Waves Through 36 Holes at Arizona's NIT

Friday, March 18

Tucson, Ariz.

Pepperdine University

NIT

Joey Vrzich

Photo by: Jeff Golden

3/18/2022 8:20:00 PM | Men's Golf

Results

By: by Athletic Communications

TUCSON, Arizona – The Pepperdine men's golf team opened up Arizona's NIT in a tie for fifth place after 36 holes of play on Friday, while Joey Vrzich and William Mouw are in the top 10.

The Waves have a score of a 16-under 560 (283-277) at the par-72 Catalina Course at the OMNI Tucson National Resort. The Waves are one of four top-10 teams at the event, and there are nine top-30 teams in the Golfstat ratings.

PLAYER SCORES

Senior Joey Vrzich (El Cajon, Calif./Christian HS/Nevada) is tied for ninth place with a 7-under 137 (69-68). His 3-under morning round included four birdies and an eagle, and his 4-under in the afternoon featured five birdies.
Playing as an individual, junior William Mouw (Chino, Calif./Ontario Christian HS) is also tied for ninth with a 7-under 137 (65-72). He had a 7-under in the first round that was highlighted by nine birdies. His even-par second round had two birdies.
Senior Derek Hitchner (Minneapolis, Minn./The Blake School) is tied for 15th with a 5-under 139 (69-70). He went 3-under in the morning with five birdies, and 2-under in the afternoon with another five birdies.
Junior Dylan Menante (Carlsbad, Calif./Sage Creek HS) is tied for 29th with a 2-under 142 (74-68). After posting just one birdie in the first round, he came back with four plus an eagle to shoot 4-under in the second round.
Freshman Ian Maspat (San Diego, Calif./Scripps Ranch HS) is also tied for 29th with a 2-under 142 (71-71). He had three birdies in each round, plus one eagle during the afternoon round, en route to a pair of 1-unders.
Senior Joe Highsmith (Lakewood, Wash./Bellarmine Prep) is tied for 82nd at 152 (76-76). Four of his five birdies on the day came in the first round and he added an eagle in the second round.

UP NEXT

Pepperdine will be paired with New Mexico and Texas for Saturday's third and final round. They'll start on the first tee beginning at 8:15 a.m.

THE NUMBERS

Team Scores: 1. Oklahoma State 535; 2. Arizona 556; T3. Oklahoma 558; T3. New Mexico 558; T5. Pepperdine 560; T5. Texas 560; 7. Illinois 561; 8. Arkansas 566; 9. Tennessee 567; T10. Wyoming 573; T10. USC 573; 12. San Diego State 577; 13. San Diego 580; 14. Colorado State 581; 15. UNLV 584.

Top Individuals: 1. Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra (Oklahoma State) 132; T2. Adrien Dumont de Chassart (Illinois) 133; T2. Aman Gupta (Oklahoma State) 133; T2. Sam Choi (New Mexico) 133; 5. Christian Banke (Arizona) 134.