Alcala Yearbook 2007-2008

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SAN DIEGOTOREROS HEADINGTO NCAAVJESTREGfc?NALS

USD earned West Coast Conference autom'atlc bid wlt1' first ev~f league title ' ' I May 12, 2008 ' \ \ \ Name

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(San Diego, CA) - The USD men's golf team, under the dire~ ion of Sth;:_year head coach Tim Mickelson, will be making their second appearanc_e in three'y~ars at th~ NCAAWestern Regionals.This season the Toreros earned theWest Coast C1mfer- " FR ence automatic bid into the Reg ionals after holding off Pepperdine~ nd Sai~ t(lary's 'Da,!e ~Ith ~ so in the 2008WCC Championships. In 2006 the Toreros were selected aS'-

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ton at Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, WA, May 15-17.The top ten teams and the top two individuals not on an advancing team will move on to compete in the .._,_ NCAA Championship hosted byPurdue in West Lafayette, Indiana, May 28-31 .

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coach'es_

nm Mickelson - Head Coactl' (oll(!'ear) Cory Scoggin -Assistant Coach (1st-Ye_ar)

Coach Mickelson (5th year) - Coach Mickelson earned his secondWCC Coach of the Year honor after leading the Toreros to the program's first everWCC title. He shared

the honor with Bil l Winter of Portland and Scott Hardy of Saint Mary's. This past season theToreros closed strong finish ing ._ in the top 5 in four of their final five tournaments • WCC's (1st), Ron Moore (5th), Barona Collegiate Cup (3rd), and USD Cal- laway (2nd).

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