LOMPOC, Calif. – San Diego golf earned its first tournament victory in more than six years on Tuesday as the Toreros placed first and were the only team to shoot below par at the two-day La Purisima College Invite at the La Purisima Golf Course (Par 72, 7,011 yards).
 
USD, which carried a 12-stroke lead going into the final round, helped give head coach Chris Riley his first career tournament victory. The fourth-year head coach and the Toreros have now posted five top-five finishes in the last nine tournaments dating back to last fall.
 
The win was the Toreros' first since September 2014 when they won the Saint Mary's College Invitational at the Bayonet & Blackhorse Golf Course in Seaside, Calif.
 
The Toreros finished atop the leaderboard with a four-stroke cushion with the help of freshman Andi Xu's 71 in the final round. The Torrey Pines product was only one of four players to shoot below par in Tuesday's final round, and he finished runner-up in the individual leaderboard with a 1-under 215 (71-73-71) for the tournament. He was six strokes back of the medalist, Blake Hathcoat of Saint Mary's.
 
Xu and Hathcoat were the only two golfers to finish below par over the two days.
 
Charlie Reiter, who entered the day in first, finished in the top-three after shooting 1-over 217 (69-70-78).
 
Both Xu and Reiter have now finished top-10 in each of the fall's two tournaments so far.
 
Donald Kay and Ryan Bisharat both scored for the Toreros on the final day. Kay, a redshirt junior, shot a 3-over 75 in the final round to finish tied for fifth while Bisharat was 2-over 74 on Tuesday to finish tied for ninth.
 
Harrison Kingsley was the fourth and final scorer for the Toreros in the final round, shooting 4-over 76 and finishing in the top-10 with a 3-over 219 (67-76-76).
 
USD will wrap up its fall slate Nov. 5-6 with the Rustic Collegiate Classic at the Rustic Canyon Golf Course in Moorepark, Calif.
 
La Purisima College Invite (Par 72, 7,011 yds) – Day Two (Final Round)
Team Leaderboard
1. San Diego, -3 (277-288-296)
2. Saint Mary's, +1 (291-286-288)
3. LMU, +16 (289-294-297)
4. BYU, +24 (305-296-287)
 
Individual Leaderboard
2. Andi Xu, -1 (71-73-71)
T-3. Charlie Reiter, +1 (69-70-78)
T-5. Donald Kay, +2 (70-73-75)
T-9. Ryan Bisharat, +3 (73-72-74)
T-9. Harrison Kingsley, +3 (67-76-76)
 
Toreros Competing as Individuals
17. Remington Hirano, +10 (76-76-74)
T-21. Evan Kawai, +13 (77-75-77)
32. Alrik Pan, +34 (85-81-84)