Colorado University Athletics

Golfers Claim 7th In Own Stevinson Invite

March 24, 2003 | Men's Golf

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
        
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