SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — Taylor Knoll shot 67 in the first round and Riley Hayfield led Sacramento State with a 70 in the second round at the Bill Cullum Invitational. The first two rounds were scheduled to take place on Monday but a fog delay in the morning forced the second round to be suspended due to darkness.

As a team, the Hornets are 11th after shooting 287-295-582. Sacramento State was 1-under par during the opening round with Knoll leading the way at 5-under par. He was joined by an even-par 72 from Luke Kristo and three rounds of 74 from Hayfield, Robert Parden and Aaron Beverly.

In the second round, Hayfield was the lone Hornet to break par, coming in at 2-under. Kristo and Parden each shot 74 while Knoll and Beverly carded rounds of 77.

Knoll opened play on the 15th hole with consecutive pars before a bogey on the par-3 17th moved him to 1-over. From there, he played his final 15 holes at 6-under par to post his best score of the season. The junior closed strongly with birdies on his final four holes of the round. In the second round, Knoll bogeyed three of his first five holes before on eagle on the par-5 second dropped him to 1-over. He parred his next seven but finished at 5-over with two bogeys and double-bogey on Nos. 10-13.

Hayfield is even through the first two rounds and is tied for 23rd place. His morning round consisted of four birdies and six bogeys. He was 1-under through 12 holes but then bogeyed Nos. 10-12. In the second round, he had five birdies and three bogeys.

Kristo is tied for 39th after 36 holes with nothing worse than a bogey. The senior had three birdies and three pars in the opening round in which he was never more than 1-under or 1-over. In the afternoon, he three birdies and five bogeys.

Parden's two rounds of 74 featured a little of everything and has the sophomore tied for 52nd place. His first round was comprised of three birdies, a bogey and two double bogeys. In the second round, he added an eagle on the par-5 sixth, four birdies, four bogeys and two double bogeys.

Beverly is tied for 78th at 74-77-151. The sophomore birdied his first hole (No. 15) and eventually returned to 1-under with a birdie on the par-4 10th but bogeyed three of his final four holes to close at 2-over. In the afternoon, he again began with a birdie only to see a bogey on No. 16 and a quadruple bogey on the par-5 19th take him to 4-over. He played the remained 14 holes at 1-over.

USC, which entered the tournament ranked 21st nationally, leads the field at 275-280-555. The Trojans are followed by No. 27 Arizona State (279-278-5570). UC Irvine and Pepperdine each totaled 570 and are tied for third.

Rico Hoey and Jonah Texeira of USC are the top two individuals. Hoey shot 65-67-132 and is 12-under par and stands one shot of Texeira.

BILL CULLUM INVITATIONAL
Simi Valley, Calif. | Wood Ranch GC
Par 72 | 6,819 Yards

TEAM STANDINGS
1. #21 USC 275-280-555
2. #27 Arizona State 279-278-557
T3. UC Irvine 278-292-570
T3. Pepperdine 278-292-570
5. San Diego 284-287-571
6. Santa Clara 282-292-574
7. Washington State 282-293-575
8. Southern Utah 281-296-577
9. Fresno State 285-293-578
10. SACRAMENTO STATE 287-295-582
11. Hawaii 286-297-583
12. Long Beach State 292-292-584
13. Utah State 287-298-585
14. CS Northridge 293-294-587
15. UC Riverside 292-296-588
16. Cal Poly 292-297-589
17. St. John's 292-298-590
18. UC Santa Barbara 294-299-593
19. Loyola Marymount 293-304-597
20. CS Fullerton 297-304-601

INDIVIDUAL TOP FIVE
1. Rico Hoey, USC, 65-67-132
2. Jonah Texeira, USC, 67-66-133
3. Jon Rahm, ASU, 67-67-134
4. Sammy Cole, SUU, 68-67-135
T5. Max Rottluff, ASU, 67-71-138
T5. Kevin DeHuff, PEP, 69-69-138
T5. Sang Lee, WSU, 68-70-138
T5. Grant Forrest, USD, 69-69-138

SACRAMENTO STATE SCORES
T22. Taylor Knoll 67-77-144
T22. Riley Hayfield 74-70-144
T38. Luke Kristo 72-74-146
T50. Robert Parden 74-74-148
T77. Aaron Beverly 74-77-151