WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. – The 45^th annual Southwestern Invitational has concluded and the Pepperdine men's golf team finished up in 11^th-place after three rounds at the par-71, 6,800-yard North Ranch Country Club.

The Waves posted a score of 867 (284-287-296) by the end of the tournament.  In the program's second time playing in the tournament, Ohio State came away with team and individual wins, beating out the runners-up in both categories by a single stroke.  OSU finished with an 839 (285-273-281), defeating UNLV.  The Buckeyes' Neal Shipley won the individual crown after shooting 12-under through three rounds, besting Taehoon Song from Washington by one stroke.

PLAYER SCORES

• Sophomore Mahanth Chirravuri (Chandler, Ariz.) tied for 17^th to lead the Waves with a score of 211 (70-70-71), having shot two-rounds below par.  He led the Waves with nine birdies throughout three rounds and an eagle in the second.  Today, he marked a birdie on holes four and 17.
• Sophomore Brady Siravo (Sacramento, Calif.) finished tied for 42^nd with a three-day total of 218 (70-73-75).  He tallied five birdies overall, including one on the sixth hole today.
• Freshman William Walsh (San Mateo, Calif.) rallied in the final two rounds and posted a score of 219 (75-71-73) to finish tied for 47^th.  He was good for seven birdies throughout the tournament, including a pair on each the front and back nine of the final round today.
• Sophomore Joshua Koo (Cerritos, Calif.) finished tied for 58^th with a score of 222 (72-73-77).  He also tied the team-high with nine birdies, including three in the final round.
• Freshman Kristoffer Kuvaas (Houston, Texas) had a score of 226 (72-76-78) to finish in 66^th-place.  He posted a pair of birdies in the final round, while amassing four in total.

 
UP NEXT:
From February 8-10, the Waves will head west to Waimea, Hawai'i for the Amer Ari Invitational.

THE NUMBERS
Team Scores: 1. Ohio State 839; 2. UNLV 840; T3. UCLA 843; T3. San Diego State 843; 5. Washington 844; T6. Texas Tech 845; T6. Colorado 845; 8. Wake Forest 849; 9. Cal 852; 10. San Jose State 861; 11. Pepperdine 867; T12. Houston 868; T12. USC 868.

Top Individuals: 1. Neal Shipley (OSU) 201; 2. Taehoon Song (Washington) 202; T3. Tyran Snyders 203; T3. Caden Fioroni (UNLV) 203; 5. Santiago De La Fuente (Houston) 204; T6. Tucker Clark (Colorado) 206; T6. Tyler Kowack (SDSU) 206; 8. Omar Morales (UCLA) 207; T9. Ethan Fang (208); T9. Luke Powell (208).