SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Competing on the biggest stage in college golf, the University of San Francisco men's golf team finished as a top 20 team in the country at the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale over Memorial Day weekend. Notably, graduate student Matthew Anderson finished as the top individual from a non-advancing team as he tied for eleventh overall to earn All-American status (top 15 individuals).
 
TOURNAMENT RESULTS:

• Back in Scottsdale for the second time in three years, USF got off to a strong start as the Dons were tied for ninth as a team at 5-over (285) following the first 18 holes. Continuing his hot play, Matthew Anderson was tied for sixth individually after firing a 68 (-2) across his first round.
• Heading into round two, the Dons fell to a tie for 17^th as a team after shooting 294 (+14) on Saturday. Staying steady, Anderson remained in the top ten as he was tied for eighth at 1-under-139 (68/71) after recording a 71 on day two.
• Moving into Sunday, the green and gold were just three strokes behind the cut line (+19) as they trailed conference foe Brigham Young. Similar to round two, USF would fire a 294 as a team to close their three rounds as they finished 20^th overall at 33-over-873 (285, 294,294).
• Overall, Jackson Rothwell tied for 68^th overall (8-over-218/71,74,73), Jakob Melin tied for 81^st (10-over-220/72,73,75), Renato Naula tied for 135^th (17-over-227/74,77,76) and Ben Partridge tied for placed 146^th (19-over-229/76,76,77).
• Remaining amongst the tournament's best, Anderson was tied for 13^th overall at the end of three rounds as he sat at 1-under-209 (68,71,70). As one of the top nine individuals from a non-advancing team (top 15 teams advanced to match play), the graduate student advanced to Monday's final round of stroke play as he aimed to finish as an All-American (top 15 individuals).
• Suiting up for his final round as a Don on Monday, Anderson fired a 71 (+1) across his final round on Monday as he battled Drew Goodman of Oklahoma and Ludvig Aberg of Texas Tech, the world's No. 1 amateur men's golfer, until the final hole. Notably, the Canadian finished even-par (68,71,70,71/280) throughout his four rounds at Grayhawk. With these efforts, Anderson finished as the top individual from a non-advancing team as he also earned All-American honors after finishing in the top 15 individuals overall. At the end of stroke play, he also tied the fourth-best scoring average on Par 4's (-1) in addition to tying for the sixth-most birdies (16) in the field.

CATCHING UP WITH MATTHEW ANDERSON:

• To view the full postround interview with Matthew Anderson, please click here.

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