Golfers Claim 7th In Own Stevinson Invite

STEVINSON, Calif. - The University of Colorado men's golf team rallied to finish in seventh place here Tuesday, in perhaps what was a "swing" meet for the Buffaloes in relation to its NCAA chances, as the fifth annual CU-Stevinson Ranch Invitational came to a close.

Pacific turned in the best single round of the tournament, a six-under par 282 in the final round, catapulting from third after two rounds to first in the standings in winning with an 866 team sore. Kansas State, the co-leader after one round and the leader by itself after two rounds finished second, six strokes back at 872.

The win by Pacific snapped a Kansas stranglehold on the title here, as the Jayhawks had won the first four events, though all were close: KU won by three, eight, five and one stroke, respectively.

Colorado was in sixth after the first round, slipped to ninth after 36 holes before rallying with the third best score of the final round, a 1-over 289, to finish seventh with an 881 team score. The Buffs have finished second here twice, and now have three seventh place efforts in the five-year history of the meet.

The key here was how CU fared against several NCAA District Five rivals, as the tournament was designed by CU head coach Mark Simpson to have largely a district meet in near-certain good weather conditions. Only 11 strokes had separated the third through 12th place teams after two rounds, with the Buffs in the thick of that quagmire, so CU did have an opportunity to improve its standing and thus its chances for a berth into the NCAA Championships. Of the nine district foes here the Buffs competed against, Colorado defeated six, improving to 8-15-2 against district teams. But losing to Wichita State, which finished third, by six strokes, and to Missouri by one likely have placed CU in a precarious position in regard to the NCAA Championships.

"I didn't want to have any scared swings out there, because when the wind is affecting the ball and you make a 'scared' swing, it worsens the effect of the ball," Hanson said in rebounding from an 81 Monday to a 2-under 70 in the final round. "So I went out there and played aggressively."

"I was very proud of the guys; they shot a good round on a very tough golf course," Simpson said of what turned out to be CU's second best single round of the season. "They were all gutting it out, and gave it all they had. To shoot 289 in the last round is a real positive sign for the team.

"My assessment right now is that we're on the bubble for the NCAA's," Simpson surmised. "Therefore, we need to continue to improve, to show improvement in our remaining two tournaments before they make the selections. The challenge is that we won't see Wichita State again, since they're 1-0 against us, and we're trailing both Kansas and Missouri by 3-1, though Mizzou has us by seven strokes total. We need to focus in on the conference championship and have a strong showing there, which I know will grab the committee's eye. We have some tough work ahead of us, hopefully the weather back home will cooperate, and we can play the rest of the way like we did today."

Freshman Edward McGlasson paced the Buffaloes in home state, as the Orange County native turned in a 72-74-72-218 scorecard to tie for 14th on the 7,199-yard, par-72 Stevinson Ranch Golf Club layout. Another freshman and Pasadena native, Blake Moore shot even par Tuesday, and combined with junior Jeff Hanson's 2-under 70, CU's low score of the meet, the Buffs were on their way to a good score.

"That's a sign of a quality player, to have a bad round like Jeff did yesterday and to bounce back the way he did," Simpson said. "Edward and Blake, a couple of freshmen, did great work for us today as well. It's what we need to do."

Even freshman Michael Feuerstein got into the act; competing as an individual, which meant his score did not count toward CU's team total, he shot a 71 in the final round, including 33 on the front nine, one of only four 33s recorded in the meet.

Senior Stephen Carroll shot a 75 to finish with a 219 total, tying him for 19th. It marked just the second time this year the Buffs had two finishers in the top 20.

Pacific's Matt Hansen cruised to a six-shot victory, carding a final round 68 for a 208 total, tying former CU golfer Ben Portie's tournament low score set just last year.

The Buffs are idle until April 11-12, when they will travel to Tempe to compete in the Arizona State Sun Devil Thunderbird Invitational for the first time since 1996. That will be the final tune-up ahead of the Big 12 Conference Championships in Tulsa later in Apri

Buffalo Individuals

T14. Edward McGlasson 72-74-72--218
T19. Stephen Carroll 74-71-75--220
T26. Blake Moore 75-75-72--222
T30. Jeff Hanson 72-81-70--223
T53. *Michael Feuerstein 78-80-71--229
T64. Derek O'Neill 77-79-79--235
(*-competed as an individual; not eligible for team scoring.)

Team Scores

1. Pacific............... 296-288-282--866
2. Kansas State.......... 286-287-299--872
3. Wichita State......... 286-293-296--875
4. UC-Irvine............. 286-302-288--876
5. CSU-Stanislaus........ 288-296-296--880
5. Missouri.............. 295-294-291--880
7. COLORADO.............. 293-299-289--881
8. Iowa State............ 298-293-293--884
9. Nebraska.............. 298-297-290--885
10. Drake................. 298-292-301--891
11. Illinois State........ 303-292-297--892
12. Kansas................ 292-302-301--895
13. SW Missouri State..... 305-297-303--905
14. Air Force............. 309-309-317--935

Overall Individual Results

Rank Player School Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Total +/-
1 Matt Hansen Pacific 70 70 68 208 -8
2 Mike Lavery UC-Irvine 68 77 69 214 -2
Brandon Knaub Missouri 71 71 72 214 -2
4 Derek Butts Drake 72 69 74 215 -1
Jeff Coburn UC-Irvine 73 70 72 215 -1
Brian Anderson Ill. St. 72 70 73 215 -1
Josh Persons Kansas St. 70 73 72 215 -1
8 Matt VanCleave Kansas St. 72 71 73 216 E
Ryan Thornberry CSU-Stanis. 70 76 70 216 E
Kevin Oswald Iowa State 72 73 71 216 E
Tyler Hall Kansas 71 74 71 216 E
12 Julien Trudeau Wichita St 72 70 75 217 +1
Brian Edick Pacific 74 70 73 217 +1
14 Jim Troy Nebraska 73 71 74 218 +2
Edward McGlasson Colorado 72 74 72 218 +2
John May Wichita St 71 74 73 218 +2
17 Kane Hanson Drake 73 73 73 219 +3
Aaron Watkins Kansas St. 72 72 75 219 +3
19 Chris Happ Missouri 73 73 74 220 +4
Stephen Carroll Colorado 74 71 75 220 +4
Jim Schafer CSU-Stanis. 71 72 77 220 +4
22 J.J. Sullivan Nebraska 77 76 68 221 +5
Jason Novascone Wichita St 72 75 74 221 +5
Seth Porter Nebraska 74 73 74 221 +5
Greg Stephanson Iowa State 75 74 72 221 +5
26 Blake Moore Colorado 75 75 72 222 +6
Chris Marshall Kansas 73 71 78 222 +6
David Jenkins Missouri 74 75 73 222 +6
Bill Sutt CSU-Stanis. 75 71 76 222 +6
30 Andrew Bostrom Pacific 76 76 71 223 +7
Judd Easterling Wichita St 73 74 76 223 +7
Jeff Hanson Colorado 72 81 70 223 +7
Ben Scribner Pacific 76 72 75 223 +7
Ty Cline Wichita St 71 78 74 223 +7
35 Julien Duxin SMS 77 74 73 224 +8
Adam Wasinger Air Force 76 73 75 224 +8
Cory Ewert Missouri 77 75 72 224 +8
Drew Dalziel Iowa State 76 74 74 224 +8
Jay Choe UC-Irvine 71 77 76 224 +8
40 Jeremy Lyons Iowa State 75 74 76 225 +9
Judd Cornell Nebraska 74 77 74 225 +9
Tyler Swanson Iowa State 77 72 76 225 +9
Andrew Price Kansas 72 77 76 225 +9
A.J. Elgert Kansas St. 72 73 80 225 +9
45 Charlie Zinn CSU-Stanis. 74 77 75 226 +10
Walter Brown Ill. St. 76 77 73 226 +10
Matt Kern Pacific 78 78 70 226 +10
Sandesh Sidhu SMS 77 72 77 226 +10
49 Greg Douglas Kansas St. 77 71 79 227 +11
50 Matt Brooks Drake 74 78 76 228 +12
David Dupy SMS 75 78 75 228 +12
Michael Radek Missouri 77 76 75 228 +12
53 Ryan Armstrong UC-Irvine 74 78 77 229 +13
Brian Bennett SMS 78 73 78 229 +13
*Michael Feuerstein Colorado 78 80 71 229 +13
*Chris Mabry Missouri 77 80 72 229 +13
57 Vinnie Poncino UC-Irvine 76 83 71 230 +14
Chris Morgan CSU-Stanis. 73 82 75 230 +14
59 Kyle Vasel Ill. St. 82 73 76 231 +15
*Cory Cooper Wichita St 75 79 77 231 +15
61 Pete Krsnich Kansas 76 80 76 232 +16
62 Denny Bull Ill. St. 73 81 79 233 +17
63 Mike Foster Drake 82 72 80 234 +18
64 Jared Pyatt SMS 76 81 78 235 +19
Ryan Rainer Kansas 76 81 78 235 +19
Chris Eddy Ill. St. 88 72 75 235 +19
Jeff Berkshire Drake 79 78 78 235 +19
Derek O'Neill Colorado 77 79 79 235 +19
69 Tim Thoren Air Force 83 76 77 236 +20
*Kevin Ward Kansas 82 74 80 236 +20
71 Landon Chang Air Force 76 78 83 237 +21
Kevin Bryson Nebraska 79 79 79 237 +21
73 *Jonathan James Kansas St. 79 82 77 238 +22
74 Jarett Hamamoto Air Force 75 82 83 240 +24
75 Chris Leong Air Force 82 88 82 252 +36
(*-denotes competed as an individual; scores thus did not count toward team total.)

TEAM-BY-TEAM SCORING

1 Pacific, U. of the 296 288 282 866
1 Matt Hansen 70 70 68 208
T 12 Brian Edick 74 70 73 217
T 30 Andrew Bostrom 76 76 71 223
T 30 Ben Scribner 76 72 75 223
T 45 Matt Kern 78 78 70 226
2 Kansas State Univ. 286 287 299 872
T 4 Josh Persons 70 73 72 215
T 8 Matt VanCleave 72 71 73 216
T 17 Aaron Watkins 72 72 75 219
T 40 A.J. Elgert 72 73 80 225
49 Greg Douglas 77 71 79 227
3 Wichita State Univ. 286 293 296 875
T 12 Julien Trudeau 72 70 75 217
T 14 John May 71 74 73 218
T 22 Jason Novascone 72 75 74 221
T 30 Judd Easterling 73 74 76 223
T 30 Ty Cline 71 78 74 223
4 UC-Irvine 286 302 288 876
T 2 Mike Lavery 68 77 69 214
T 4 Jeff Coburn 73 70 72 215
T 35 Jay Choe 71 77 76 224
T 53 Ryan Armstrong 74 78 77 229
T 57 Vinnie Poncino 76 83 71 230
T 5 Missouri, U. of 295 294 291 880
T 2 Brandon Knaub 71 71 72 214
T 19 Chris Happ 73 73 74 220
T 26 David Jenkins 74 75 73 222
T 35 Cory Ewert 77 75 72 224
T 50 Michael Radek 77 76 75 228
T 5 CSU-Stanislaus 288 296 296 880
T 8 Ryan Thornberry 70 76 70 216
T 19 Jim Schafer 71 72 77 220
T 26 Bill Sutt 75 71 76 222
T 45 Charlie Zinn 74 77 75 226
T 57 Chris Morgan 73 82 75 230
7 Colorado, U. of 293 299 289 881
T 14 Edward McGlasson 72 74 72 218
T 19 Stephen Carroll 74 71 75 220
T 26 Blake Moore 75 75 72 222
T 30 Jeff Hanson 72 81 70 223
T 64 Derek O'Neill 77 79 79 235
8 Iowa State Univ. 298 293 293 884
T 8 Kevin Oswald 72 73 71 216
T 22 Greg Stephanson 75 74 72 221
T 35 Drew Dalziel 76 74 74 224
T 40 Jeremy Lyons 75 74 76 225
T 40 Tyler Swanson 77 72 76 225
9 Nebraska, U. of 298 297 290 885
T 14 Jim Troy 73 71 74 218
T 22 J.J. Sullivan 77 76 68 221
T 22 Seth Porter 74 73 74 221
T 40 Judd Cornell 74 77 74 225
T 71 Kevin Bryson 79 79 79 237
10 Drake University 298 292 301 891
T 4 Derek Butts 72 69 74 215
T 17 Kane Hanson 73 73 73 219
T 50 Matt Brooks 74 78 76 228
63 Mike Foster 82 72 80 234
T 64 Jeff Berkshire 79 78 78 235
11 Illinois State U. 303 292 297 892
T 4 Brian Anderson 72 70 73 215
T 45 Walter Brown 76 77 73 226
T 59 Kyle Vasel 82 73 76 231
62 Denny Bull 73 81 79 233
T 64 Chris Eddy 88 72 75 235
12 Kansas, U. of 292 302 301 895
T 8 Tyler Hall 71 74 71 216
T 26 Chris Marshall 73 71 78 222
T 40 Andrew Price 72 77 76 225
61 Pete Krsnich 76 80 76 232
T 64 Ryan Rainer 76 81 78 235
13 SW Missouri St. U. 305 297 303 905
T 35 Julien Duxin 77 74 73 224
T 45 Sandesh Sidhu 77 72 77 226
T 50 David Dupy 75 78 75 228
T 53 Brian Bennett 78 73 78 229
T 64 Jared Pyatt 76 81 78 235
14 Air Force 309 309 317 935
T 35 Adam Wasinger 76 73 75 224
T 69 Tim Thoren 83 76 77 236
T 71 Landon Chang 76 78 83 237
74 Jarett Hamamoto 75 82 83 240
75 Chris Leong 82 88 82 252
Individuals
T 53 Michael Feuerstein Colorado 78 80 71 229
T 53 Chris Mabry Missouri 77 80 72 229
T 59 Cory Cooper Wichita St 75 79 77 231
T 69 Kevin Ward Kansas 82 74 80 236
73 Jonathan James Kansas St. 79 82 77 238

MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS

Hole Par Yards Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Rd. 3 Total
1 5 612 5.13 5.01 5.16 5.10
2 4 459 4.21 4.17 4.25 4.21
3 4 396 4.09 4.20 4.11 4.13
4 3 184 3.44 3.35 3.39 3.39
5 4 452 4.35 4.40 4.20 4.32
6 5 515 4.85 4.85 4.52 4.74
7 3 204 3.29 3.43 3.27 3.33
8 4 339 3.89 3.89 3.99 3.92
9 4 472 4.49 4.40 4.28 4.39
10 4 481 4.21 3.96 4.24 4.14
11 5 511 4.47 4.43 4.65 4.52
12 3 160 3.07 2.85 3.09 3.00
13 4 423 4.33 4.36 4.27 4.32
14 4 341 3.95 4.07 4.11 4.04
15 4 444 4.21 4.24 4.17 4.21
16 3 236 3.31 3.43 3.48 3.40
17 4 425 4.63 4.88 4.57 4.69
18 5 545 5.00 5.40 5.08 5.16
Total 72 7199 74.93 75.32 74.83 75.03
Db. Db.
Hole Par Yards Eagle Eagle Birds Par Bogey Bogey Other
1 5 612 1 32 139 49 4
2 4 459 20 144 55 5 1
3 4 396 17 165 39 4
4 3 184 14 137 53 16 5
5 4 452 8 146 65 4 2
6 5 515 3 91 103 19 7 2
7 3 204 15 133 68 6 3
8 4 339 47 150 26 2
9 4 472 9 130 75 11
10 4 481 1 28 145 43 6 2
11 5 511 13 101 96 12 3
12 3 160 33 161 29 1 1
13 4 423 28 120 56 19 2
14 4 341 31 159 32 1 2
15 4 444 20 147 49 9
16 3 236 10 131 69 13 2
17 4 425 13 97 72 34 9
18 5 545 2 35 137 38 6 7
Total 72 7199 20 552 2440 849 151 38
PAR 3 SCORING EAGLES
Greg Stephanson Iowa State 2.92 -1 Josh Persons Kansas St. 2
Greg Douglas Kansas St. 2.92 -1 A Group Tied at 1
Judd Cornell Nebraska 2.92 -1
Brian Edick Pacific 2.92 -1
Julien Trudeau Wichita St 3.00 E
Jeff Coburn UC-Irvine 3.00 E
Blake Moore Colorado 3.08 +1
Aaron Watkins Kansas St. 3.08 +1
Matt VanCleave Kansas St. 3.08 +1
Tyler Hall Kansas 3.08 +1
Cory Ewert Missouri 3.08 +1
David Jenkins Missouri 3.08 +1
Julien Duxin SMS 3.08 +1
Jay Choe UC-Irvine 3.08 +1
A Group Tied at 3.17 +2
PAR 4 SCORING BIRDIES
Derek Butts Drake 3.93 -2 Derek Butts Drake 14
Matt Hansen Pacific 3.97 -1 Matt Hansen Pacific 13
Matt VanCleave Kansas St. 4.00 E Bill Sutt CSUStanis 12
Chris Marshall Kansas 4.00 E Brandon Knaub Missouri 12
John May Wichita St 4.00 E Kevin Oswald Iowa State 12
Judd Easterling Wichita St 4.00 E Jim Schafer CSUStanis 11
Mike Lavery UC-Irvine 4.00 E Matt Kern Pacific 11
Brian Anderson Ill. St. 4.03 +1 Jim Troy Nebraska 11
Brandon Knaub Missouri 4.03 +1 Tyler Hall Kansas 11
JJ Sullivan Nebraska 4.03 +1 Tyler Swanson Iowa State 11
A Group Tied at 4.07 +2 Greg Stephanson Iowa State 11
Ryan Thornberry CSUStanis 10
Seth Porter Nebraska 10
JJ Sullivan Nebraska 10
Aaron Watkins Kansas St. 10
PAR 5 SCORING PARS
Matt Hansen Pacific 4.25 -9 Mike Lavery UC-Irvine 43
Jim Troy Nebraska 4.33 -8 Brian Edick Pacific 43
Kevin Oswald Iowa State 4.42 -7 Julien Trudeau Wichita St 41
Tyler Hall Kansas 4.42 -7 Matt VanCleave Kansas St. 39
Brian Anderson Ill. St. 4.50 -6 Jeff Berkshire Drake 39
A.J. Elgert Kansas St. 4.50 -6 Jeff Coburn UC-Irvine 38
Brandon Knaub Missouri 4.50 -6 Ben Scribner Pacific 38
Seth Porter Nebraska 4.50 -6 Judd Cornell Nebraska 38
Matt Kern Pacific 4.50 -6 Chris Happ Missouri 38
A Group Tied at 4.58 -5 Edward McGlasson Colorado 38
Judd Easterling Wichita St 37
David Dupy SMS 37
Cory Ewert Missouri 37
A Group Tied at 36
PAR 3 SCORING EAGLES
Kansas State Univ. 3.13 +8 Kansas State Univ. 4
Nebraska, U. of 3.15 +9 Illinois State U. 4
UC-Irvine 3.18 +11 UC-Irvine 3
Pacific, U. of the 3.20 +12 Missouri, U. of 2
Iowa State Univ. 3.22 +13 CSU-Stanislaus 1
Missouri, U. of 3.22 +13 Pacific, U. of the 1
Wichita State Univ. 3.23 +14 Wichita State Univ. 1
Colorado, U. of 3.25 +15 SW Missouri St. U. 1
SW Missouri St. U. 3.27 +16 Nebraska, U. of 1
Illinois State U. 3.33 +20 Iowa State Univ. 1
Kansas, U. of 3.33 +20 Colorado, U. of 1
Drake University 3.38 +23
CSU-Stanislaus 3.38 +23
Air Force 3.55 +33
PAR 4 SCORING BIRDIES
Wichita State Univ. 4.06 +9 CSU-Stanislaus 45
Pacific, U. of the 4.15 +22 Iowa State Univ. 45
Missouri, U. of 4.17 +25 Pacific, U. of the 44
CSU-Stanislaus 4.17 +26 Kansas, U. of 44
Kansas State Univ. 4.19 +28 Kansas State Univ. 41
UC-Irvine 4.21 +31 Nebraska, U. of 38
Iowa State Univ. 4.22 +33 Colorado, U. of 38
Kansas, U. of 4.24 +36 Missouri, U. of 37
Drake University 4.25 +37 Drake University 37
Colorado, U. of 4.26 +39 UC-Irvine 35
Nebraska, U. of 4.26 +39 Wichita State Univ. 35
Illinois State U. 4.28 +42 Illinois State U. 32
SW Missouri St. U. 4.34 +51 SW Missouri St. U. 29
Air Force 4.44 +66 Air Force 24
PAR 5 SCORING PARS
Pacific, U. of the 4.72 -17 Wichita State Univ. 184
Colorado, U. of 4.73 -16 UC-Irvine 176
Iowa State Univ. 4.75 -15 Missouri, U. of 175
CSU-Stanislaus 4.75 -15 Pacific, U. of the 172
Kansas State Univ. 4.77 -14 Nebraska, U. of 165
Missouri, U. of 4.83 -10 Colorado, U. of 164
UC-Irvine 4.83 -10 SW Missouri St. U. 162
Drake University 4.85 -9 Kansas State Univ. 162
Kansas, U. of 4.90 -6 Drake University 161
Nebraska, U. of 4.90 -6 Iowa State Univ. 157
SW Missouri St. U. 4.92 -5 Illinois State U. 157
Illinois State U. 4.97 -2 Kansas, U. of 156
Wichita State Univ. 4.98 -1 CSU-Stanislaus 155
Air Force 5.17 +10 Air Force 142