Bears Take Third at Spalding Anteater Invitational

Bears Take Third at Spalding Anteater Invitational

March 31, 1998

COTO DE CAZA, Calif. -- The California men's golf team shot a combined 17-over-par 881 and finished in third place, 17 strokes behind tournament champion UCLA, which fired an even-par total of 864, and just one stroke behind second place finisher Washington (16-over 880), at the Spalding Anteater Invitational in Coto de Caza, Calif., Tuesday.

Junior Dan Coyle (3-over 219, T 8th) and freshman Adam Ainbinder (3-over 219, T 8th) led the way for the Bears, who with Junior Dan Arroyo's 14th place finish (4-over 220), had three golfers among the tournament's Top 15.

Also in action for Cal were junior Jay Berkowitz (tied for 51st) and sophomore Han Lee (tied for 54th).

The Golden Bears will return to action Monday, Mar. 30-31, when they travel to Irvine for the UC Irvine Invitational.

SPALDING ANTEATER INVITATIONAL
North Corse, Coto de Caza Country Club
18 hole, par 72, yardage 6736

Team Scores (Top 10 of 20 teams) 1. UCLA 284-289-291--864 E 2. Washington 293-290-297--880 +16 3. CALIFORNIA 289-293-299--881 +17 T4. Texas-El Paso 307-291-290--888 +24 T4. Stanford 299-292-297--888 +24 6. UC Irvine 299-302-293--894 +30 7. Utah 296-300-303--299 +35 8. Sacramento St. 296-312-301--909 +45 9. UC Santa Barbara 305-307-298--910 +46 10. Long Beach State 302-296-313--911 +47

Individual Scores (Top 14 of 104 Golfers): 1. Jason Semelsberger** UCLA 73-68-72--213 -3 2. Rob Rashell Wash. 75-69-69--213 -3 3. Joe Kribel Stan. 72-73-69--214 -2 4. Jeff McGraw UCLA 70-73-73--216 E T5. Todd Tanner Utah St. 73-71-73--217 +1 T5. Ralph Gemoets UTEP 75-70-72--217 +1 7. Ross Fulgentis UCLA 74-73-71--218 +2 T8. DAN COYLE CAL 75-70-74--219 +3 T8. ADAM AINBINDER CAL 73-75-71--219 +3 T8. Ryan Fowlkes CSUN 74-71-74--219 +3 T8. Andrew Wen UCI 70-80-69--219 +3 T8. Marty Jacks Weber St. 77-67-75--219 +3 T8. Naoya Takemoto UCSB 77-73-69--219 +3 14. DAN ARROYO CAL 71-73-73--217 +4

Other California Score: T51. Jay Berkowitz 74-76-79--229 +13 T44. Han Lee 69-81-80--230 +14