Canyons and Santa Barbara Go 1-2 at SoCal Championships
Ventura, CA -- The strength of the men’s golf programs in the Western State Conference was on display on Monday at the 2015 California Community College Athletic Association Southern California Championship. College of the Canyons, reigning WSC Champs, took first place in the team competition, while Santa Barbara City College finished second. The Vaqueros were paced by sophomore Brett Patton who won the individual title with a two round combined total of -7.
Ventura, CA -- The strength of the men's golf programs in the Western State Conference was on display on Monday at the 2015 California Community College Athletic Association Southern California Championship. College of the Canyons, reigning WSC Champs, took first place in the team competition, while Santa Barbara City College finished second. The Vaqueros were paced by sophomore Brett Patton who won the individual title with a two round combined total of -7.
College of the Canyons started out with a blazing first round shooting a combined 346. They slowed down a bit in the afternoon, with a 364, but their early round was more than to stave off Santa Barbara. The Vaqueros meanwhile just edged third place College of the Desert by two strokes. The Vaqueros trailed by nine strokes after the morning round, but rallied and bested the Roadrunners by 11 strokes in the afternoon round to finish in second place.
Individually, aside from Patton, College of the Canyons sophomore Eric Kim finished second individually with a two-round combined six under par. Teammate Sam Sloman (-4) finished in fourth, while Santa Barbara's Manny Manzone (-4) finished fifth.
In addition to the full teams from Canyons and Santa Barbara qualifying for the State Championships, Matt Thomas of Ventura and Alejandro Nicolini of Allan Hancock both qualified as individuals.
