SFA Golf Competes At The Southland Conference Championship
4/17/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
April 17, 2001
ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. ~ Lamar University shot a two-over-par 290 in opening-round action at the Southland Conference Golf Championship at The Bluffs on Thompson Creek course in St. Francisville, La., today The Cardinals have an eight-stroke lead over defending champion Southeastern Louisiana University and two others.
The University of Texas-San Antonio and McNeese State University are tied with SLU at 298, two strokes ahead of fifth-place Sam Houston State University.
Lamar is led by freshman Chris Stroud, who shot an opening-round 68 and will enter Tuesday morning's second-round action with at least a three-stroke lead over the rest of the field which totals 50 golfers. The Port Neches, Texas, product entered the tournament with the Southland's fifth-best scoring average for the spring at 73.44 strokes per 18 holes.
McNeese State's Adrien Mork is the only other golfer to finish round one under par as the freshman from Toulouse, France, carded a 71 on the par-72 course.
Seven golfers are tied at even-par 72.
As a team, Lamar, the Conference's all-time winningest men,s golf program with 12 championship trophies, is looking to capture its first since 1987. The Cardinals were victorious in the Southland,s first 10 championships (1964-73) and won six of seven from 1981 through 1987. Lamar left the Southland following the 1987 season and is looking for its first title since rejoining the league in 1999.
DAY ONE RESULTS
2001 Southland Conference Golf Championship, St. Francisville, La. o (The Bluffs on Thompson Creek), April 16-18, After First-Round Play, Par 72.
1 2 3 Total
1. Lamar 290 +2
2. Southeastern Louisiana 298 +10, Texas-San Antonio 298 +10, McNeese State 298 +10
5. Sam Houston State 300 +12
6. Stephen F. Austin 301 +13
7. Texas-Arlington 303 +15
8. Louisiana-Monroe 305 +17
9. Southwest Texas State 306 +18
10. Nicholls State 308 +20
2001 Southland Conference Individual Golf Results
1. Chris Stoud, LU 68 -4
2. Adrien Mork, McN 71 -1
3. Jody Moss, ULM 72 E, Matt Larson, LU 72 E, Kevin Axford, NICH 72 E, Doug Sinitiere, SHSU 72 E, Clint Bowden, SFA 72 E, Andy Smith, SLU 72 E, Court Watson, UTSA 72 E
10. Grant Yawn, SWT 73 +1, Gabe Reynolds, SWT 73 +1, Shad Muth, UTA 73 +1, Chris Wilson, ULM 73 +1
14. Christopher Ohrn, NICH 74 +2, Manuel Kempe, SLU 74 +2, Shawn Stoute, McN 74 +2, Joe Kunick, LU 74 +2
18. Ryan Polzin, SHSU 75 +3, Luke Healy, UTSA 75 +3, Jerry Carnahan, UTSA 75 +3, Guillermo Silva, SLU 75 +3, Chris Gentry, McN 75 +3, Matt Wernecke, SHSU 75 +3, Reid McPherson, UTA 75 +3
25. Tim Speichert, SFA 76 +4, Trey Schroeder, SFA 76 +4, Andy Ternes, LU 76 +4, Mark Loving, UTSA 76 +4
29. Brandon Muir, ULM 77 +5, Justin Schulze, UTA 77 +5, Daniel de Leon, SLU 77 +5, Mike Arnaud, SFA 77 +5
33. Luke Main, UTA 78 +6, Jarrett Walker, McN 78 +6, Jeff Grace, SHSU 78 +6, Mark Cooper, LU 78 +6, Brandon Mullen, UTA 78 +6
38. Billy Carreto, SLU 79 +7, Jacob Lipari, NICH 79 +7, James Beston, SHSU 79 +7, Walt Schroeder, SFA 79 +7
42. Gibby Martens, UTSA 80 +8, Barrett Shelton, SWT 80 +8, Jon Locklin, SWT 80 +8
45. Scott Redhead, McN 81 +9
46. Rod Lemoine, NICH 83 +11, Patrick Pyle, ULM 83 +11
48. Erik Hsu, ULM 84 +12
49. Billy Rase, NICH 86 +14
50. Ken Fothergill, SWT 90 +18
At stake as the 54-hole championship resumes play at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday is the Southland's automatic bid to the NCAA Golf Championship. Final-round action is scheduled for Wednesday at the 7,151-yard par 72 course located north of Baton Rouge.
~SLC~
