VC sophomore Denis Kakimoto tied for third place with a 1-over 73 Monday at the Western State Conference Victor Valley event at Spring Valley Lake Country Club in Victorville. As a team, Ventura carded a 397 to come in fourth place, behind Canyons (368), Santa Barbara (384) and Glendale (391).
Connor Philpott was next for the Pirates with a 78, followed by Joey Herrera (79), Aaron Friedland (83), Jonathon Ortiz (84) and Adam Franc (88).
Ventura will next tee it up at WSC No. 9 at Santa Maria Country Club on Monday April 2. The match will be hosted by Allan Hancock College.
WSC No. 8
At par-72 Spring Valley Lake CC
Final scores
Team -- 1. Canyons (368) 2. Santa Barbara (384) 3. Glendale (391) 4. VENTURA (397)
Medalist -- 3. (tie) Denis Kakimoto, Ventura (73)
WSC standings -- 1. Canyons (61-3) 2. (tie) VENTURA (50-14); Santa Barbara (50-14) 4. Glendale (37-27)