Costa Mesa, Calif. - The UC Irvine men's golf team stormed back to win the Anteater Invitational in a one-hole playoff at the Mesa Verde Country Club Tuesday.

The Anteaters entered the third round trailing Santa Clara by 14 shots, but fired a final round of 280 to tie the Broncos who shot a 294 Tuesday for first place with a three-round total of 848. All five players participated in the play-off hole with the top four players scoring as UC Irvine captured the title shooting a two-over (14) while Santa Clara carded a five-over (17) on the 18th hole.

UC Santa Barbara and Cal State Northridge tied for third with a 54-hole total of 859, while Saint Mary's was fifth (868), Loyola Marymount was sixth (869) and Sacramento State was seventh (877). Cal Poly (883), UC Riverside (887) and Cal State Fullerton rounded out the top 10.

UC Irvine senior John Chin won medalist honors with an 11-under par 202 (66-65-71). Cal State Northridge's Nick Delio finished second at 206 (69-67-70) and Loyola Marymount's Jake Sarnoff had the low round of the day firing a 65 to move into third place at 208 (72-71-65).

UC Irvine junior Max Greil tied for seventh place with a score of 213 (73-69-71),