Tournament: CSUSB's Battle in the Desert
Date: Monday, Feb. 24, 2025
Location: Borrego, California
Course:  Rams Hill GC (par-72 / 7,055 yards)
CSUSM's Place: 10th out of 12 teams (296, +8)
Team Leader: Georgia Southwestern (273, -15)
Top Cougar: T16. Arman Rahgozar (71, -1).  
Individual Leader: UT Tyler's Jay Shero (64, -8)

COURSE REPORT:  The Cal State San Marcos men's golf team is in 10th place after the first round of Cal State San Bernardino's Battle in the Desert on Monday at Rams Hill Golf Club in Borrego Springs.

FIRST TEE

• Arman Rahgozar was the only Cougar to shoot under par, posting a 1-under 71 and is tied for 16th place.
• Gavin McCormick is tied for 22nd after carding an even-par 72.
• Greg Mouser is tied for 42nd place with a 4-over 76, followed by Jason McElroy who is tied for 46th with a 5-over 77.
• Aiden Canada rounded out CSUSM with a 10-over 82 and is tied for 62nd.

TEAM SCOREBOARD
1. Georgia Southwestern 273 (-15); 2. Stanislaus State 278 (-10); 3. UT Tyler 279 (-9); 4. Cal State Monterey Bay 282 (-6); T5. Lubbock Christian 290 (+2); T5. Western New Mexico 290 (+2); T7. Cal State San Bernardino 294 (+6); T7. Sonoma State 294 (+6); 9. Cal State Dominguez Hills 295 (+7); 10. Cal State San Marcos 296 (+8); 11. Fort Lewis 303 (+15); 12. Vanguard 318 (+30).

INDIVIDUAL SCOREBOARD
1. Jay Shero (UTT) 64 (-8); 2. Simon Bjorken 66 (CSUSM) (-6); T3. Sam Brown (GSW) 67 (-5); T3. Joao Costa (GSW) 67 (-5); T3. Liam Allder 67 (-5); T3. Jack Peters (STAN) 67 (-5); T7. Chase Bird (STAN) 68 (-4); T8. Max Kaesebier (WNMU) 69 (-3); T8. Chris Wardup (CSUSB) 69 (-3); T8. Felipe Gomez 69 (GSW) (-3); T8. Seth Campbell (UTT) 69 (-3); CSUSM SCORERS: T16. Arman Rahgozar 71 (-1); T22. Gavin McCormick 72 (E); T42. Greg Mouser 76 (+4); T46. Jason McElroy 77 (+5); T62. Aiden Canada 82 (+10).

INSIDE THE SCORECARD

• Georgia Southwestern carded an opening round of 15-under 273 and has a five-stroke lead over second-place Stanislaus State (278,-10).
• UT Tyler's Jay Shero recorded an 8-under 64 and has a to stroke advantage over second-place Simon Bjorken of Cal State Monterey Bay (66, -6), who was crowed the individual medalist in last year's tournament.
• Arman Rahgozar posted a tournament-high 13 pars in the first round.

UP NEXT
The Cougars will play the second round of the Battle of the Desert tournament alongside Cal State San Bernardino, Georgia Southwestern and Western New Mexico with tee times beginning at 10:50 a.m.