April 8, 1998
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- The University of Washington men's golf team fired an 876 to finish in a three way tie for third place at the Western Intercollegiate. Nevada and Brigham Young carded identical scores on the par 71 Pasatiempo Golf Course in Santa Curz. UC Santa Barbara won the tournament with 868, bettering second place San Jose State by six strokes.
Washington junior Rob Rashell led the Huskies, finishing with a 75 in the final round to drop from seventh to ninth place. Rashell has now placed in the top-10 in his past six tournaments to give him 11 top-10 finishes in hs career at Washington. He needs two more top-10 finishes tie his head coach O.D. Vincent, who set the record in 1991. Rashell's six top-10 finishes this season is the most since Mike Swingle and Vincent recorded seven and eight top-10s in 1991. Senior Darren Slackman carded Washington's best final round score, shooting 73 to finish in a tie for 13th. Naoya Takemoto of UC Santa Barbara, won the tournament with a 2-under-par 211.
COLLEGIATE MEN'S GOLF
Team Standings: 1. UC Santa Barbara 868; 2. San Jose State 872; T3. WASHINGTON 285-295-296--876, Nevada 876, BYU 876; T6. Colorado State 878, San Francisco 878; 8. California 879; 9. Long Beach State 880; 10. Kansas 881; 11. Pacific 883; 12. San Diego State 885; 13. Cal State Stanislaus 887; 14. UTEP 891; 15. Stanford 895; T16. Pepperdine 897, UC Irvine 897; 18. Oregon 902; 19 Santa Clara 906; 20. Rice 908.
Individual Standings: 1. Naoya Takemots (UCSB) 72-69-70--211; 2. Chris Thompson (UK) 72-68-72--212; T3. Joseph Lucidi (SJSU) 73-66-74--213, Rich Barcelo (UN) 70-75-68--213; T5. Dan Coyle (CAL) 69-69-76--214, Kyle Kovacs (UCSB) 66-73-75--214, Fernando Gomez (USF) 76-68-70--214. Washington Finishers: 9. Rob Rashell 71-70-75--216; T13. Darren Slackman 72-73-73--218; T29. John Moscrip 72-75-74--221; T43. Scott Kral 73-77-74--224; T61. Brian Nosler 70-78-78--226.
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