TURLOCK, CALIF. - On Tuesday, March 26th, the Sonoma State men's golf team concluded their three round event at the Hanny Stanislaus Invitational with a solid 8-under team performance to take 5th place out of 15 teams. Senior
Lucas Happy led the charge with a terrific week, finishing alone in 6th place individually at 7-under-par. He recorded his low round of the tournament with a 68 (-4) in the second round on Monday to move the team into 4th place. Happy concluded things with an even par round on Tuesday to solidify the teams 5th place finish.
Cole Kroeker and
Colin Huang battled to record rounds of even par Monday morning and then in the afternoon, first year golfer
Ivan Sablan stormed onto the scene with an impressive 67 (-5) which included 7 birdies. The team's low round of the week propelled them into 4th place heading into the final round on Tuesday. Huang was also the squad's third golfer to record a round under par in the afternoon, finishing 3-under with 6 birdies of his own.
As a team, the Seawolves finished just 3-over-par in Tuesday's final round but they fell one spot to 5th place as a result. The top of the leaderboard was riddled with CCAA programs as spots 1-6 were all captured by member institutions. Happy finished in 6th place individually with Sablan and Huang rounding out the top-20 with t-16th place finishes of their own. Happy went on to lead the field in par-4 scoring, finishing 8-under in his three rounds of action, three strokes better than the next golfer in the category.
Cole Kroeker snuck inside the top-30 at 3-over-par on the week and
Ryan Stewart rounded out the group at 18-over in his three rounds. The full list of SSU finishers can be found below:
LOOKING AHEAD
The Hanny Stanislaus Invitational stood as the team's final event of the regular season before the conference championships on April 22nd. SSU will play host for this year's postseason event at Santa Rosa Golf and Country Club. Additional tournament information can be found at sonomaseawolves.com.
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