LONG BEACH, Calif. – Long Beach State Men’s Golf continues a busy March with the second of three tournaments in the month, heading to Tucson to take part in the Wildcat Intercollegiate starting on Monday, March 16.
The Beach is coming off an excellent performance at the R.E. Lamkin Invitational at the San Diego Country Club, where Long Beach State placed second among a 16-team field, finishing in front of three other teams ranked in the Top 50 in BYU, San Diego State and Colorado and finishing behind co-host San Diego.
Leading the way for Long Beach State were seniors Alejandro de Castro Piera and Jaden Huggins. The individual runner-up for the third time in his career, de Castro’s second-place finish was his sixth Top 5 finish of his career. Jaden Huggins also finished in the Top 5, climbing into a tie for fourth place with a final-round 67 as both players shot under par in all three rounds from San Diego.
Those two will lead the lineup for the Beach, with Jack Cantlay playing third. The senior also had a strong finish last week with a final-round 68. Graduate Steen Zeman will play fourth, while Krishnav Chopraa rounds out the LBSU lineup.
Long Beach State climbed to No. 32 in this week’s rankings, and will face a challenging field as part of the Wildcat Intercollegiate, which will be held at Tucson Country Club. The hosts, Arizona, come in ranked No. 22 in the country, while their rivals Arizona State are ranked No. 5, the best in the field. No. 14 Oklahoma and No. 18 New Mexico join the two Arizona schools in the Top 25, while the Beach leads the remaining 10 schools in the 13-team field ranked in the Top 100.
The entirety of the field features Long Beach State, Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Grand Canyon, Hawai’i, New Mexico, New Mexico State, Oklahoma, Oral Roberts, Pacific, UTEP and UTSA.
Live scoring throughout the tournament will be available through SCOREBOARD at https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/239371/scoring/team.
