VISTA, Calif. – Junior Christian Schrodt took home the CSUSM Fujikara Invite Championship on Tuesday, marking the third time in program history that a Dominican men's golfer has won an individual title at a tournament.

"He told me going into the last round 'coach I just want to have fun out there,'" head coach Gary Nelson said. "He wasn't playing the leaderboard, he was playing each shot and trying to have as much fun as he could, he wasn't checking the leaderboard at all. When you are at a golf tournament you don't know what can happen, you play the shot at hand and control yourself. He had fun and just played the golf course."

Schrodt finished the tournament at 7 under par, three strokes ahead of the second place finisher. Schrodt tallied three birdies en route to the win despite consistently rainy conditions that made for a damp day on the course.

"I just kept telling myself to remember to have fun," Schrodt said. "It's really esy to get caught up in your emotions and lose yourself, so just reminding myself to be present and have fun playing the game was really big for me today. It was also fun knowing that I was in contention all day. As an athlete, those are the moments you live for, so knowing that every shot was a test for the work I had already put in was absolutely exhilerating -- it kept me locked in."

Dominican dropped two spots on the final day of the tournament, finishing 9^th in the crowd of 14 teams. Christopher Steib posted a plus 6 on the final round of the day, with freshman Josh Morris, graduate student Matt Fry and sophomore Sam Nielsen posting scores of +9, +10 and +12, respectively.