Jones Leads Toros After Day One of CCAA Championships
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Paso Robles, CA -- The Toros' Zach Jones (Los Alamitos, CA/University of Hawai'i-Hilo) came back from a 5-over first round to post a 2-under 2nd round to put him at 21st place overall, finishing with a 3-over 147 after day one of the CCAA Championships came to an end at Hunter Ranch Golf Club in Paso Robles. As a team, CSUDH sits in 8th place amongst the 8 teams competing, 31 strokes back of 7th place UC San Diego.

Raphael Malabanon (Stanton, CA/Cypress College) seemed poised to field the best mark for the Toro quintet after his first round total of 75, but not even his 76 after round two could keep Jones off the Toro leader board as the Los Alamitos native forged his way back after an opening effort of 77 with a second round of 70 to finish at 147 at day's end.

Individually, Cal State Stanislaus' Eric Justesen managed an 8-under 136 over the first two rounds, and is followed by Cal State Bakersfield's Chris Kwon at 140, and a trio of Cal State San Bernardino Coyotes who occupy the 3 through 5 slots.

As a team, Chico State's total of 574 is 5 stroke better than CS Stanislaus' 579, while Cal State Monterey Bay and Cal State San Bernardino find themselves in a two-way tie for 3rd at 581, just seven strokes back of the Wildcats.

Other CSUDH results:

• Miguel Saucedo (38th, 80-83-163)
• Jeff Ronk (39th, 85-81-166)
• Matt Giamberdino (40th, 90-87-177)

The tournament continues with the third and final round at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday.