University of Connecticut Athletics
Huskies finish eighth at USD Invitational
3/19/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
SAN DIEGO, CA (March 19) – The University of Connecticut men’s golf team jumped from 10th place to eighth in the final round of the 15th Annual USD Invitational by shooting a 304 on Tuesday, giving it a combined three-round total of 935. San Diego State University took the tournament with a combined score of 882.
Denver’s Tony Giarratano overtook San Diego State’s Mark Warman in the final round to capture individual medalist honors. Giarratano shot a final-round 70 (-2) to finish with a 213, four strokes ahead of Warman and San Diego State’s Lars Johansson.
Senior Sean Vigue (Lebanon, CT) led the team over the two-day tournament and shot a team-best 73 (+1) on the day to finish tied for 22nd place overall with a 230. Freshman Mike Murphy (Woburn, MA) shot a final-round 77 (+5) to finish tied for 28th with a 232. Senior Kevin Coghlan (Northridge, CA) carded his best round of the tournament with a 74 (+2) to finish tied for 21st at 235, while classmate Kevin O’Connor (East Lyme, CT) shot an 80 (+8) and tied for 59th at 241. Freshman Justin Ciombor (Plainville, MA) rounded out UConn’s scoring with a 254, good enough to tie him for 80th.
UConn will be back in action on Thursday, March 22, at the Kauai Collegiate Cup in Kauai, MI.
Team Leaderboard
Team Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Rd. 3 Total Finish San Diego State 291 296 295 882 1 Denver 302 299 296 897 2 Yale 305 303 301 909 3 Rice 302 308 303 913 T4 Western Kentucky 302 303 308 913 T4 San Diego 307 311 298 916 6 Mississippi State 303 304 314 921 7 Connecticut 307 324 304 935 8 Nebraska 303 309 327 939 9 San Francisco 319 319 303 941 10Individual Leaderboard
Player Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Rd. 3Total Finish Tony Giarratano (Denver) 75 70 70
215 (-1) 1 Mark Warman (SDSU) 68 73 78
219 (+3) T2 Lars Johansson (SDSU) 75 73 71
219 (+3) T2 John Lieber (SDSU) 72 75 75
222 (+6) 4 Scott Henderson (SDSU) 76 75 72
223 (+7) T5 Tommy Hart (SDSU) 72 74 77 223 (+7) T5
UConn Scores
Player Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Rd. 3 Total Finish Sean Vigue 74 83 73 230 (+14) T22 Mike Murphy 77 78 77 232 (+16) T28 Kevin Coghlan 75 86 74 235 (+19) T41 Kevin O'Connor 81 80 80 241 (+25) T59 Justin Ciombor 85 83 86 254 (+38) T80
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