By
Tony Lee
On
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Five former, current and future Orange Coast College golfers finished in the top 20 at the 37th annual Costa Mesa City Championship on Sunday (Aug. 2).
Ryan Knapp, an incoming Coast freshman, led the Pirates with his four-under-par 138 for a second place finish and made the tournament's only eagle from a par four on Sunday. [Click here to read a feature on Knapp]
Marcus Sostak-Rosa, the scoring leader for Coast last season, finished tied for sixth with a 142, even-par. [Click here to read a feature on Sostak-Rosa]
Another incoming OCC player Benny Santa Maria (pictured), who was tied for fourth going into Sunday, finished tied for eighth with a 143 total.
Former Coast player Ryan Indovina, headed for Cal State Dominguez Hills this fall, finished tied for 12th with a two-over-par 144.Kord Tagley finished tied for 20th with a 147.To read about round one, click here. To read about round two, click here. To read about incoming OCC freshman Andrew Ayala, click here.
[Photo by Tony Lee]
By
Tony Lee
On
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Yours truly was out at the Costa Mesa Country Club reporting for the Daily Pilot and taking pictures over the weekend.I didn't get to take pictures of second-place finisher Ryan Knapp and Kord Tagley for the slideshow and for that, I do apologize.The OCC Sports Blog now has a photo album and it can be found at http://picasaweb.google.com/coastreportsportsI will upload more photos on Picasa after I watermark all my pictures.
By
Tony Lee
On
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Three Orange Coast College golfers shot under-par at the Costa Mesa City Championship and no player posted a score above 75.
Coast's Benny Santa Maria leads the pack with his three-under-par 67 and trails tournament leader Jason Bittick by three strokes.
Kord Tagley and Ryan Indovina both shot a one-under par 69, and Marcus Sostak-Rosa and Kyle Ritter posted an even-par 70.
Joe Doody and Kurt Mascio posted 71s and both Chase Behr (left) and Andrew Ayala (right) shot a five-over-par 75.
Day two of the Costa Mesa City starts as early as 7:10 a.m. (Behr and Ayala) and as late as noon (Santa Maria) for current and former Pirates.Click here to read day one summary I wrote for the Daily Pilot.
[Photos by Tony Lee]
Andrew Ayala,
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Ryan Indovina
By
Tony Lee
On
Friday, July 31, 2009
There's a good chance a former or current Orange Coast College golfer will win the 37th Annual Costa Mesa City Championship on Saturday and Sunday (Aug. 1-2).
OCC's Marcus Sostak-Rosa (pictured) had a 72.1 scoring average in the 2009 spring season and was the No. 2 ranked player in the SoCal region.
He is also the No. 9 athlete on the Top 10 Pirates of the 2009 spring season.
His teammates Joe Doody, Chase Behr, Ryan Indovina and Kord Tagley from the 2009 spring season is also entered in the tournament.
Kurt Mascio, the only player to make it to the state championship under OCC head golf coach Sean Collins, and Kyle Ritter are also entered in the tournament.Benny Santa Maria, who will transfer from Santiago Canyon College to OCC next semester, and incoming OCC freshman Andrew Ayala are also on the tee time list.
The OCC athletes tees off as early as 6:40 (Indovina) and late as 8:30 (Sostak-Rosa) at Costa Mesa Country Club.
Look for a story on Sostak-Rosa in Saturday's issue of the Daily Pilot and a story on Ayala on Sunday.
[Photo by Tony Lee]
Five former, current and future Orange Coast College golfers finished in the top 20 at the 37th annual Costa Mesa City Championship on Sunday (Aug. 2). 
