyola Marymount..............     72 68 72       212      -4