Long Beach State University Athletics
Men’s Golf Finishes April With ASU Thunderbird Collegiate
4/7/2026 9:21:00 AM | Men's Golf
The two-day tournament is the final action for No. 28 Long Beach State prior to the Big West Championship.
LONG BEACH, Calif. – No. 28 Long Beach State Men's Golf will play in one final tournament prior to the Big West Championship, playing against eight other Top 100 teams as part of the ASU Thunderbird Collegiate.
Hosted by Arizona State, the tournament will be held over two days at the Papago Golf Club in Phoenix. Ranked No. 9 entering the week, the hosts are the top-ranked team in the field, but the nine teams feature plenty of depth, with New Mexico, UCLA, Utah, Colorado, San Diego, Oregon State and Grand Canyon competing along with ASU and the Beach.
The March Big West Golfer of the Month, Alejandro de Castro Piera, will again lead the lineup. Coming off of three Top 10 finishes, including the individual championship at the Arizona Wildcat Intercollegiate in the team's last trip to Arizona. Those results have helped de Castro push all the way up to No. 35 in the individual rankings nationally.
Senior Jaden Huggins will play second, coming in with the team's second-best stroke average on the season at 70.7. Huggins had a Top 5 finish earlier this spring at the R.E. Lamkin Invitational in San Diego.
Graduate Steen Zeman will play third, while senior Jack Cantlay will play fourth following a Top 20 finish in the team's last competition at The Goodwin. Junior Krishnav Chopraa rounds out the lineup for the Beach.
Additionally, sophomore Norwin Gohm will be playing as an individual. Gohm is competing in his fourth tournament this season, with his previous best coming at the Les Fowler Individual Invitational in Colorado, where he placed in a tie for 22nd overall. His best round this season came at the John A. Burns Intercollegiate, where he started the tournament with a two-under 68.
The tournament will feature two rounds on Friday, April 10 before a final round on Saturday, April 11. Live scoring throughout the tournament will be found at https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/238883/scoring/team.
Hosted by Arizona State, the tournament will be held over two days at the Papago Golf Club in Phoenix. Ranked No. 9 entering the week, the hosts are the top-ranked team in the field, but the nine teams feature plenty of depth, with New Mexico, UCLA, Utah, Colorado, San Diego, Oregon State and Grand Canyon competing along with ASU and the Beach.
The March Big West Golfer of the Month, Alejandro de Castro Piera, will again lead the lineup. Coming off of three Top 10 finishes, including the individual championship at the Arizona Wildcat Intercollegiate in the team's last trip to Arizona. Those results have helped de Castro push all the way up to No. 35 in the individual rankings nationally.
Senior Jaden Huggins will play second, coming in with the team's second-best stroke average on the season at 70.7. Huggins had a Top 5 finish earlier this spring at the R.E. Lamkin Invitational in San Diego.
Graduate Steen Zeman will play third, while senior Jack Cantlay will play fourth following a Top 20 finish in the team's last competition at The Goodwin. Junior Krishnav Chopraa rounds out the lineup for the Beach.
Additionally, sophomore Norwin Gohm will be playing as an individual. Gohm is competing in his fourth tournament this season, with his previous best coming at the Les Fowler Individual Invitational in Colorado, where he placed in a tie for 22nd overall. His best round this season came at the John A. Burns Intercollegiate, where he started the tournament with a two-under 68.
The tournament will feature two rounds on Friday, April 10 before a final round on Saturday, April 11. Live scoring throughout the tournament will be found at https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/238883/scoring/team.
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