Coyotes' Burke wins golf event

         Burke shot the lowest competitive round of his life, a 65, and the lowest 54-holes of his three-year collegiate career, a seven-under par 203, to finish six shots ahead of the field of 79 golfers in the two-day event hosted by UC San Diego.

            The Los Angeles resident shot rounds of 69 and 65 on Monday to lead by one stroke after 36 holes, then played steady golf on Tuesday at the 6,583-yard, par-70 course, parring the first 14 holes and finishing with two birdies and a bogey for a 69.

            "I putted real well the entire tournament," Burke said. "The first day I was really putting well. I took advantage of almost every good putt I had." He collected 10 birdies and an eagle over the 36 holes on Monday.

            "Today, I knew I had to play a solid round. The pins were in tougher locations today so I wanted to just be strong and steady, hit the greens, which I was able to do," Burke said.

            Burke admitted he has shot six-under-par before but "this was my best tournament round ever," referring to the 65 on the second 18 holes on Monday.

            The 2004 graduate of Venice High School finished the tournament two-under par on the par-3s, even par on the par-4s and five-under-par on the par-5s. He was second among the individuals in birdies with 12 and fifth in pars for the 54 holes with 35.

            While Burke was fashioning a championship, the Coyotes team was able to play well enough Tuesday to move up from eighth to sixth in the 15-team tournament, won by Lynn University of Baca Raton, Fla., with a collective 861 score -- 21 over par.

            The Coyotes finished at 880 -- 40 over par. Coyotes senior Dane Bagnell was 25th with a score of 222, 12 over par. Junior Joe Alldis was 48th at 229 -- 19 over par. Sophomore Gene Webster was 53rd at 232, but closed with a 74 on Tuesday, four-over par. Senior Bill Clayton finished 62nd at 27 over par -- 237.

            CSUSB finished ahead of CCAA rivals Chico State and UC San Diego.

                        SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERCOLLEGIATE

                                    @Marbella Country Club in San Diego

            TEAMS: 1. Lynn Univ. (861); 2. St. Edward's (867); 3. Western Washington (872)

4. Nova Southeastern (873) 5. Washburn (877) 6. COYOTES (880); 7. Chico State (882);

8. (tie) Central Oklahoma and Colorado-Colo. Springs (889); 10. Abilene Christian (899); 11. UC San Diego A (906); 12. UCSD B (917); 13. Pace (941); 14. CSU Dominguez Hills (945); 15. Southwest Baptist (955).

            INDIVIDUAL 1. Micah Burke (CSUSB) 69-65-69 -- 203; 2. (tie) Lucas Delgado (Chico State) 69-70-70 -- 209; Scott Aydelotte (Lynn) 69-66-74 -- 209; Patricio Salem (Lynn) 71-66-72 -- 209. 5. Matthew Hatcher (St. Edwards) 68-72-71-- 211.

            COYOTE CARDS: 1. Burke (69-65-69 -- 203); 25. Dane Bagnell (72-74-76 -- 222);

48. Joe Alldis (79-69-81 -- 229); 53. Gene Webster (79-79-74 -- 232); 62. Bill Clayton (82-80-75 -- 237).