Tribune-Herald
Tribune-Herald
Jaime Hall fired rounds of 71 and 69 to spark a strong afternoon session to lift the University of Hawaii at Hilo into second place after the first day of the Sonoma State University Invitational on Monday in Santa Rosa, Calif.
The 13-team NCAA Division II golf tournament is being played at Santa Rosa Golf and Country Club.
Host Sonoma State carded a two-round total of 568 to grab 10-shot lead over the Earl Tamiya-coached Vulcans (578). UHH was followed by Cal Sate East Bay (579), UC San Diego (581), William Jessup (587), California Baptist and Wilmington-DE (588), Cal State San Bernardino (593), Holy Names (594), Academy of Art (601), BYU-Hawaii (604), Dominican of California (605) and Notre Dame de Namur (625).
“We had a tough morning but came back and played much better in the afternoon,” Tamiya said. “We’re going to have to play really well tomorrow (today), but 10 shots is a lot to make up.”
Heading into today’s final round, Hall is tied for third place at 4-under-par 140 and chasing Sonoma State’s Matt Medeiros (137).
“Jaime played well today,” Tamiya said. “But he had some rough spots. The fairways and roughs are muddy and the ball sticks. Overall, it was a good day.”
Other opening day UHH scores were: Corey Kozuma, 74-71—145, tied for 15th; Chris Shimomura, 81-69—150, T-38th; Dalen Yamauchi (77-74—151, T-45th; and Kyten Little, 73-81—154, T-59th. Vulcan Christian Agosto is competing as an individual and shot 81-73—154 and was tied for 59th place.