Rams finish eighth at National Invitational Tournament

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March 23, 2009

By Danny Mattie
Athletic Media Relations

TUCSON, Ariz. – The Colorado State men’s golf team posted its eighth top-10 finish of the season on Monday, claiming eighth place at the National Invitational Tournament at OMNI Tucson National Golf Club.  CSU fired a three-round team total of 880 (+16). 

Junior Bryce Hanstad closed the tournament as the Rams’ top finisher, notching his team-best sixth top-20 finish of the season.  Hanstad, who carded rounds of 73 and 69 on Monday, posted a 4-over 76 during Tuesday’s final round to capture a share of 18th place in the 85-player field. 

Junior Dustin Morris bounced back from an opening round of 77, posting a 2-under 71 on Monday afternoon and a 1-over 73 on Tuesday to climb into a tie for 29th overall at 5-over 221.  Junior Riley Arp and senior Zen Brown fired a 75 and a 77, respectively, in their third rounds to finish tied for 35th at 6-over 222, one stroke off of Morris’ pace.  

Freshman Zahkai Brown rounded out play tied for 56th at 10-over par, while sophomore Ryan Peterson, competing as an individual, recorded rounds of 74, 75 and 75 to end in a tie for 43rd. 

Mountain West Conference rivals New Mexico (-14), TCU (-3) and UNLV (-1) finished first, third and fourth, respectively, while host Arizona (-7) captured second and Cal (+4) rounded out the top 5.    

New Mexico’s Nick Geyer took home medalist honors, firing a 9-under 207, two strokes better than TCU’s James Sacheck. 

Colorado State will close out March next week at the Shocker Classic in Wichita, Kan., March 30-31.

8	Colorado State	295-286-299--880
T18	Bryce Hanstad	73-69-76--218
T29	Dustin Morris	77-71-73--221
T35	Riley Arp	75-72-75--222
T35	Zen Brown	70-75-77--222
T56	Zahkai Brown	77-74-75--226
T43	*Ryan Peterson	74-75-74--223

* Competed as an individual

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