Jones Tops Toros at 57th SoCal Intercollegiate Golf Championship
March 6, 2007

San Diego, CA -- Day two at Marbella Country Club proved a bit more challenging for the Toro linksters as junior Zach Jones (Los Alamitos, CA/University of Hawai'i-Hilo) fired an 8-over par to finish tied for 42nd place, concluding the UC San Diego-hosted tournament with a total score of 229.

Shooting 6-over and 5-over after yesterday’s first day of competition, Jones managed a 78 during the third and final round, keeping him tied for 42nd at the day’s end, the same position in which he began this morning’s round. Fellow junior Raphael Malabanon (Stanton, CA/Cypress College) shot the lowest score of the day for the Toros with a 77, moving him up from 70th to T61st for the tournament.

West Florida’s Leonardo Di Marino fired a 68 to storm past teammate Matthew Galloway and tie Sonoma State’s Jarin Todd for after regulation, but Todd bested DiMarino on the first playoff hole to take the individual title. Meanwhile, UWF’s 1st, 3rd, 4th, 7th and 11th-place finishes propelled the Argonauts to the team with an overall score of 838, a full 27 strokes ahead of runner-up Barry University. As a team, the Toros finished 15th out of 15 schools competing.

Other Toro results:

• Jeff Ronk (T53rd, 78-75-80-233)
• Miguel Saucedo (58th, 75-79-80-234)
• Raphael Malabanon (T61, 75-84-77-236)
• Keith Johnson (73th, 79-84-85-248)

The Toros return to action on March 26-27, competing at the Spring Invitational, hosted by Cal State Bakersfield.