Men's Golf Struggles During First Day at Elco Invitational
October 18, 2004

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.--The weather wasn't hospitable, but that made little difference to the University of Hawaii-Hilo as the Vulcans took a commanding 12-stroke lead after the first 36 holes of the seventh annual Elco, Inc. Intercollegiate Golf Tournament Monday at Bakersfield Country Club.

The Vulcans need only shoot par Tuesday to equal Chico State's tournament-record 12 under set last season. Hilo leads second-place Cal State San Marcos 564-576. No. 12 ranked St. Martin's College of Lacey, Wash. is third at one-over 577. Cal State Monterey Bay (577) and No. 4 ranked Cal State BaAfter the first day, Kyle Wilson led the Toros at seven-over 151 (78/73) which placed him in a tie for 50th-place after the first two rounds. L.C. Honore (154-76/78), Jason Olguin (155-78/77), Zach Zehnder (156-82/74) and Matt Giamberdino (166-82/84) rounded out the team scoring (616) after the first 36 holes. kersfield (578) round out the top five.

CSUDH finds themselves in 17th place entering the final round on Tuesday morning at Bakersfield Country Club.

#    School                Rnd 1   Rnd 2   Rnd 3           Total     +/–
1    Hawaii–Hilo             286     278                     564     –12
2    CS San Marcos           288     288                     576     E
3    St. Martin’s College    283     294                     577     +1
4    CS Monterey Bay         290     288                     578     +2
5    CS BAKERSFIELD          286     293                     579     +3
6    Western Washington      292     288                     580     +4
     CS Stanislaus           285     295                     580     +4
8    Grand Canyon            283     300                     583     +7
9    UC San Diego            295     291                     586     +10
10   Chico State             298     290                     588     +12
11   Sonoma State            296     297                     593     +17
12   Pt. Loma Nazarene       297     298                     595     +19
13   Montana St.–Billings    299     298                     597     +21
     Fresno State “B”        299     298                     597     +21
15   CS San Bernardino       292     309                     601     +25
     The Master’s College    301     300                     601     +25
17   CS Dominguez Hills      314     302                     616     +40
18   Northwest Nazarene      330     329                     659     +83