TURLOCK, CA – Nicholas Larson shot a 1-under 71 in Tuesday's final round at the Buzzini/Stanislaus Invitational to lead the Montana State-Billings men to an eleventh place finish.  The freshman from Riverton, Wyo., carded rounds of 73, 74 and 71 to finish in a tie for ninth place.  As a team the Yellowjackets finished with a 47-over 911 with rounds of 303, 305, and 302.

Cal State-Stanislaus ran away with the team title, shooting a 3-under 861.  Cal State-Bakersfield was second with an 8-over 872.  The highest placing PacWest Conference team was Hawaii-Hilo in seventh with a 32-over 896.  The Jackets placed higher than Western New Mexico, which finished thirteenth at 52-over 916.  Those three schools plus Chaminade, BYU-Hawaii and Hawaii Pacific will meet for the PacWest Championships in Hilo, HI on April 21-23.

Hawaii-Hilo's Garrett Okamura finished sixth with an even-par 216.  His teammate Nick Mason was tied with Larson for ninth.  The Jackets' Zach Abels made a big jump in the final round from 77^th to 62^nd, finishing at 18-over 234.

Team Standings 
1   CSU-Stanislaus—286-288-287-861 (-3) 
2   CSU-Bakersfield—299-278-295-872 (+8) 
3   Point Loma Nazarene—292-289-293-874 (+10)
4   UC San Diego—296-288-294-878 (+14) 
5   Western Washington—290-286-307-883 (+19) 
6   CSU-Monterey Bay—297-298-296-891 (+27) 
7   Hawaii-Hilo—301-291-304-896 (+32) 
8   Sonoma State—309-294-296-899 (+35)
9   Nova Southeastern—294-293-317-904 (+40)
     CSU-Chico—305-293-303-904 (+40) 
11   Montana St-Billings—303-305-302-911 (+47) 
       Kennesaw St. Univ.—303-309-299-911 (+47) 
13   Western New Mexico—302-297-317—916 (+52)
14   CSU-San Bernardino—308-305-304-918 (+54) 
15   St. Martin's College—314-304-303-921 (+57)
16   Utah Valley State—315-309-305-929 (+65)
17   Northwest Nazarene—319-322-324-965 (+101)

Top Five Individuals 
1. Andy Moren (CSUS) – 71-70-70-211 (-5)   
2. Chris Hudson (PLN) – 72-70-71-213 (-3)
    Ryan Thornberry (CSUS) – 68-74-71-213 (-3)
4. Nic Van Vuuren (UVSC) – 73-71-71-215 (-1)
    Eric Justesen (CSUMB) – 70-74-71-215 (-1)

MSU Billings Individuals
T 9      Nicholas Larson—73-74-71-218 (+2) 
T 49    Chris Haas—74-75-80-229 (+13) 
T 62    Zach Abels—79-81-74-234 (+18)
T 66    Chris McConnell—77-77-80-235 (+19) 
T 69    Bryan Barthelmess—80-79-77-236 (+20)