ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. — Utah State's golf team posted a 1-1 record at the Cal Poly-hosted Match Play Challenge on Monday with a 3.5-1.5 opening-round win against Southern Utah, before losing to UC Irvine in the second round, 4.0-1.0.
In the opening-round win against SUU, freshman Cameron Tucker won his match against Hayden Plewe, 5&4; junior Hayden Eckert won his match against Ryker Smith, 5&3; and sophomore Colten Cordingley won his match against Austin Jaramillo, 4&2; while junior Chase Lansford halved his match against Ali Hameed and sophomore Andy Hess lost his match against Jake Vincent, 4&3.
In the match against UCI, Hess was the only Aggie to record a win as he defeated Ramiz Jamal, 2&1.