Feb. 19, 2008

Final Results

SANTEE, California - Utah Valley shot a final round 313 and finished in third place, five shots behind host Drake, at the Carlton Oaks Invitational in Santee, California.

Nick Nelson finished in fifth place after a 2-over 74 had him at +8 overall while Jeff Gibson tied for 16th at +14 and Andrew Nelson tied for 18th at +15 for the the 54-hole tournament.

The Wolverines entered the day 12 shots back of Point Loma Nazarene and in second place, but Point Loma shot the low team score of day, a 294, to win the team competition with a three day score of 889 (+25). Drake's final team score was 915 (+51) while Utah Valley finished at 920 (+56).

"It was exciting to be in that position. It's the first time this year we've put ourselves in a position to win," said head coach Clark Rustand. "That said I think we need to do better next time. We got off to a slow start and that really hurt us."

Skyler Distefano tied for 33rd and Gavin Rice finished in a tie for 57th to round out the Wolverine golfers.

Utah Valley will now have over a month off before traveling to the Lamkin Cal Poly Invitational in Arroyo Grande, California on March 27-28.