FRESNO, Calif. - Santa Clara men's golf picked up their second-straight third-place finish on Tuesday, putting a bow on their time at the Sunnyside CC with a 7-under 277 in the final round of the Nick Watney Invitational to finish the event 17-under 835. A trio of Broncos finished inside the top 20 with Matt Robles continuing his torrid start to his collegiate career with a tie for fourth - his fourth top-10 finish of the year.
ROUND HIGHLIGHTS:
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Robles shot 4-under 67 in the final round, tallying six birdies and finishing the event 8-under 67-71-67--205. His tie for fourth is the top finish of his young career and already his third inside the top five.
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Alvaro Muller and Emil Nielsen both tied for 18th at 2-under 211. Muller was 1-under for the day with five birdies to counter out a pair of bogeys and one double bogey.
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Calder Overfelt finished just outside of the top-20, turning in an even par 70-69-74-213 to finish in sole possession of 23rd.
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Freshman Jack Hayden, playing as an individual, finished a shot back from Overfelt in 24th place at 1-over 214 while J.P. Odland and Jolo Magcalayo (Ind.) finished in 42nd and 64th, respectively. Odland had the second-lowest round of the day for the Broncos, turning in a 2-under 69 - his seventh round in the 60s on the season.
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Fresno State and San Diego shared the team title at 23-under 839 while Pacific's Carlos Astiazaran won medalist honors at 10-under 203.
SANTA CLARA INDIVIDUALS:
Place
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Player
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Score
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T4
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Robles
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67-71-67--205
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T18
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Muller
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69-72-70--211
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T18
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Nielson
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70-70-71--211
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23
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Overfelt
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70-69-74--213
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24
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Hayden (Ind.)
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70-71-73– 214
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42
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Odland
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76-74-69--219
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64
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Magcalayo (Ind.)
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71-80-76--227
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TEAM STANDINGS:
Place
|
Team
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Score
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T1
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San Diego
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279-274-276--829
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T1
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Fresno State
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278-275-276--829
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3
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Santa Clara
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276-282-277--835
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4
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Cal Poly
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278-282-288--848
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5
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UC San Diego
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286-285-279--850
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T6
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Pacific
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277-278-295--850
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T6
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Sacramento State
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283-287-282--852
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8
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San Francisco
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279-285-289--853
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9
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Utah Valley
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284-291-286--861
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10
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Idaho
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284-298-293--875
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11
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Air Force
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298-287-296--881
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12
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Southern Utah
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285-302-299--886
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13
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CSU Northridge
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292-295-300--887
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NEXT UP:
The Broncos will head to San Diego next for the Lankin tournament, March 10th and 11th .
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