EL MACERO, Calif. — Seniors Riley Bell and Casey Leebrick started the El Macero Classic with identical rounds of 71 on Friday and the pair remained tied through Saturday's second round as each shot 72 to lead the Sacramento State men's golf team.

Bell opened the second round with a birdie and stayed at 1-under through the fourth hole following a bogey on No. 3 and a birdie on No. 4. He made the turn at 1-over with bogeys on Nos. 7 and 9 and rose to 2-over with a bogey on the par-4 11th. Bell then parred his next three holes and birdied the par-5 15th to get back to 1-over. After two more pars, he birdied the par-5 18th to drop to even.

Leebrick began the day with a par and then birdied the par-5 second. Bogeys on Nos. 3, 4 and 7 left him 2-over at the midway point of his round. He started the back nine with a par but bogeyed No. 11 to jump to 3-over. Leebrick was mistake free for the remainder of the round with birdies on the par-3 12th, par-5 15th and par-3 16th accompanying four pars.

Zach Mate was one stroke behind the veteran duo with a second-round 73. Mate was 1-over through four holes with a bogey-par-birdie-bogey stretch. He moved back to red numbers after an eagle on the 562-yard par-5 fifth. However, a bogey on the next hole returned him to even where he stayed until a bogey on the par-5 15th. Three pars wrapped up his round.

The team also counted a 77 from Jeffrey Perry. Perry was 4-over on the front nine with five pars and four bogeys. He bogeyed the 10th hole and then steadied his round with eight consecutive pars.

Gabe Smith shot 78 on Saturday. Smith tied for the team lead with four birdies but also had three bogeys, two doubles and a triple.

Sacramento State is tied for 12th place heading into the final round. The Hornets shot 294 during the second round and are 13-strokes back of San Francisco and LMU who are tied for the team lead.

San Francisco's Matthew Anderson maintained the individual lead at least 64-71-135. Fresno State's Matthew Sutherland and UCLA's Omar Morales trail by one stroke.

Sacramento State will be paired with Cal, Cal Poly and Denver in the final round on Sunday. The foursomes will tee off the 10th tee beginning at 9 a.m.


EL MACERO CLASSIC
El Macero, Calif. | El Macero CC
Par 72 | 7,127 Yards

Team Standings
T1. San Francisco 284-283-567
T1. LMU 282-285-567
3. Cal State Fullerton 285-284-569
T4. Long Beach State 285-285-570
T4. UCLA 283-287-570
6. San Diego 283-288-571
7. North Texas 291-281-572
8. Fresno State 289-284-573
9. Santa Clara 286-291-577
10. UC Davis 292-286-578
11. Washington State 294-285-579
T12. Grand Canyon 290-290-580
T12. Sacramento State 286-294-580
14. Denver 284-297-581
T15. Cal Poly 292-291-583
T15. California 295-294-589
17. SeattleU 295-294-589
18. Pacific 301-294-595
19. UC San Diego 304-294-598
20. Idaho 316-296-612

Individual Top Five
1. Matthew Anderson, USF, 64-71-135
T2. Matthew Sutherland, FS, 69-67-136
T2. Omar Morales, UCLA, 69-67-136
T4. Matthew Manganello, FS, 71-67-139
T4. Andi Xu, USD, 67-71-138

Sacramento State Scores
T24. Casey Leebrick 71-72-143
T24. Riley Bell 71-72-143
T38. Zach Mate 72-73-145
T71. Gabriel Smith 72-78-150
T82. Jeffrey Perry 76-77-153