Chapman Leads Mountaineers to 6th Place Finish at Concan

Photo:  Junior Brent Stanford hits a shot at Concan.

Schreiner's Men's Golf team fell one spot in the final round of the Concan Intercollegiate and finished sixth overall led by Jay Chapman's seventh place finish individually.  The sophomore shot 79 the first day and came back with a 75 in round two for a 154 total.  SU had been in a two-way tie for 5th place, only 11 shots out of the lead, after the first round (with Hardin-Simmons), but was passed by nationally-ranked McMurry in the second round.  HSU finished in 7th after shooting a second round 333 to SU's 327.

Junior Kyle Grona was tied for fifth place individually after one round of play on the 6,965 yard Club at Concan layout, but had a tough time the second day in colder, raining conditions.  He shot an 82 to finish 15th overall.

Freshman Jared Cornish, who was SU's top finisher in the first tournament of the spring, was tied with Chapman at 79 in round 1.  He wasn't as confident in his game throughout the event and shot 85 in the final round to finish 24th.  Freshman Will Ramon finished in 39th place and junior Brent Stanford was in 41st place. 

Twenty-fourth ranked Mary Hardin-Baylor won the tournament with a two-day score of 614.  #12-ranked Texas Lutheran (host school) was second at 622.  #26-ranked McMurry finished tied for third at 626 with Trinity.  Southwestern was fifth at 635 and Schreiner at 647.  HSU finished at 653, Concordia-Texas was eighth at 668 and Texas A&M International was ninth at 711.

TLU's Andrew Long was the medalist at 147.

The Mountaineers finished just where the rankings would suggest.  They beat the teams ranked below them but weren't successful knocking off teams ahead of them in the rankings.  The team will compete again the week after spring break in Dallas.