March 9, 2002
The University of Denver men's golf team moved up four places to finish eighth at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Golf Tournament hosted by the University of California-Santa Barbara Friday. The Pioneers shot 902, 36 behind winner San Diego State. Denver tied with San Jose State and edged out Colorado State by one stroke.
Junior Tony Giarratano (Castle Rock, Colo.) tied for 17th to lead the Pioneers with a three round combined total of 222, including a three-over par 75 in the final round. He was one of four players to shoot 222 for the tournament.
Erik Billinger (Broomfield, Colo.) was Denver's second finisher at 39th, finishing with a round of 76 for a total of 226. Billinger moved up from 44th place on the first day. Tommy Hart (Englewood, Colo.) finished 54th, Barrett Jarosch (Edmonton, Alberta) was 67th and John Hulwick (Littleton, Colo.) was 76th.
Team Scores:
1. San Diego State 288 284 294 866
2. Fresno State 292 292 294 878
3. UC Davis 291 288 305 884
4. CSU-Bakersfield 287 291 308 886
5. Pacific 294 292 304 890
6. UC-Irvine 290 303 306 899
6. Nevada 297 290 312 899
8. Denver 304 296 302 902
8. San Jose State 303 303 296 902
10. Colorado State 305 301 297 903
11. San Francisco 299 302 303 904
12. UC - Riverside 297 300 309 906
13. UC-Santa Barbara 298 299 311 908
13. New Mexico State 304 294 310 908
15. Cal Poly 299 300 312 911
16. Long Beach State 310 294 308 912
17. Santa Clara 301 308 316 925
18. Wyoming 308 304 314 926
19. CSU-Northridge 303 304 330 937
T 8 Denver, U. of 304 296 302 902
T 17 Tony Giarratano 76 71 75 222
T 39 Erik Billinger 75 75 76 226
T 54 Tommy Hart 74 80 75 229
T 67 Barrett Jarosch 79 76 76 231
T 76 John Hulwick 82 74 77 233
