Monterey, Calif. - Nevada Men's Golf continued play at the Saint Mary's Invitational Wednesday, finishing the round in 11th following a second round team total of 295 to finish at +13 (290-294-295=879).
Leading the way for the Wolf Pack in the final round was
Ben Ortwein, who posted a three under-par round of 69. Ortwein went out in 35, coming back in 34 in a round highlighted by five birdies and two bogies. Ortwein jumped 18 places in the last round, finishing in 26th place.
Next best for the Pack was
Aaron Leach, who posted a two over-par round of 74, highlighted by three birdies offset by five bogies. Leach finished the tournament at +7 in 56th place.
Tied with the final two counting scores for the Wolf Pack were
Riki Matsumoto and
Liam Gobin, who both posted three over-par rounds of 75. Gobin had a clean front nine, going out in 35, his round was highlighted by one birdie. Matsumoto made two birdies on the day but struggled to keep bogies off the card.
Rounding out the Wolf Pack starting five was Oak Seelanagae, who struggled to find his form from the first two rounds, posting a final round 81. Seelanagae didn't find any birdies in the final round, finishing the tournament in 31st place.
Individually,
Monte Chumchaivate played his best round of the tournament in the final round, posting an even-par 72. Chumchaivate made four birdies in the final round offset by two bogies and a double.
The Pack will round out fall play Nov. 5-6 at the Kapolei Invitational in Hawaii.
Nevada Results
Team Leaderboard
1. Arkansas State: -9, -3, -7 (-19)
2. St. Mary's (CA): -4, E, -11 (-15)
3. Santa Clara: +4, -8, +2 (-2)
4. Long Beach State: -1, +8, -2 (-1)
5. Texas State: -2, +3, E (+1)
6. Pacific: E, -1, +5 (+4)
7. Fresno State: -3, +6, +2 (+5)
8. Cal Poly: +7, +1, -2 (+6)
9. San Francisco: -1, +9, E (+8)
10. Washington State: +1, +11, E (+12)
11. Nevada: +2, +6, +5 (+13)
12. UC Santa Barbara: +9, +9, -3 (+15)
13. Sam Houston: +9, +14, -4 (+19)
14. New Mexico State: +10, +8, +7 (+25)
15. Austin Peay State: +14, +17, +3 (+34)
16. UT Arlington: +18, +14, +5 (+37)
Individual
26.
Ben Ortwein - 74-75-69=218 (+2)
31. Oak Seelanagae - 68-70-81=219 (+3)
56.
Aaron Leach - 74-75-74=223 (+7)
67.
Riki Matsumoto - 76-74-75=225 (+9)
67.
Liam Gobin - 74-76-75=225 (+9)
75.
Monte Chumchaivate (IND) - 77-79-72=228 (+12)