PALM DESERT, Calif. — The Sacramento State men's golf team finished the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate tied for 10th place with a 4-over round of 292 on Thursday at Classic Club. The Hornets totaled 296-300-282-878 over the three days in their first tournament of the spring.

Cal State Fullerton roared back to win the team title. The Titans were 11-under par during the round and finished at 16-under for the tournament to knock off Grand Canyon by one stroke. Cal State Fullerton's Tegan Andrews was the medalist at 70-69-67-206.

Sacramento State was led in the third round by Zach Mate who shot 69. Mate tied for 20th overall with a 54-hole total of 71-76-69-216. On Thursday, He started with three pars before the first of his seven birdies in the round came on the par-3 12th. A double bogey on the par-4 13th was followed by a birdie on the par-5 14th. Mate was even through nine holes and then jumped to 1-over with a bogey on the par-5 18th. However, he birdied Nos. 1-3 to fall back to 2-under and stayed under par for the remainder of the round capped by birdies on his final two holes (Nos. 7-8).

Jeffrey Perry tied for 35th place at 70-76-73-219. Perry birdied his first hole (No. 9) and got to 2-under at two different points of the round. His last instance came following a birdie on the par-5 18th. The senior finished with five pars and three bogeys over his final eight holes.

Gabriel Smith provided a round of 74 on Thursday. Smith began on the 10th hole and was 1-over on both sides of the course with one birdie and two bogeys on both halves. Luke Dugger completed the total with a 4-over par round of 76. Dugger's round featured three birdies and 13 pars but was hurt by a triple-and a quadruple bogey.

Sacramento State will quickly get back to competition as the team will compete in the Orange County Collegiate hosted by Cal State Fullerton on Feb. 12-13 in Dana Point, Calif.

WYOMING DESERT INTERCOLLEGIATE
Palm Desert, Calif. | Classic Club
Par 72 | 7,322 Yards

TEAM STANDINGS
1. Cal State Fullerton 285-286-277-848
2. Grand Canyon 279-279-291-849
3. Oral Roberts 291-274-288-853
4. Wyoming 282-282-290-854
5. Charlotte 293-284-284-861
6. CSUN 298-284-283-865
7. UC Santa Barbara 285-289-292-866
8. Seattle 287-293-296-876
9. California Baptist 292-292-293-877
T10. SACRAMENTO STATE 286-300-292-878
T10. UC Irvine 290-296-292-878
12. Old Dominion 299-293-296-888
13. Tarleton State 300-291-300-891
14. Utah Tech 293-298-301-892
15. Drake 306-292-297-895
16. UC Riverside 302-292-302-896
17. Southern Utah 298-300-299-897

INDIVIDUAL TOP FIVE
1. Tegan Andrews, CSF, 70-69-67-206
2. Nicky Kling, GCU, 69-67-72-208
3. Kevin An, ORU, 72-70-69-211
4.Gavin O'Neill, GCU, 68-71-73-212
5.Frederik Eisenbeis, COLO, 74-70-69-213

SACRAMENTO STATE SCORES
T20. Zach Mate 71-76-69-216
T35. Jeffrey Perry 70-76-73-219
T41. Luke Dugger 70-75-76-221
T75. Gabriel Smith 80-73-74-227
T90. Patrick Dumag 75-76-80-231
T95. Zach Matzke 77-74-84-235*
* Played as an individual