STOCKTON, Calif. — The Sacramento State men's golf improved its team score by six strokes during the second round of the Visit Stockton Pacific Invitational on Tuesday at The Reserve. The Hornets remained in 15^th place but followed a 302 in the first round with a 296 on Tuesday.
 
Griffin Vaughan and PJ Segerstrom each finished even during the day. Vaughan moved into a tie for 46^th overall and used birdies on his final two holes to finish even. The freshman started on the 10^th hole and dropped to 1-under with a birdie on the par-5 11^th. A bogey on No. 14 returned him to even until a birdie on the par-4 18^th. He jumped to 1-over after a double bogey on the par-4 third and was 2-over after a bogey on the par-4 fifth. Following two pars, he birdied the par-3 eighth and par-4 ninth.
 
Segerstrom had a similar path to his score. He was 1-over on the back nine with a birdie on No. 12 and bogeys on Nos. 11 and 14. A birdie on the par-4 first took him back to even before bogeys on Nos. 3 and 4 left him 2-over. He played his final five holes at 2-under with birdies on Nos. 6 and 9 and three pars.
 
Jai Bahl remains the top Hornet in the team standings as he shot 75 in the second round and is tied for 27^th overall. Bahl was 3-over on the back side of the course with a double bogey on the par-3 13^th and a bogey on No. 15. Bogeys on Nos. 2 and 5 took him to 5-over but he was able to get two shots back by closing with birdies on Nos. 6, 7 and 9 and a bogey on No. 8.
 
The final score for the team came from Zach Matzke who had 13 pars and five bogeys to shoot 77.
 
Host Pacific moved into the lead in the team standings as the Tigers were 3-under during the round and are 9-under overall. That score gives the team a five-shot cushion over Utah Valley and San Francisco. The Hornets are 22-over and will enter the final round three shots back of UC Irvine and 10 back of four teams which are tied for ninth place.
 
 
VISIT STOCKTON PACIFIC INVITATIONAL
Stockton, Calif. | The Reserve
Par 72 | 7,189 Yards
 
Team Standings
1. Pacific 282-285-567
T2. Utah Valley 288-284-572
T2. San Francisco 290-282-572
T4. Seattle 281-294-575
T4. Nevada 290-285-575
6. Eastern Washington 286-290-576
7. Saint Mary's 290-287-77
8. Fresno State 288-290-588
T9. Denver 294-294-588
T9. UC Santa Barbara 286-302-588
T9. Cal State Fullerton 288-300-588
12. Cal State Northridge 296-293-589
13. UC San Diego 294-298-592
14. UC Irvine 296-299-595
15. SACRAMENTO STATE 302-296-598
16. Idaho 303-300-603
17. Southern Utah 307-299-606
18. Utah Tech 316-291-606
 
Individual Top Five
T1. Cade McVicker, SU, 68-70-138
T1. Felix Bouchard, PAC, 70-68-138
T3. Tyler Ewell, UVU, 69-70-139
T3. Will Tanaka, PAC, 68-71-139
T5. Theo Anderson, USF, 70-70-140
T5. Dylan Ma, UCSB, 67-73-140
 
Sacramento State Scores
T27. Jai Bahl 71-75-146
T46. Griffin Vaughan 76-72-148
T61. PJ Segerstrom 78-72-150
T79. Zach Matzke 77-77-154
98. Luke Price 79-83-162