Men's golf team ranked seventh in So. Cal.
Mar 03, 2006
The Irvine Valley men's golf team is ranked seventh in Southern California in the latest coaches' poll.
Saddleback is ranked first and followed by College of the Desert, Canyons, Cypress, Palomar and Santa Barbara. Irvine Valley and Santiago Canyon are tied for seventh.
The Lasers are coming off a solid showing in the Rio Hondo Classic at California Country Club. Irvine Valley was paced by Travis Reeves' score of 74. Derrick Taylor shot 76 to help lead the Lasers to a team score of 390. Irvine Valley finished ahead of 11 other teams.
The Lasers begin conference play against Saddleback on Monday at Tijeras Creek.
Irvine Valley's starting five will be Jimmy Willingham, Cory Cannon, Aaron Levine, Reeves and Brad Chamberlin. Taylor, Bret Becker, Karolis Raudys and Barney Sugitan are battling for the sixth spot.