SOMIS, Calif.--- Playing in their first invitational of the Fall Season, the Stan State Warriors sits in fourth place out of six teams with a thirty-three over par 609 after the first two rounds of the Bill Cullum Invitational at the par-72 Saticoy Country Club in Somis, Calif.  Returning All-American Chris Chomyn leads the way with his three-over par 147, which places him in seventh place heading into the final round tomorrow morning.

WARRIORS: Chris Chomyn started his day with a three-over par 75 this morning and came back with an even-par 72 to finish with a three-over par 147 heading into the final round tomorrow.  Chomyn sits in seventh place, five strokes behind leader Byungo Lee's (Pepperdine) 142 (even).  Four strokes behind Chomyn is Jack Peters who shot a seven-over par 151 (72-79), which ties him for 15^th place.  Playing in his first tournament as a Warrior is sophomore transfer Ricky Sullivan shot a ten-over par 154 (75-79) which places him in a tie for 18^th place.  Two-time All-CCAA honoree Nate Jetton is tied for 23^rd place with his thirteen-over par 157 (83-74).  Rey Rosas is in 44^th place with his twenty-three over par 167 (84-83).

PLAYING AS INDIVIDUALS:  Two Warriors are playing as individuals at the Bill Cullum in junior transfer Chase Bird and senior Armaan Sahota.  Bird is tied for 29^th place heading into the final round tomorrow with his sixteen-over par 160 (79-81).  Sahota shot a nineteen-over par 163 (83-80) to place him in 38^th place.

TEAM SCORES:  Four of the six teams playing in the Bill Cullum Invitational are NCAA Division I teams in Weber State, UC Riverside, Southern Utah, and the hosts Cal State Northridge.  Stan State and Cal State San Marcos are the two teams from NCAA Division II.

Weber State leads the six-team field with its 593 (+19) followed by UC Riverside's 602 (+26) and Cal State Northridge's 603 (+27).  Rounding out the field are Stan State 609 (+33), Southern Utah 623 (+47), and Cal State San Marcos 636 (+60).

TOP TEN INDIVIDUALS:  Pepperdine's Byungho Lee and Joshua Koo, who are both playing as individuals, are one-two in the field.  Lee shot a two-under par 142 (72-70) and Koo recorded a one-under par 141 (72-71).  Rounding out the top five are UC Riverside's Stephen Luo (144-even par), Weber State's Matthew Wilson (144-even par), and UC Riverside's Hartej Grewal (144-even par).  Six through ten are 6.) Ty Anderson (Weber State) 146 (+2), 7.) Warriors' Chris Chomyn 147 (+3), 8.) Chanhee Ryu (UC Riverside-individual) 148 (+4), 9.) Nathan Han (Pepperdine-individual) 149 (+5) and Dominic De Luca (Cal State Northridge) 149 (+5).

BIRDIES/PARS:  The Warrior duo of Jack Peters and Nate Jetton are in the top ten in the field in the amount of birdies and pars they recorded in the first two rounds.  Peters had six birdies to go which ties him fourth in the tournament while his 22 pars tie him with Jetton for seventh most.  Jetton's five birdies tie him for seventh most in the field. 

FINAL ROUND: Tee times for the final round have not been announced as of 8:00 p.m. Monday evening.  Please check back here:  https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/234748/scoring/tee-times?round=3.  The final round is scheduled to start at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow morning, October 8.

UP NEXT:  Stan State will return to the course after tomorrow's final round in Seaside, Calif., to participate in the Otter Invitational at the Bayonet & Blackhorse Golf Course, October 14-15.  The Warriors' final tournaments of the fall will be in the State of Hawai'i, the week of October 21.  Stan State will participate in the Dennis Rose Intercollegiate, October 21-22, at the Mauna Lani North Golf Course in Waimea, Hawai'i.  The Warriors will finish their fall, October 25-26, at the Southwest Airlines HPU Shark Shootout at the Waikoloa Beach Golf Resort in Waikoloa, Hawai'i.