Nick Delio Captures NCAA Southwest Regional Championship, Advances To NCAA Championship: Cal State Northridge's Nick Delio punched his ticket to the NCAA Championships thanks to achieving medalist honors at the NCAA Southwest Regional Championship in San Diego, Calif.
Delio's third round 73 put him at 3-under for the tournament, one shot ahead of Oregon's Daniel Miernicki for the top spot in the field. Delio's three round score of three under-par 213 advances him to the NCAA Championships June 1-6 at The Honors Course in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Delio also becomes the first Matador player to advance to the NCAA Championships since CSUN moved up to the Division I level in 1991. The Matadors last had a Division II champion in 1990 when Bob Burns won the national championship.
The NCAA Men's Golf Championship is scheduled for June 1-5 at The Honors Course in Chattanooga, Tenn.
UC Irvine Reclaims Big West Men's Title: After a one-year hiatus, UC Irvine reclaimed the Big West mens golf title with an impressive victory at Mission Viejo Country Club. UCI, which has now won three championships in the past four seasons. UCI's John Chin also claimed the second medalist honor of his Anteater career with a seven-under 209 for the tournament.
UCI (873) finished up at +9 for the Championship after shooting 297 in Tuesdays third round. Pacific was second at +26 (890), while Long Beach State rounded out the top three with a +31 (895) showing. UC Santa Barbara finished the tournament in fourth with a score of +33 (897), while Cal State Northridge came in fifth at +39 (903). UC Davis was sixth at +46 (910), while UC Riverside (+47, 911), Cal Poly (+61, 925) and Cal State Fullerton (+65, 929) wrapped up the 2010 Championship team leaderboard.
Chin was the lone player to finish below par for the tournament as he posted a score nine strokes better than the runner ups. T.J. Bordeaux of Pacific and Pace Johnson of Cal Poly were each in that second position at +2, while another tie for fourth at +3 between UC Riversides Kevin Fitzgerald and UC Irvines Shaun OMeara wrapped up the top five scorers.
Chin (-1) was only one of three players during the third round to post a round of even or below par. UC Riverside's Andrew Patipaksiri (-1) and UC Davis' Andrew Haggen (E) were the other two competitors to achieve the feat.
UCD and UCI Conclude Season At NCAA Women's Golf West Regional: Two Big West clubs wrapped up the 2010 Spring season competing at the NCAA Women's Golf West Regional. UC Davis ended up in 15th place and UC Irvine finished in 17th place. The regional tournament was held at Stanford Golf Course on the campus of Stanford University.
The Aggies wrapped up the regional with a +61 after finishing the third round at +14. Chelsea Stelzmiller was UCD's top scorer after the three rounds, wrapping up the tourney +2 overall, placing her in a tie for 17th place.
Meanwhile, UCI finished in 17th place after its third round +28. Henna Cho was the low scorer for the Anteaters with a +14 over the three round tournament, finishing in a tie for 38th overall.
UC Irvine, UC Davis Graham In NCAA Regional Action: UC Irvine competed as a team at the Southwest Regional, finishing in a tie for eighth at 35-over. John Chin finished in ninth place at +1 (76-71-71) to lead the squad, while Jerry He finished in a tie for 28th at +8 (75-73-76). Max Greil was at +15 (74-81-76) and Bryan Harris (78-76-83) and Michael Yang (84-77-76) completed the UCI competitors at +21 each.
Meanwhile, Austin Graham wrapped up his time at the West Regional in Bremerton, Wash., with a final round 75 to put him at +7 for the tournament. He shot 75 and 73 in the previous rounds on his way to a tie for 40th place.
Big West Annual Awards: Following a stellar season in which he helped lead his team to the Big West title, UC Irvine's John Chin was named the Big West Mens Golfer of the Year. Pace Johnson of Cal Poly also claimed a major award in the Freshman of the Year, while Anteater coach Paul Smolinski was voted as the league's coach of the year.
UC Irvine also claimed two of the six first team all-conference spots, the only club to have multiple first team all-stars. Chin and Cal State Northridge's Nick Delio were named first teamers for the third time, while UC Davis Austin Graham and Pacifics T.J. Bordeaux picked up first team accolades for the second time.
On the women's side, UC Davis continued to rake in the hardware following its top season in DI competition as Aggie junior Alice Kim claimed Big West Women's Golfer of the Year honors. UCD also nabbed the Freshman of the Year in Amy Simanton, while Aggie head coach Anne Walker was dubbed the coach of the year.
UC Davis also dominated the all-conference selections as four of the six first team selections went to the Aggies. Long Beach State and UC Irvine claimed the final two first team slots.