PLEASANTON, Calif. – On Tuesday, the final round of the 2024 Nighthawk Invitational took place at Callippe Preserve Golf Course. Cal State East Bay men's golf won the tournament in team scoring, 11 strokes ahead of the second place team score. The tournament win is the second for the Pioneers in the 2024 spring season.
 

• All five Pioneers who were entered for team scoring finished in the top-20 on the leaderboard, led by Adam Brangefalt and Cooper Groshart, who each finished 2-under-par 142 (70-72). Groshart had one eagle and a team-high nine birdies. Brangefalt had eight birdies.
• Tied for 11^th on the leaderboard were Easton Hether and Aaron Lee at 2-over-par 146.
• Also placing in the top-20 was Melker Backstrom in a 17^th place tie – 3-over-par 147. Backstrom had one eagle.
• Of the three individual entries for CSUEB, Ryan Hong had the lowest score at 8-over-par 152.

The individual champion of the tournament was Patrick Jaksch from Cal State San Marcos, finishing 7-under-par 137 (69-68).
 

Cal State East Bay golf coach Chris Oetinger following Tuesday's round:
"Nice win by the boys. Good bounce back this week. We are very happy with the outcome. Very strong performances from Adam and Cooper anchored us this week. With all that said, we left a lot of strokes out there on holes 16-18. If we are going to compete at a National level, which is where our goals lie, we will need to minimize our mistakes and avoid doubles or more on the difficult holes and stretches of these courses."
 
Cal State East Bay head golf coach Alan Sue added:
"The performance by the men was much needed after last week. This team is very good at moving past bad situations and this week they did exactly that. We do need to clean up our play on tough holes and difficult situations. We will now focus our attention on Corica Park as we host 17 teams next Monday and Tuesday."
 

The Pioneers host the Tim Tierney Pioneer Shootout next Monday and Tuesday, March 11-12 from Corica Park in Alameda, California.