GOLF | Gaels Conclude Arizona Intercollegiate with 7th Place Finish

Tuesday, January 28

Sewailo GC - Tuscon, Ariz.

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Saint Mary's College of California

3rd Round

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Photo by: Saint Mary's Athletics / Tod Fierner

GOLF | Gaels Conclude Arizona Intercollegiate with 7th Place Finish

1/28/2020 6:37:00 PM | Men's Golf

TUCSON, Ariz. — The Gaels closed out the Arizona Intercollegiate on Tuesday and finished seventh out of the competitive 14-team field. Saint Mary's surpassed No. 44 Long Beach State in the tournament by two strokes.

THE LEADERBOARD
Saint Mary's shot 6-over in the final round to end play at 12-over overall. No. 11 Arizona took the team title at 21-under and were trailed by No. 12 Baylor (12-under) and No. 17 Washington (even) to round out the top three.

Blake Hathcoat led the team with a 1-under final round to wrap up the event 2-under and tie for ninth in the 84-man field. Michael Slesinski came in t-19th at 2-over and was followed by Ethan Farnam at 4-over, Evan Peterson at 12-over, and Ash Hakim at 16-over.

Dylan VanderVeer, who was competing as an individual, had a solid final round with an even score to end tied for 31st.

Washington's Henry Lee took medalist honors after shooting 5-under on Tuesday to wrap up play 10-under. Arizona's Trevor Werbylo also was 10-under to come in second. Out of the 84 competitors, only 14 shot even or better across the three rounds as Sewailo Golf Club proved to be a tough challenge.

The full leaderboard can be viewed here.

FINAL ROUND HIGHLIGHTS

Peterson had his first career eagle on the 242 yard par 3 13th.
VanderVeer shot 3-under on the front 9 with no bogeys.
Four Gaels parred the 638 yard par 5 on hole 10.
Hathcoat was fifth in the tournament with 15 total birdies.

UP NEXT: JOHN BURNS INTERCOLLEGIATE
Saint Mary's will have a few weeks off before returning to play on Feb. 20 at the John Burns Intercollegiate in Hawai'i.