Aztecs Improve Position Slightly at NCAA West Regional

San Diego State shoots one stroke better and moves into 17th place in team competition

May 19, 2006

SAN DIEGO - Three Aztecs players improved their score four strokes from yesterday allowing San Diego State to shoot a 1-over-par 289 in the second round of the NCAA West Regional at the Omni Tucson National Golf Club in Tucson, Ariz., on Friday.

The Aztecs are currently in 17th place, 10 shots behind two teams tied for ninth place. The host school, Arizona leads the 27-team field with a 36-hole total of 24-under-par. The West Regional concludes with 18 holes on Saturday. The top 10 teams and top two individuals not on advancing teams will move to the NCAA Championships to be held at the Crosswater Club at Sunriver Resort in Sunriver, Ore. The national championship will be conducted May 31-June 3.

Sophomore David Palm led the way for SDSU on Friday. After struggling to a 2-over-par 74 on Thursday, Palm responded by firing a 2-under-par 70 on Friday. He was even through his first nine holes, but birdied three of his final eight holes to get back to par for the tournament. Senior Andrew Scott bounced back from a 4-over-par score on Thursday to shoot even-par in Friday's second round. Scott survived an early double bogey to card a 72 in the second round. He is 4-over-par for the tournament.

Sophomore Cory Segall survived an agonizing final nine holes to record a 1-over-par 73. He survived a double bogey and two bogeys in the final six holes to end the day with a 36-hole score of 6-over-par. He was able to minimize some of the damage by recording birdies on three of his final eight holes.

Sophomore Aaron Goldberg recorded 13 consecutive pars at one point and settled for a 2-over-par 74. He is 1-under-par for the tournament, following a 3-under-par 69 in yesterday's first round.

Senior Josh Warthen rounded out SDSU's scores with a second round 3-over-par 75. He is 2-over-par through 36 holes.

The Aztecs are making their 11th appearance in the tournament since the field was expanded to include regional tournaments in 1989 and are looking to advance to the national tournament for the 19th time in school history. SDSU has advanced to the national championship three times (1999, 2003 and 2005) since the regional format debuted.

Team Leaders Through Second Round
Pos School                  Par     1st-2nd=Tot
1   Arizona                 -24     279-273=552
2   North Carolina State    -21     282-273=555
    Florida                 -21     273-282=555
4   Arizona State           -19     284-273=557
5   East Tennessee St.      -12     284-280=564
6   Loyola Marymount        -11     284-281=565
7   Fresno State            -10     280-286=566
8   UC Irvine                -9     283-284=567
9   Washington               -7     288-281=569
    Nevada                   -7     282-287=569
11  New Mexico State         -6     287-283=570
    Pepperdine               -6     283-287=570
    Brigham Young            -6     282-288=570
14  Stanford                 -3     283-290=573
15  New Mexico               -1     290-285=575
16  Cal Poly                 +1     290-287=577
17  San Diego State          +3     290-289=579
18  Alabama                  +5     289-292=581
19  Baylor                   +7     289-294=583
    Houston                  +7     295-288=583
21  Western Kentucky        +13     294-295=589
    Denver                  +13     293-296=589
23  Santa Clara             +15     289-302=591
24  Louisville              +16     290-302=592
25  San Diego               +17     299-294=593
26  Bucknell                +21     297-300=597
27  Jackson State           +37     314-299=613

San Diego State - Individual Scores
Aaron Goldberg      69-74=143 (-1)
David Palm          74-70=144 (Even)
Josh Warthen        71-75=146 (+2)
Andrew Scott        76-72=148 (+4)
Cory Segall         77-73=150 (+6)

Player Leader Board 	
Pl. Name, School                           Par	    1-2=Total
1   Dustin Pimm, Utah                      -10     66-68=134
2   Nathan Spoon, North Carolina State      -9     68-67=135
3   Rhys Davies, East Tennessee St.         -8     70-66=136
    Gareth Shaw, East Tennessee St.         -8     69-67=136