STOCKTON, Calif. (May 8, 2026) – UT Permian Basin men's golf stayed in the same position after a second-round score of 289 as the Falcons remain tied for 18th place with one round to play at The Reserve at Spanos Park in the NCAA West/South Central Regional Tournament.

Laurent Beech, Nizar Bourehim and Will Tate all found themselves one-under through the first four holes of round two.

Beech went two-under with a birdie on the par-five hole six and then went double bogey on the par-four hole seven before bouncing back with a birdie on the par-three hole eight to get back to one-under, which is where he would finish the front nine.

Tate was one-under through the front nine, and then went two-under after birding on the par-5 hole 11. Thonsaeng Nunya shot a birdie on two of his final four holes of the front nine (hole 6, hole 9) to match Beech and Tate at one-under going into the back nine.

Bourehim would remain at one-under through the first eight holes of round two, and led UTPB with six straight pars to start off the back nine. He finished round two at one-over (73) with two birdies, 14 pars, one bogey and one double bogey.

Ioan Rowe rebounded from shooting back-to-back bogeys on holes two and three to shooting seven straight holes of par of better, including back-to-back birdies on holes eight (par-3) and nine (par-4) to finish the front nine at even-par. He finished round two by shooting par on eight of nine holes on the back nine and ended the round at one-over (73) as well with two pars, 13 birdies and three bogeys.

After both shooting one-under on the front nine, Nunya and Beech went double bogey on hole 11 (par-5). Beech then double bogeyed again on hole 12 (par-4), and finished the round at seven-over (79) with four birdies, eight pars, two bogeys and four double bogeys.

Nunya finished the second round at two-over (74) with three birdies, 12 pars, one bogey and two double bogeys.

Bourehim, Nunya and Beech all birdied on hole 16 (par-5), but all shot double bogey or triple bogey on hole 17 (par-4).

UTPB had moved from being 13-under after round one to nine-under late in the front nine, but later found itself in last place in the tournament starting the back nine.

Helping get UTPB back to 13-over at the time was Tate, who eagled the par-5 hole 16 to drop his score for the round to three-under with two holes to go. Tate finished round two at three-under (69) with one eagle, two birdies, 14 pars and just one bogey.

Tate is one of 16 players to have sunk an eagle. Tate has registered 25 pars (T11th) while Bourehim is tied for sixth in the field with 26 pars.

Through two rounds Tate (73-69; 142; -2) is tied for 19th place, Nunya (75-74; 149; +5) is tied for 64th, Rowe (77-73; 150; +6) is tied for 76th, Bourehim (78-73; 151; +7) is tied for 84th, and Beech (76-79; 155; +11) is 103rd.

As a team, UTPB (301-289; 590; +14) was just one-over during round two. It was a 12-stroke improvement from round one on Thursday.

UTPB is fifth in the tournament with 114 pars and is tied for third in par-3 scoring (3.15; +6). Bourehim and Beech and both tied for ninth in par 3-scoring (3.00; E).

Unfortunately, UTPB is second highest in the tournament with 11 double bogeys.

Western Washington and No. 19 West Texas A&M lead the team standings at 11-under (565). The field features eight total teams ranked inside the top 25 according to the Scoreboard powered by Clippd rankings, including No. 8 St. Mary's (T14th), No. 15 CSU Pueblo (T12th), No. 19 West Texas A&M (T1st), No. 21 DBU (T8th), No. 22 Colorado Mesa (7th), No. 23 UT Permian Basin (T18th), No. 24 Colorado Christian (T8th), and No. 25 Chico State (4th).

UTPB concludes the West/South Central Regional tomorrow, Saturday, May 9. The top-six teams will advance to the NCAA National Championships set for May 18-22 in Boulder City, Nevada.