Men's Golf

Dixie State Wins PacWest Title & Britt Claims Individual Crown

LITCHFIELD PARK, Ariz. -- It came down to the finish at the 2018 PacWest Men's Golf Championships at the Wigwam Golf Course, where Dixie State won the team title and had the top-2 finishers at the tournament in Nicklaus Britt and Spencer Wallace to edge Holy Names by three shots on Wednesday.

Britt finished the final round four strokes under par for an overall score of 5-under-par 211 to eclipse his teammate for the individual title. Wallace finished just a stroke behind after scoring an even-par 72 in the final round.

Holy Names had the second-best third round, carding a 1-over-par 289. Zach Sims shot a 2-under-par 70 in the final round to move into a tie for eighth place individually. He was joined by Matt Thomas and Ross Brownlie on the PacWest All-Tournament Team.

Ryan Monsalve helped California Baptist take fourth place as he finished in third place individually. Dominican claimed third place with a score of 13-over-par 877 after leading the tournament during the third round. Hawai`i Hilo was right behind with an overall score of 18-over-par 882. Academy of Art, Biola, Hawai`i Pacific, Chaminade and Notre Dame de Namur rounded out the team scores.

Dominican had two representatives on the all-tournament team as Nick Rivera and Brittain Walton within two strokes of each other. Rivera finished with an even-par 216 on the tournament. Jared Kinoshita from Hawai`i Hilo also made the all-tournament team along with Academy of Art's Gabriel Manotoc and Matthew Watkins.

Dixie State earned an automatic berth into the NCAA West/South Central Super Regional, which will be hosted in Amarillo, Texas by West Texas A&M. The rest of the teams will find out next week if they qualify for the NCAA playoffs.