For its first event of the season, the UCSD golf team participated in the Elco, Inc. Invitational at the Stockdale Country Club in Bakersfield, Calif. last Tuesday.

Competing in a field of 15 teams, including UC Riverside, Cal Poly Pomona, Grand Canyon, Cal State San Bernardino and Cal State Bakersfield, the Triton golf team ended the match tied for 12th with Sacramento State.

Individually, UCSD was led by sophomore Ryan Gale, who finished the tournament tied for 10th with a 5-over-par 218.

Brian Duckworth had the next highest score for the Tritons, shooting a 225 to finish tied for 30th. Allen Scheer and Greg Wilson both tied for 57th place for UCSD, and Blake Schneider rounded out the standings for the Tritons by shooting a 241 to finish in a three-way tie for 72nd place.

The event was dominated by the No. 1-ranked Cal State Bakersfield, which won its own tournament for the second year in a row and has now secured its second title out of its last three tournaments. Bakersfield shot a team score of 863 to finish 11 over par, while UCSD finished at 57 over par.