BAKERSFIELD, CA – The Montana State-Billings men's golf team improved one place in Tuesday's final round of the Elco, Inc. Invitational hosted by Cal State-Bakersfield, moving into a tie for twelfth place with Cal State-San Bernardino. The Yellowjackets finished with a 34-over par 898 for the 54 hole tournament.
Hawaii-Hilo captured the team title with a 6-under 858. The Vulcans cooled off Tuesday after blistering the course through the first two rounds at 12-under. Hilo's Colin Gilliam took top individual honors with a 5-under 211.
The Yellowjackets were led by
Chris McConnell's thirtieth place finish. The junior from Lewistown, Mont., finished with an 8-over 222 after his round of 76 on Tuesday. Freshman
Nicholas Larson (Riverton, WY) had the Yellowjackets' best final round with an even-par 72. Larson finished in a tie for 36
th place at 9-over 223. Fellow freshman
Zach Abels (Twin Falls, ID) placed in a tie for 44
th with an 11-over 225.
The Bakersfield tournament was the Yellowjackets' final tournament of the fall. They also played at the Western Washington Invitational and Cal State-Chico Invitational. They will resume play in the spring championship segment of the schedule, which will conclude with the PacWest Championships in Hilo, HI.
MSU Billings Men
T30
Chris McConnell 72-74-76—222
T36
Nicholas Larson 74-77-72—223
T44
Zach Abels 77-73-75—225
T66
Chris Haas 79-74-78—231
T66
Bryan Barthelmess 76-77-78—231
Team Standings
1. Hawaii-Hilo 286-278-294—858
2. CSU-Bakersfield 286-293-295—874
3. Western Washington
292-288-295—875
4. CSU-Monterey Bay
290-288-299—877
CSU-San Marcos 288-288-301—877
6. CSU-Stanislaus 285-295-298—878
7. UC-San Diego 295-291-295—881
8. Grand Canyon 283-300-301—884
9. St. Martin's 283-294-308—885
10. CSU-Chico 298-290-298—886
11. Point Loma Naz. 297-298-298—893
12. MSU Billings 299-298-301—898
CSU-San Bernardino 292-309-297—898
14. Sonoma State 296-297-308—901
15. Fresno State 299-298-311—908
16. CSU-Dominguez Hills 314-302-309—925
17. Northwest Nazarene 330-329-325—984
Top 10 Individuals
1. Colin Gilliam, UHH
69-71-71—211
2. Bryan Manning, GCU 66-74-73—213
Shane Prante, SMC 67-70-76—213
Greg Lopez, CSUB 70-70-73—213
5. Justin Stover, GCU 65-72-77—214
Scott Conway, CSUSM 71-74-69—214
Tony Orlandini, CSUB 70-71-73—214
8. Mark Baker, CSUB 74-70-71—215
Daniel Horning, PtLoma 72-70-73—215
AJ Shiffert, CSUS 70-71-74—215
