April 11, 2006

TURLOCK, Calif. - Cal State Bakersfield senior D.J. Fernando put a nice cap on his regular season collegiate career by winning individual medalist honors at the Buzzini Invitational at the Turlock Country Club Tuesday afternoon in Turlock.

It was the third tournament win of the season for Fernando. He earlier captured titles at the Grand Canyon Fall Invitational and Nova Southeastern Spring Classic.

Tuesday's win also marks the third consecutive tournament in which a Roadrunner has won the individual championship. Freshman Chris Killmer took top honors at last week's Sonoma State Invitiational and Fernando won at Nova Southeastern the week before that.

Playing through cold, windy conditions, Fernando carded a 75 Tuesday to finish the tournament at even par 216. That proved one stroke better than the Cal State Stanislaus duo of Ryan Thornberry and Matt Hollinsead. Sam Cyr (218) of Point Loma Nazarene University and Dean Henry (219) of Notre Dame de Namur rounded out the top five.

As a team, the No. 2 ranked Roadrunners shot 306 Tuesday to earn a second-place finish in the 19-team field. Bakersfield finished 18 strokes behind host and No. 6 ranked Stanislaus at 878. California Collegiate Athletic Association rivals Cal State Monterey Bay and Cal State San Bernardino tied for third place at 905.

“We scored very well considering the conditions,” said CSUB Head Coach Dave Barber. “They measured the winds at upwards of 30 miles per hour, it was a minor miracle that anybody could post low number today.”

The miracle worker proved to be Nicholas Larson of Montana State-Billings, who was the only player in the 99-golfer field to break par Tuesday, shooting two-under 70. Roadrunner senior Cody Slover was one of only three players to go as low as 73 in the final round. Slover finished in 24th place at 11-over 227.

Next up for the Roadrunners is the 2006 CCAA Championship Tournament at Hunter Ranch Golf Club in Paso Robles. CSUB is the four-time defending champion. The Roadrunners are looking to become just the second team ever to win five consecutive CCAA golf titles and the first since Fresno State captured the last of its six straight championships in 1960.

#	Schools	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Total	+/–
1	Cal St. Stanislaus	287	293	298	878	+14
2	Cal St. Bakersfield	292	298	306	896	+32
3	Cal St. Monterey Bay	298	300	307	905	+41
	Cal St. San Bernardino	302	294	309	905	+41
5	Point Loma Nazarene	293	307	308	908	+44
6	Hawaii-Hilo	303	298	309	910	+46
7	Cal St. San Marcos	297	302	315	914	+50
8	Washburn University	294	311	310	915	+51
	Western Washington	290	309	316	915	+51
10	Chico State	302	300	315	917	+53
11	Holy Names Univ.	301	302	321	924	+60
12	Notre Dame de Namur	304	306	318	928	+64
13	UC San Diego	307	308	318	933	+69
	Concordia-Irvine	304	301	328	933	+69
15	Sonoma State	317	298	323	938	+74
16	Montana St.-Billings	323	306	317	946	+82
17	The Master's College	315	311	323	949	+85
18	Northwest Nazarene	336	334	323	993	+129
19	Cal St. Dom. Hills	353	355	360	1068	+204

#	Individuals	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Total	+/–
1	D.J. Fernando CSUB	70	71	75	216	E
2	Ryan Thornberry CSS	75	69	73	217	+1
	Matt Hollinsead CSS	72	70	75	217	+1
4	Sam Cyr PLNU	70	73	75	218	+2
5	Dean Henry ND	72	70	77	219	+3
6	Vince Venard CSS	68	75	77	220	+4
	Brian Thompson CSUMB	72	71	77	220	+4
8	Nicholas Larson MSUB	77	74	70	221	+5
	Ricky Stockton CSUMB	73	71	77	221	+5
10	Justin Grant UCSD	72	75	75	222	+6
	OTHERS INCLUDED
15	Chris Killmer CSUB	69	75	81	225	+9
19	Chris Kwon CSUB	77	72	77	226	+10
24	Cody Slover CSUB	77	77	73	227	+11
43	Brady Baguio CSUB	76	75	80	231	+15
51	Tyler Hurst CSUB	77	78	78	233	+17
69	Jeff Steenerson CSUB	81	76	84	241	+25

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