EDMOND, Okla. (March 15, 2022) – Oklahoma Christian regularly practices golf on Oak Tree Country Club's East Course and OC sophomore Mateo Pulcini perhaps used a bit of that home-course knowledge to clinch his second career individual win on Tuesday.

Nursing a one-shot lead with one hole remaining, Pulcini curled in a 30-foot birdie putt on No. 18, giving him a two-shot win over Cameron's Hamish Murray in the Oak Tree Invitational. No. 7-ranked OC cruised to a 13-shot win over Cameron in the team race.

Pulcini, from Rio Cuarto, Argentina, posted a steady even-par 70 – with two birdies and two bogeys to go with 14 pars – on the 7,126-yard course, putting him at 1-over 211 for the tournament. He added the individual title to one he won in the Eagles' fall season opener, the Missouri Southern Fall Invitational at Shangri-La Golf Club in Monkey Island.

Pulcini is the 15th player in OC golf history to have won at least two tournament crowns.

The Eagles – hosting an Oklahoma City-area event for the first time since fall 2011 – won a team tournament title for the fourth time this season and the 77th time in program history.

OC entered the round with a nine-shot lead over No. 17-ranked Henderson State (Ark.) and that lead never slipped below seven shots on Tuesday. OC's final-round 289 gave the Eagles a three-round score of 862, with Cameron at 875, No. 14 Central Missouri third in the 14-team field at 876 and Henderson State fourth at 878.

OC junior Alejandro Armijo of Rio Rancho, N.M., tied for the tournament lead with 13 birdies, with five of those coming Tuesday as he shot a 74. He tied for fourth in the 78-man field at 215. Posting his first career top-10 finish was freshman Oskari Nikku of Tuusula, Finland, who tied for 8th at 217 after a final-round 74. Nikku had 11 birdies – fourth-best in the field – including three on Tuesday.

Freshman Exequiel Rodriguez of Buenos Aires, Argentina, shot a final-round 71 and tied for 23rd at 223 and senior Andres Brictson of Merida, Mexico, tied for 37th at 227 after firing a 75.

OC's B team finished 11th, beating A teams from Southern Nazarene, Southern Arkansas and South Dakota Mines. The Eagles' top player on that squad was freshman Santiago Villareal of Cordoba, Argentina, who tied for 20th at 222. His final-round 73 included four birdies. Freshman Dominic Wade of Scottsdale, Ariz., tied for 32nd at 226, posting a 75 on Tuesday.

Freshmen Joey Lewis of Oklahoma City (73) and Nicholas Gimotty of Overland Park, Kan. (80) tied for 57th at 236 and sophomore Chase Gardner of Snohomish, Wash. (83) finished 70th at 246.

The Eagles' next tournament will be the King-Alfred Spring Invitational, to be hosted by Texas-Tyler at Eagles Bluff Golf Club in Bullard, Texas, on March 28-29.

FULL RESULTS