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2011-12 SSU Men's Golf at SSU Fall Invite
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Men's Golf

Wendelken Leads #12 Seawolves To Second Place At SSU Invite

The Seawolves concluded the fall season on Tuesday and will resume the rest of their schedule on Feb. 27-28, 2012.
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SANTA ROSA, Calif- Jeremy Wendelken scored his second Top 5 finish of the season, shooting a five-over-par 218 to lead the Sonoma State men's golf team to a second place finish at its own Sonoma State Men's Golf Invitational, played at Santa Rosa Golf & Country Club on Monday and Tuesday. Chico State won the event for the fourth time in five years with help from medalist Kyle Souza, who fired a final round-low 69 on Tuesday.

Wendelken tied for fifth with rounds of 74, 71 and 73 on the Par 71, 6,686-yard course in Santa Rosa, finishing six shots back of Souza, who is the reigning NCAA Division II Men's Golf Individual Champion. Steven Warne (74-75-71) carded a 71 in Tuesday's final round to place ninth after a +7 (220) performance in the 54-hole event. Eric Ash (74-73-75) and Ian Attard (71-73-78) both scored a +9 (222) to tie for 13th while Jordan Guillen (78-75-78) tied for 32nd with a three-round score of +18 (231).

Four other Seawolves competed as individuals in the SSU Invitational this week, including Alex Marry (76-74-71--221), who finished just one stroke back of Wendelken. Kyle Listar (79-71-76--226) was placed in a tie for 20th, Cole Pickavance (80-75-79--234) finished tied for 36th and Daniel Slovis (83-82-94--259) came in at 43rd.

Chico State's Souza (72-71-69--212) pulled away with the two stroke victory over Stanford's Andre DeDecker (74-69-71--214). Souza and DeDecker carded the lowest rounds of the tournament (69), albeit on different days. Stanford's Marcel Puyat shot three rounds of 72 to finish third at +3 (216), followed by Chico State's Eric Frazetta (70-74-73--217; +4).

Chico State, ranked No. 4 in the Golf World/Nike Golf Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll (released on Nov. 2), scored an 870 (+18) this week, topping 12th-ranked Sonoma State (882; +30) by 12 strokes. Notre Dame de Namur (891; +39) finished third, UC San Diego (903; +51) placed fourth and defending national champion and 13th-ranked Cal State Monterey Bay (906; +54) came in at fifth. Cal State East Bay (908; +56) and Dominican (966; +114) placed sixth and seventh, respectively.

Sonoma State will take a three month break from competition before returning to action on Feb. 27-28, 2012 at the CSUSB Coyote Invitational in San Bernardino.