April 8, 2002

ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. - Gonzaga University's Ryan Fritz fired a 36-hole total of 150 Monday to stand tied for 17th after the first day of the Fidelity National Title Men's Golf Championship hosted by Cal Poly.

Fritz came home with a pair of 75's for a four-way tie for fourth. Graham DeLeat of Boise State University and Joe Lanza of Saint Mary's College each were at 9-under par 135 to share the 36-hole lead.

UC-Riverside shot its way to a 10-stroke lead over Saint Mary's with rounds of 283-288 for a 571. Gonzaga was last in the six-team field with a 605 on rounds of 306-299.

The tournament concludes Tuesday with the final 18 holes.

Fidelity National Title Championship

Cypress Ridge G.C. - Arroyo Grande,CA

Par: 72, Yardage:  6761

Team Results

   1   UC - Riverside           283  288    571
   2   St. Mary's-Californ.     287  294    581
   3   Boise State Univ.        297  287    584
   4   Cal Poly                 292  296    588
   5   Master's College         297  295    592
   6   Gonzaga University       306  299    605

Individual Results

   Fin.   Name                   School       Scores

      1   Graham DeLeat          Boise St.     68   67    135   -9
          Joe Lanza              St. Mary's    68   67    135   -9
      3   Brendan Steele         UC-Rvrside    71   68    139   -5
      4   Casey Strohsahl        Cal Poly      69   74    143   -1
          Aaron Dexheimer        Cal Poly      75   68    143   -1
          Brandon Hillpot        UC-Rvrside    70   73    143   -1
      7   Dusty Keen             UC-Rvrside    71   73    144    E
          Jeff James             Master's      71   73    144    E
      9   John Chirila           St. Mary's    72   73    145   +1
     10   Brent Jensen           St. Mary's    69   77    146   +2
     11   John Anderson          Master's      74   73    147   +3
          Eric Riehle            UC-Rvrside    73   74    147   +3
         *Grant Crother          Cal Poly      75   72    147   +3
     14   Cameron Nelson         UC-Rvrside    71   77    148   +4
     15   Luke Sestero           Boise St.     78   71    149   +5
          Richard Griswold       Cal Poly      72   77    149   +5
     17   Mike DeBoard           Boise St.     75   75    150   +6
          Glenn Lord             Master's      75   75    150   +6
          Jory Russell           Boise St.     76   74    150   +6
          Ryan Fritz             Gonzaga U.    75   75    150   +6
     21   Ryan Higton            Master's      77   74    151   +7
          Randy Potter           Gonzaga U.    72   79    151   +7
     23   Tristan Gardner        Cal Poly      76   77    153   +9
          Jeff Smith             Boise St.     78   75    153   +9
     25   Dave Hill              Gonzaga U.    82   72    154  +10
     26   Matt Munroe            Gonzaga U.    79   76    155  +11
     27   Joey Morstad           St. Mary's    78   78    156  +12
          Jon Meyer              Gonzaga U.    80   76    156  +12
          Garret Deal            St. Mary's    79   77    156  +12
         *Sean Martin            Cal Poly      76   80    156  +12
     31  *Alex Brug              Cal Poly      82   77    159  +15
     32   Chris Escher           Cal Poly      80   83    163  +19
         *Dom Nahas              UC-Rvrside    80   83    163  +19
     34   Joe Chally             Master's      80   84    164  +20
     35  *Ryan Busenitz          Master's      93   87    180  +36