‘Eaters grab 11th place at Alister MacKenzie Invite

UC Irvine seniors Mike Lavery and Ryan Armstrong led the Anteaters

with 3-over 216’s and UC Irvine finished 11th out of 17 teams in the

54-hole Alister MacKenzie Invitational at The Meadow Club that

concluded Tuesday.

UC Irvine tallied an 871, 30 strokes more than first-place Fresno

State (841).

Lavery and Armstrong tied for 23rd place. Armstrong shot a 74 in

the final round while Lavery fired a 77.

UC Irvine junior Vince Poncino finished 37th at 219, senior Jeff

Coburn shot a 77 Tuesday and finished 40th at 220, while freshman Jay

Choe also shot 77 Tuesday to place 81st at 233.

Fresno State’s Nick Watney shot an 11-under 202 to capture the

individual championship.

The ‘Eaters return to action in the Tillinghast at Quaker Ridge

Golf Club in Scarsdale, N.Y., Monday and Tuesday.