April 10, 2002

ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. - Gonzaga University's men's golf team ballooned to a final-round 313 and finished last with a 54-hole total of 918 Tuesday in the Fidelity National Title Championship at Cypress Ridge Golf Course.

UC Riverside won the team title with an 860 for a 23-stroke lead over Saint Mary's College.

Brendan Steele of UC Riverside captured medalist honors with a 7-under par 209 over the 6,761-yard, par 72 course. Ryan Fritz paced the Bulldogs with a 226 to tie for 13th.

TEAM RESULTS

1   UC - Riverside           283  288  289    860        -4
2   St. Mary's-Californ.     287  294  302    883       +19
3   Boise State Univ.        297  287  305    889       +25
4   Cal Poly                 292  296  311    899       +35
5   Master's College         297  295  311    903       +39
6   Gonzaga University       306  299  313    918       +54

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

1   Brendan Steele         UC-Rvrside    71   68   70    209   -7
2   Graham DeLeat          Boise St.     68   67   76    211   -5
3   Joe Lanza              St. Mary's    68   67   77    212   -4
4   Dusty Keen             UC-Rvrside    71   73   71    215   -1
5   Brandon Hillpot        UC-Rvrside    70   73   74    217   +1
6   Ryan Higton            Master's      77   74   69    220   +4
    Casey Strohsahl        Cal Poly      69   74   77    220   +4
    Aaron Dexheimer        Cal Poly      75   68   77    220   +4
    John Chirila           St. Mary's    72   73   75    220   +4
10  Brent Jensen           St. Mary's    69   77   76    222   +6
    Cameron Nelson         UC-Rvrside    71   77   74    222   +6
12  Luke Sestero           Boise St.     78   71   74    223   +7
13  Mike DeBoard           Boise St.     75   75   76    226  +10
    Richard Griswold       Cal Poly      72   77   77    226  +10
    Ryan Fritz             Gonzaga U.    75   75   76    226  +1
    Eric Riehle            UC-Rvrside    73   74   79    226  +10
   *Grant Crother          Cal Poly      75   72   79    226  +10
18  Jeff James             Master's      71   73   84    228  +12
19  Glenn Lord             Master's      75   75   79    229  +13
20  Randy Potter           Gonzaga U.    72   79   79    230  +14
    Joey Morstad           St. Mary's    78   78   74    230  +14
22  Jeff Smith             Boise St.     78   75   79    232  +16
23  Tristan Gardner        Cal Poly      76   77   80    233  +17
    Dave Hill              Gonzaga U.    82   72   79    233  +17
25  Jon Meyer              Gonzaga U.    80   76   79    235  +19
    Garret Deal            St. Mary's    79   77   79    235  +19
   *Sean Martin            Cal Poly      76   80   79    235  +19
28 *Alex Brug              Cal Poly      82   77   77    236  +20
29  Matt Munroe            Gonzaga U.    79   76   82    237  +21
    Jory Russell           Boise St.     76   74   87    237  +21
31  John Anderson          Master's      74   73   91    238  +22
32  Joe Chally             Master's      80   84   79    243  +27
33 *Dom Nahas              UC-Rvrside    80   83   84    247  +31
34  Chris Escher           Cal Poly      80   83   88    251  +35
35 *Ryan Busenitz          Master's      93   87   87    267  +51