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| May 3, 2007 Conference Champions, HNU, Hole Last Rounds of Season at Regionals
Indio, CA – After claiming the Cal Pac Conference Golf Championship, the end of the season came earlier than desired for the golfers of Holy Names. Hopes for a National appearance ended as HNU finished seventh of nine teams competing last week in the NAIA Region II Championship, played on the Golf Course at Terra Lago in Indio, CA . HNU had the low score after the first day with 313 but nationally ranked CSU-San Marcos came out of the pack to win the three-day event with a team score of 912.
The highlight of the tournament for HNU was Nikhil Dhawan's tie for 11th place, with a 232. Charles Chae followed two strokes back at 234 and a tie at 17th . HNU finished up placed at 32, 36 and 37, with Brian Razzari, Erik Halvarsson and Jason Jones shooting scores of 245, 250, and 251, respectively.
Another highlight came as Chae was named to the All-Region Team. This ends a season of progression for the golf team, which started without a coach until Greg Hutton and Erik Stone took over the helm. This was the 6th Conference Championship for Holy Names Golf and the 7th Regional appearance for the team. |
| April 18,
2007 HNU Takes 9th at CSU-Stanislaus Buzzini Invitational
Turlock, CA – The Holy Names Men's Golf team combined to place ninth at the CSU-Stanislaus Buzzini Invitational this week in Turlock. This was an outstanding showing against top ten NCAA Division II, DIII and NAIA schools making up a field of 17 schools. CSU-Stanislaus and Grand Canyon University finished 1-2 on the CSU-Stan. home course, replicating their NCAA DII rankings.
Holy Names beat six teams ranked in the top 10 DII or NAIA on their way to compiling a team total of 903. The Hawks were just two strokes off the lead, behind CSU-Stanislaus, after the first round. Brian Razzari shot matching 71's on the 36-hole first day. Erik Halvarsson swung in at 71/78. Charles Chae and Takashi Shimabukuro each added 72's, with second rounds of 73 and 79, respectively. Those scores ballooned for Razzari and Chae in round three, due in part to blustery conditions the golfers met in the afternoon starts.
Razzari led the field with a tournament high 15 birdies and finished with an 11th place tie. Chae tied for 17th and was noted for par 5 scoring (4.67, -4) and the number of pars made (34). Shimabukuro made the list of notables for par 3 scoring (3.08, +1) and a T54 place. Halvarsson and Erik Jones each placed T65 and T71, respectively for the tournament.
The Hawks next play in the NAIA Men's Golf Division II Regional Championship in Indio, CA, on April 23-24, 2007. View Results |
| April 10,
2007 Holy Names Takes Cal Pac Tournament by 20 Strokes Vallejo, CA - HNU golfers claimed the top spot at the Cal Pac Conference Golf Tournament in Vallejo with a team score of 283. The remaining field finished as follows: Cal State-East Bay 303, Menlo College 333, Dominican 335 and Cal State- Maritime 340. Shooting the tournament’s low round at six under par was HNU’s Brian Razzari with 66, shooting 35 on the front nine and an impressive 31 on the back nine. Only three other golfers came close to Razzari, and four of the six lowest rounds were presented by HNU golfers; HNU’s Charles Chae and Takashi Shimabukuro, with CSU-EB’s Gary Tewell, all posting 72 for the tournament. Nikhil Dhawan (HNU) and Mike Pecsok (CSU-Maritime) each entered 73, while Erik Halvarsson came in at 78 for Holy Names.. This win puts HNU in the position to eye a Cal Pac Conference Championship Golf Title if their remaining performances remain consistent. Holy Names is in action next at Dominican in San Rafael on April 10, followed by the Buzzini Invitational in Turlock on April 16 and 17. View Results |
| March 28,
2007 Hawks Swing into 8th at Bakersfield Bakersfield, CA - Holy Names golfers placed 8th in a field of twelve at the CSU-Bakersfield/ELCO Invitational Golf Tournament, played at the Bakersfield Country Club. CSU-Bakersfield took top honors in the first-ever Elco, Inc. Intercollegiate title, shooting a 13 over par team score of 877, followed by UCLA, CSU-San Bernardino, Fresno State and Point Loma Nazarene to round out the top five. Strong, gusty winds blew in a storm that threw rain and even hail on the players midround. After Monday's idyllic conditions, the weather wreaked havoc with scores up and down the leaderboard. HNU posted 925 in the effort, with Charles Chae shooting 8 over par 224 with rounds of 75, 71 and 78, resulting in a top 20 finish and a tie for 16 th . Brian Razzari was only three strokes back at 77, 74, and 76 for 227 and a tie for 24 th place. Nikhil Dhawan and Taskashi Shimabukuro posted 236 and 241 for ties at 40 th and 46 th , respectively. The Hawks hit the links next at the Cal Pac Championship on April 9th in Vallejo. |
| March 25,
2007 HNU Finishes in 2nd at Menlo Atherton, CA - The Holy Names Hawks swung their way into a 2nd Place finish at Menlo's four-way Cal Pac competition, which included home team Menlo College, with HNU, CSU-East Bay, Dominican University, in addition to CSU-Maritime represented with 2 golfers. CSU-EB finished on top with a combined team score of 287, followed by HNU at 298, Menlo at 303 and Dominican at 308. The top individual spots were CSU-EB players (70, 71, 71), a CSUM golfer in a three way tie for 2nd at 71, with HNU's Charles Chae posting a 73 for sole possession of 5th place. Other Hawks, Erik Halvarsson, Nikhil Dhawan, Takashi Shimabukuro and Brian Razzari placed tied for 6th, 10th, 12th and 17th, with scores of 74, 75, 76, and 78, respectively. Next up for the HNU golfers is the Bakersfield Spring Invitational Tournament on March 25, 26 and 27, in Bakersfield. View Results |
| March 9,
2007 Hawks Place 9th in Pt. Loma Invitational Jamul, CA - HNU finished at about middle of the field for their efforts last week at the 30th annual Point Loma Smee Builders Invitational held at Steele Canyon Golf Course in Jamul, CA. Of 17 teams, NAIA #24 Holy Names finished 9th, with a two-day team score of 918. NAIA #10 Wayland Baptist (TX) took home the team title. WBU shot 874 to beat out the rest of the 17-team field, registering rounds of 286, 296 and 292. NCAA DII CSU Stanislaus was four shots back with a team 878. Third went to Pt. Loma Nazarene at 883. In a distant fourth was Victoria (896), followed by La Verne (899), #12 Texas Wesleyan (901), #13 CSU San Marcos (910), Grand Canyon (911), #24 Holy Names (918), #19 California Baptist (923), CSU-East Bay (936), Mobile (937), Brevard (941), #11 Concordia (945), Southern Nazarene (947), The Master's (950) and Baldwin-Wallace (1009). The 24 th ranked Hawks posted rounds of 305, 313 and 300, finishing the third and final round of play just eight shots back of the days best of 292 from Wayland Baptist. The Hawks beat out two NAIA top-25 squads at the tournament and other NAIA DI and NCAA DIII teams: Concordia , California Baptist, CSU-East Bay and The Master's. HNU's Charles Chae shot the team's low rounds at 77, 73 and 74 for a 224 total and tied for 17 th . Brian Razzari was one stroke off at 225 (78,74,73) and a T21 finish, while Erik Halvarsson, Nikhil Dhawan, and Jason Jones brought in three day totals of 235, 238, and 241, respectively. The Hawks will next focus on a head-to-head competition with Menlo College at Menlo on March 22. View Results |
| February
22, 2007 Holy Names University Wins Cal Pac Conference Golf Tournament by 2 Strokes San Leandro, CA - HNU's Men's Golf Team finished first last week in the Cal Pac Golf Tournament, hosted by Holy Names at the Monarch Golf Club in San Leandro. The Hawks won with a team low score of 312, followed by CSU-East Bay with 314, Menlo at 326, Dominican with 331 and CSU-Maritime rounding out the finishers with 345. While CSU-EB player Gary Tewell shot the low round of 74, Holy Names golfers Erik Halverson, and Takashi Shimabukuro each came in at 75, with Brian Razzari posting 76, along with CSU-EB's Kevin Wentworth. HNU's Charles Chae shot 79, with Jason Jones and Nikhil Dhawan recording 82 and 83, respectively. The Hawks next play will be on March 5th in Jamul, CA, in the SMEE Builders Invitational. View Results |
| November
6, 2006 Hawk's Win Cal Baptist Fall Preview Indio, CA - Holy Names Charles Chae shot a second-round 33 to catch Point Loma Nazarene's Sam Cyr and earn a split of medalist honors while leading Holy Names to a first place finish at the first-ever CBU Fall NAIA Region II Preview Monday afternoon. The second round was called after 9 holes due to darkness, thus ending the 2-round tournament after just 27 holes. Holy Names finished with a 433, 4 strokes better than Point Loma Nazarene (437). Concordia finished third (442), while Cal State East Bay was fourth (446) and tournament-host California Baptist was fifth (456). |
| October 19,
2006 Stone, Hutton Named Co-Head Coaches Oakland, CA - Holy Names University athletic Director Robin Martin has announced that Erik Stone and Greg Hutton have been hired as Co-Head Coaches of the Holy Names Men's Golf Program effective immediately. Stone and Hutton replace the departed Sigfried Wroebel who led the program to back to back National Tournaments as the head coach following successful stints as both an HNU player and assistant coach. The Hawks finished 7th in the National Tournament in 2005. Stone played gold at Fresno State University from 1990-1993 where he graduated with a Criminology Degree. The Bulldog program was ranked as high as #5 in the Nation during Stone's time there. From 1994-1997 played professionally on the Canadian, Asian and HGT Tours and since has been teaching golf full time. Stone has worked with some of the top instructors in the country in Hank Haney, Adam Schrieber and Stan Sayer. Hutton meanwhile played his college golf at both Cabrillo College and UC Davis. Hutton received a Bachelors Degree in Environmental Design in 1999 and has competed at the NCGA Amateur Gold level for the last decade. Hutton grew up in Santa Cruz, CA and currently resides in Oakland with his wife Kara. |
| September
27, 2006 Men's Golf Takes 2nd at Mustang Invitational, Chae 2nd Individually Santa Clarita, CA - The Holy Names Men's Golf team took second place at the 2006 Mustang Invitational hosted by The Master's College Monday. The Hawks' Charles Chae shot a 1-under 143 over the 36 hole tournament, good for second place behind individual champion Gregg Banks of Concordia University who shot 3-under. Concordia University ran away from the competition for the team championship shooting an 8-over. The Hawks score of 27-over edged out third pace Point Loma Nazarene (+32). The Masters (+41), Cal Baptist (+43) and CSU San Marcos (+44) rounded out the competition respectively. Takashi Shimabukuro finished in 9th place with a 7-over 151 while teammate Jason Jones took 11th with an 8-over 152. For complete results visit our schedule page. |
| Women's Basketball March 5th – TBA NAIA Division II National Championship Sioux City, IO Men's Volleyball March 7th – 7:00pm vs. Hope International Fullerton, CA March 8th - 4:30pm vs. Lees McRae College (North Carolina) Riverside, CA March 14th - 7:00pm vs. Cardinal Stritch Riverside, CA March 15th - 3:00pm vs. Cardinal Stritch Riverside, CA March 21st - 8:00am Las Vegas Tournament Las Vegas, NV Men's Golf March 3rd SMEE Builiders Invitational Jamul, CA March 11th NDNU Invitational Livermore, CA March 16th Kingsmen Invitational Lompoc, CA March 20th Cal Pac Tournament Palo Alto, CA Women's Softball March 7th - 9th College of Idaho Tournament Caldwell, ID March 7th - 3:00pm vs.College of Idaho March 7th - 4:30pm vs. Eastern Oregon March 8th - 9:00am vs. Concordia (OR) March 8th - 11:00am vs. Eastern Oregon Uiversity March 8th - 3:00pm vs. Eastern Oregon Universtiy March 9th - 9:00am vs. Concordia (OR) March 9th - 3:00pm vs. College of Idaho March 9th - 5:00pm vs. Treasure Valley C.C. March 30th - 12:00 pm and 2:00pm vs. Patten University Hayward, CA |