April 18, 2004

STANFORD, Calif. - SDSU freshman Aaron Goldberg shot a career-low 67 in Sunday's final round to secure medalist honors and lead the Aztecs to a second place finish at the U.S. Intercollegiate in Stanford, Calif. SDSU shot 286 on Sunday to finish at three-over 855 which placed them behind only No. 3 UCLA and at least 12 strokes ahead of the rest of the 19-team field. It is the third top-five finish in the last four tournaments for the Aztecs and the fourth time this season they have placed in the top two.

Goldberg began the day in a three-way tie for first after shooting 68 and 70 in Saturday's first two rounds. But the freshman pulled away from a field that featured three top-20 teams by shooting four-under 67, his lowest score ever and the second-lowest score of the tournament.

It is the second win for Goldberg this season, as he also won the Aztec Battle of the Lakes, but his first in varsity competition. It was also SDSU's second medalist performance of the year, as Jeff Hansen claimed the low score at the Duck Invitational, and the second straight year the Aztecs have taken the U.S. Intercollegiate individual title as senior Mark Warman won last season's event.

Warman returned to defend his title this season and placed ninth after shooting even-par 71 on Sunday to finish at one-under par 212. It is the team-leading sixth top-10 finish of the season for Warman.

Andrew Scott posted a 71 on Sunday, his best score of the tournament, to move up to 14th with a total of three-over 216. It is Scott's second top-20 finish of the year. Aaron Choi finished the scoring for SDSU shooting nine-over 222 to place 36th.

SDSU's has wrapped up the regular season and will next head to the MWC Championships on May 1-3 in Sunriver, Ore.

FINAL RESULTS           U.S. Intercollegiate
                         Stanford G.C.            Stanford, CA
                         Dates: 04/17 - 04/18     (Today:04-18-2004)
                                   Par:        71
                                   Yardage:  6786

      Fin.   School                   Scores
         1   UCLA                     283  276  279    838       -14
         2   San Diego State U.       283  286  286    855        +3
         3   California, U. of        291  284  292    867       +15
         4   UC-Irvine                282  296  291    869       +17
         5   Stanford University      289  296  287    872       +20
             Texas, Univ. of          292  287  293    872       +20
         7   Long Beach State         289  292  292    873       +21
         8   Oregon, U. of            296  292  292    880       +28
         9   Fresno State             301  303  286    890       +38
        10   San Francisco, U. of     296  297  299    892       +40
        11   San Jose State Univ.     296  299  298    893       +41
        12   Pacific, U. of the       301  301  293    895       +43
        13   Stanford 'B'             289  293  314    896       +44
             Oregon State U.          301  298  297    896       +44
        15   UC - Riverside           304  291  304    899       +47
        16   Washington State U.      292  306  302    900       +48
        17   San Diego, U. of         302  302  300    904       +52
        18   Santa Clara Univ.        308  309  289    906       +54
        19   Portland, U. of          301  300  306    907       +55

    San Diego State
    1     Aaron Goldberg         SanDiegoSt    68   70   67  205   -8
    T9    Mark Warman            SanDiegoSt    72   69   71  212   -1
    T14   Andrew Scott           SanDiegoSt    71   74   71  216   +3
    T36   Aaron Choi             SanDiegoSt    72   73   77  222   +9
    T69   Linus Nilsson          SanDiegoSt    74   79   78  231   +18