Travis Russell started the Lindsay Olive Wildcat Classic with a first-round 76 and improved enough with each round to finish second in the 77-player tournament.
 
The sophomore from Costa Mesa, CA, turned in rounds of 76, 74, 72 (222) on the par-72, 7256-yard Sevillano Links in Corning, CA to finish just two strokes behind medalist Kyle Souza (71-76-73=220) of Chico State.

[Final Round]

“I was hitting a lot of fairways all week and kept it in play,” said Russell. “It was outrageously windy the first day. They had two or three spotters on every hole. Even when I hit it into the bushes, I always had a play out.
 
“I played the same ball for all 18 holes so it worked out pretty well.”

Jamie Hall finished tied for 7^th place with a 225 (74-76-75). Tied for 23^rd place was Chris Shimomura (76-81-73=230). Corey Kozuma was tied for 5^th place (84-82-77=243) and Blake Snyder finished in 65^th place (84-84-81=249).
 
Host Chico State won the tournament by a 20-stroke margin with an 894. They were followed by Grand Canyon (914), Cal State Stanislaus and Western Washington (917), Hawaii Hilo (920), Dixie State (922), Cal State East Bay (923), Saint Martin's (932), UC San Diego (935), Sonoma State (938), Chico State-White (943), Academy of Art (9561), Notre Dame de Namur (954), Northwest Nazarene (955), Cal State San Bernardino (968) and Dominican-CA (1017).
 
“We did alright,” said UHH Head Coach Earl Tamiya. “We went seven over on the last three holes and that killed us.
 
“We're slowly coming together but just can't put it together. We're counting an 84 in the first found, and 82 in the second round. We counted a 77 in the final round.”
 
The Vulcans next host the Dennis Rose Intercollegiate on the Waikoloa Kings' Course, October 30 – November 1.