Nov. 4, 2008
Stockton Sports Commission (live scoring)
STOCKTON, Calif. - Led by a pair of 71's on Tuesday from Brent Booth and Ramie Sprinkling, the UC Davis men's golf team cut four strokes off its first-round score to shoot a 2-over 286 and move up to seventh place after two rounds of the Stockton Sports Commission Pacific Invitational.
Besides Booth and Sprinkling, the Aggies' score was helped by 1-over 72's from Nate Pistacchio and Austin Graham at the 6,757-yard Brookside Country Club Course.
UC Davis' 286 gave it a two-round total of 8-over 576, just one shot behind Big West Conference foe Cal State Northridge which is sixth. Rice shot a 1-under 283 for the second straight day to assume a four-shot lead over Oregon atop the team standings. Fresno State and Kansas State are tied for third, five shots off the pace.
Booth's 71 featured a trio of birdies over his first nine holes and put him in a tie for 13th at 1 over 143. Sprinkling's par round was also highlighted by three birdies and left him tied for 36th at 5 over going into the final round on Wednesday.
Pistacchio, looking for his third conecutive top-10 finish, is tied for eighth at 1 under after 36 holes, going 1 under over his first nine holes on Tuesday before finishing with a 72. Graham is tied for 20th at 3 over, battling back from being two shots over par after six holes to even after 13 and carding a 72 for the day. Freshman Tyler Raber cut two shots off his opening-round 78 to shoot 76 and is in 55th.
Pacific's T.J. Bordeaux and Michael Buttacavoli of Rice share the second-round lead at 5-under 137.
UC Davis will begin teeing off for the final round at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday.
STOCKTON SPORTS COMMISSION PACIFIC INVITATIONAL
Stockton, Calif. (hosted by Pacific)
Brookside Country Club
par 71; 6,757 yards
36 of 54 holes
TEAM
1. Rice, 283-283-566
2. Oregon, 284-286-570
T3 Fresno State, 279-292-571
T3. Kansas State, 285-286-571
5. BYU, 285-288-573
6. Cal State Northridge, 287-288-575
7. UC DAVIS, 290-586-576
8. Marquette, 292-288-580
9. Pacific, 290-292-582
10. Sacramento State, 287-299-586
11.UC Santa Barbara, 292-296-588
12. Texas-San Antonio, 297-302-599
PLAYERS
T1. T.J. Bordeuax, Pacific, 69-68-137
T1. Michael Buttacavoli, Rice, 70-67-137
UC DAVIS
T8. Nate Pistacchio, 69-72-141
T13. Brent Booth, 72-71-143
T20. Austin Graham, 73-72-145
T36. Ramie Sprinkling, 76-71-147
55. Tyler Raber, 78-76-154
