San Luis Obispo—The UC Riverside Men's Golf Team shot three over its first round score in the second round of the Big West Championship at the San Luis Obispo Country Club Monday, dropping into a tie for second Complete Results. Day 1 Story. View the Photo Gallery.

The Highlanders shot a nine-over par 289 on Monday with all five scores in the 70's.

UCR compiles a two-day score of 575. Cal State Fullerton leads the team competition with a 573 total—just two ahead of the Highlanders. UC Riverside is ten strokes ahead of fourth-place Cal Poly.

David Gazzolo is the Highlanders top finisher after two rounds tying for first with a 141 (67-74). He is one shot over-par and if two strokes ahead of three players that are in a tie for third. Gazzolor is tied with Pete Fernandez from UC Irvine who leapfrogged 10 spots after firing a 68 today.

Sam Gillis and Matt Lutz are tied for seventh, both shooting 145 over two days, while Andre Vu shot 77-71 (148) to tie for 17th. Anothony Bonales rounds out the squad in a tie for 24th, firing 73-76 (149)

The final round of the Big West Conference Championship gets underway Tuesday morning with tee times starting at 7:30 am PT.