The Oregon men’s golf team now has its fifth straight top six finish after placing fourth at the U.S. Intercollegiate on Sunday.
The Ducks’ final round 287 gave them a total 865 for the tournament, finishing just behind UCLA at 862. USC won the tournament with 848 followed by Stanford in second, 10 strokes behind.
Junior Chris Carnahan blazed through the final round with a 67 to finish in a tie for 11th at 215. Junior John Ellis had a rough last round of 77 to fall to a tie for 23rd, followed by sophomore Mike Sica in a tie for 45th, who also shot 67 on the day. Senior Aaron Byers finished in a tie for 51st at 225.
After the first two rounds Saturday, Oregon sat in a tie for third with UCLA after shooting 578 on the day. The Ducks’ two rounds of 282 and 296 placed them six strokes behind Stanford at 572 and 13 strokes behind leader USC.
Ellis shot 69 and 72 to lead the way for the Ducks to place him in a tie for fourth, just five strokes back of leader Phillip Rowe of Stanford. Byers was tied for 12th at four-over 144 after rounds of 69 and 75, with Carnahan in a tie for 36th at 148.

Women head

to Pac-10 Championships
Oregon head coach Shannon Rouillard remembers the scene of the Pac-10 Championships all too well.
Nine years ago, Rouillard, a sophomore, helped the Ducks to their highest finish ever in the Pac-10 Tournament, tying for fourth. On the same course this week, Oregon will try and recapture some of that magic at the Walla Walla Country Club in Walla Walla, Wash.
The Ducks head into the 2002 tournament as the No. 10 seed in a conference that also features six teams ranked among the latest Golfweek/Sagarin top 20.
“We need to do what we are capable of as a team,” Rouillard said. “Our mindset is to shoot 305 (each round) or better and this is a good test to see if we can do that because I believe 305 is the magic number at regionals that will get us to the national championships.”
Oregon’s lineup includes senior Kathy Cho at No. 1, followed by freshmen Jess Carlyon and Johnna Nealy, sophomore Lacy Erickson, freshman Jaime Seefried and junior Kim Melrose.
The tournament begins today and goes through Wednesday, with teams playing 18 holes each day. Oregon finished ninth in the Pac-10 last year.