Tseng Wins, Tritons 2nd in Hawai‘i

AIEA, Hawai’i – The UC San Diego males’s golf staff closed out its 2025 fall season Thursday with one more spectacular consequence as Nathan Tseng’s first collegiate victory led the Tritons to a second place end on the Pearl at Kalauao Invitational in Hawai’i.

The 18-team occasion was hosted by the University of Hawai’i at Pearl at Kalauao in Aiea on the island of Oahu. It was the inaugural operating of the match.

UC San Diego, 97th in the latest nationwide rankings, completed 10-under par on the par-72, 6,955-yard course. The Tritons had been 11 strokes behind Thirty second-ranked West Virginia, which completed 21-under to take the win. Augusta (-7) completed third and Hawai’i positioned fourth (-4). The high 4 groups had been the one squads to complete underneath par.

Tseng’s play was tremendous constant over the 54 holes as he shot within the 60’s in every spherical. He went 69-69-68, ending with a 206, 10-under par. He clipped Army’s Tyson Sparks by a single stroke. Augusta’s Stefan Jacobs and West Virginia’s Kaleb Wilson tied for third at 8-under.

Eight Tritons performed within the match, 5 on the staff and three others competing as people. As staff gamers, Davis McDowell and Francis Catalano completed among the many top-30 at twenty sixth and twenty ninth, respectively.

The first two rounds had been scheduled for Wednesday. However, darkness compelled the suspension of the second body, which was concluded Thursday and adopted by the ultimate spherical.

UC San Diego completed within the high 5 in all 4 of its fall tournaments. Tseng’s victory was the second by a Triton this season as McDowell positioned first at Colorado State’s Ram Masters in early September.

TRITON RESULTS
1. Nathan Tseng, -10 (69-69-68–206)
26. Davis McDowell, +2 (70-75-73–218)
29. Francis Catalano, +3 (71-77-71–219)
41. Justin Gill, +5 (79-72-70–221)
51. Hanjie Yu, +6 (75-71-76–222)
66. Leo Cheng*, +9 (78-75-72–225)
88. Calvin Kong*, +13 (76-75-78–229)
90. Ethan Lien*, +14 (76-79-75–230)

* performed as a person and didn’t determine within the staff’s rating

NATHAN TSENG INTERVIEW

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After 20 years as one of the vital profitable packages in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program started a brand new period in 2020 as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 staff and almost 150 particular person nationwide championships throughout its time in Divisions III and II and helped information 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A complete of 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, whereas 38 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the tutorial beliefs of one of many world’s preeminent establishments, graduating at a median price of 91 p.c, one of many highest charges amongst establishments in any respect divisions.