CORVALLIS, Ore. — The Sacramento State men's golf team tied its best performance at a regional in school history as the Hornets played the third round at 4-under par on Wednesday at the NCAA Corvallis Regional. The Hornets finished the three-day, three-round tournament in 13^th place. The team's total of 866 is the second-best in school history while the 14-over par is the best for an NCAA Regional.
 
On Wednesday, Jai Bahl shot a 3-under par round of 68. His score is tied for third-best by a Hornet at regional while his score relative to par is tied for the second best. Bahl played the front nine at 1-under with a birdie on the par-5 fifth and eight pars. He moved to 2-under with a birdie on No. 10 but gave a stroke back with a bogey on the par-4 11^th. After four pars, he birdied the par-5 16^th and par-3 17^th to get to 3-under. Bahl had the highest overall finish on the team, tying for 43^rd place at 70-77-68-215.
 
Gabriel Smith was 2-under par during the round and tied for 49^th overall. Smith traded birdies and bogeys on the front nine to stand even through the midway point of the round. Smith birdied the par-4 third before bogeying No. 4. He second birdie on the day came on the par-3 sixth and was followed by a bogey on No. 7. Smith birdied the par-4 12^th and par-5 16^th to go along with seven pars on the back nine.
 
Zach Mate was the third Hornet under par during the round as he carded a 1-under par 70. Mate was even through his first nine holes with birdies on Nos. 2 and 9 and bogeys on Nos. 7 and 8. Mate parred the first three holes of the back and dropped to 1-under with a birdie on the par-3 13^th. A bogey on No. 14 momentarily returned him to even before a birdie on the par-4 15^th.
 
Zach Matzke and Max Thomas each shot 73 in the final round. Matzke had four birdies, four bogeys and a double bogey. Thomas finished with three birdies and five bogeys.
 
Oklahoma ran away from the field to claim first place. The 17^th-ranked Sooners finished at 34-under and were followed by No. 30 UCLA  (14-under), No. 6 Arkansas (11-under) and No. 43 Purdue (10-under) in the top four. The final advancing team required a playoff where San Diego defeated Liberty on the second hole. The individual berth to the NCAA Championship went to Liberty's Micahel Lugiano who shot 68-66-67-201 to win by three strokes.
 
NCAA CORVALLIS REGIONAL
Corvallis, Ore. | Trysting Tree GC
Par 71 | 7,349 Yards
 
Team Scores
1. #17 Oklahoma 275-265-278-818
2. UCLA 283-276-279-838
3. #6 Arkansas 275-285-281-841
4. Purdue 272-276-294-842
T5. Liberty 282-280-281-843
T5. San Diego 280-288-275-843
7. Oregon State 276-279-291-846
8. #7 Texas Tech 283-282-282-847
9. Notre Dame 287-283-281-851
10. Xavier 281-291-286-858
11. #19 Charlotte 280-291-288-859
12. Georgia Southern 282-280-298-860
13. Sacramento State 287-299-280-866
 
Individual Top Five
1. Michael Lugiano, Liberty, 68-66-67-201
T2. Clark Van Gaalen, Oklahoma, 68-66-70-204
T2. Jase Summy, Oklahoma, 70-67-67-204
4. Ryder Cowan, Oklahoma, 67-66-72-205
T5. Justin Matthews, Charlotte, 67-69-71-207
T5. Tim Wiedemeyer, Texas Tech, 69-68-70-207
T5. Kyle An, UCLA, 70-67-70-207
T5. Erich Fortlage, Arkansas, 68-72-67-207
 
Sacramento State Scores
T43. Jai Bahl 70-77-68-215
T49. Gabriel Smith 74-73-69-216
T55. Zach Mate 71-78-70-219
T61. Zach Matzke 73-74-73-220
T65. Max Thomas 73-75-73-221