UCSD Places Third in Golf Championships

Matthew Stottern finished eighth, and he and his UC San Diego teammates were third in the team standings after Friday’s final round of the NCAA Division III men’s golf championships.

Stottern shot a 75 Friday at the par-72 Wooster Country Club in Wooster, Ohio, leaving him with a four-round total of 296, 13 strokes behind champion Jon Lindquist of Gustavus Adolphus.

Lindquist’s 283 set a Division III record, eclipsing the mark of 286 by Mike Bendor of Cal State Stanislaus in 1980. Lindquist won the tournament by seven strokes over David Hathaway of Skidmore.

Methodist took the team title, finishing at 1,200. Gustavus Adolphus was second at 1,213, followed by UCSD at 1,217.

Also for the Tritons, Jeremy Moe shot a 74 Friday and finished tied for 11th at 298. Pete Roberts finished tied for 21st at 306.

AMERICA’S CUP

A rare opportunity to touch or pose next to an America’s Cup boat is offered this weekend.

Dennis Conner’s Stars & Stripes is loaded on a ground-level shipping cradle outside his compound behind the San Diego Convention Center on Harbor Drive. It will be loaded on a truck Tuesday and taken to New York to help promote Conner’s new sailing programs out of the North Cove Yacht Harbor.

The Stars & Stripes gift shop is offering discounts on souvenirs and apparel.

The boat is tipped to starboard so the deck layout is visible.

And, by the way, although 75 feet has been the length commonly listed for America’s Cup boats, Stars & Stripes is actually 80 feet long. You can step it off yourself.

TRACK AND FIELD

Point Loma Nazarene’s 4x100 women’s relay team (Dzifa Mac-Kwashie, Amenda Sloan, Anna Mark and Anna Rydell) set a school record of 48.02 in the semifinal heat at the NAIA Championships in Abbotsford, Canada, and easily advanced to today’s finals.

In other events for PLNC, Vanessa Couch finished third in the 5,000 semifinals in 17:17 and advanced to the finals. Alicia Harasty finished sixth in the heptathlon with 4,468 points.

For the PLNC men, Robert Keter won his heat in the 800-meter semifinals in 1:51.87. Kostos Koutalas finished second in the 400 hurdles semifinals at 53.09 and the men’s 4x100 relay took third in the semifinals at 41.52.

Point Loma Nazarene’s Stephan Kallenberg, who was second after five events in the decathlon, wasn’t able to compete because of a strained hamstring.

BASEBALL

Pitcher Mike Saipe of the University of San Diego received honorable mention on the Mizuno Freshman All-America team. Saipe, who graduated from University City, was 8-3 with 3.53 earned run average this season. He appeared in 15 games, starting 13 and led the West Coast Conference with eight complete games.

Previously, Saipe was named the WCC freshman of the year and was a unanimous selection to the WCC all-conference team.

Shortstop Steve Dietz, who batted .404 this season for San Diego State, was named the Aztecs’ most valuable player and most improved player. Dietz, a junior from Monte Vista High, also had 10 doubles and 18 stolen bases this season, and he will carry a school-record tying 28-game hitting streak into next season.