'Jacks Finish Ninth In First Tournament Of Year
9/26/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Sept. 26, 2001
MONROE - After building a huge lead on Monday, Lamar University led by Mark Cooper, captured the Second Annual ULM/Fred Marx Invitational, Tuesday at the Bayou DeSaird Country Club.
Only two schools shot below 300 due to the blustery winds and tough pin placements, with Lamar shooting a team-total 292. The Cardinals teamed to shoot rounds of 287 and 270 on Monday.
Cooper finished the tournament with a 2-under 70 final round. He was one of only two players to shoot below par for the final 18-holes of play. Cooper shot 71 and 64 on Monday and ended with a remarkable three-round total of 205.
Teammate Chris Stroud was the tournament runner-up with a 213 (72-67-74). Halli Heimisson of Louisiana Tech was third (71-70-74, 215), and Shawn Stefani of Lamar was fourth (72-69-76, 217).
Alabama-Birmingham and Tulane tied for second 35 strokes behind Lamar having a three-round total of 884, with Southern Mississippi finishing fourth with a 891 total.
SFA moved up from 12th place to ninth in the final round after shooting the sixth best round of the day, a 307. Tim Specihert was the top finisher for the Lumberjacks, tyring for the 12th spot overall with rounds of 75-73-74.
Other SFA Finishes were:T39 Jason Alexander 77-75-78 T46 Trevor Sauntry 80-77-76 T64 Walt Schroeder 80-82-79 T69 Chris Vadner 82-77-84
FINAL RESULTS ULM/Fredmarx Invitational Bayou DeSiard CC Monroe, LA Dates: 09/24 - 09/25 (Today:09-25-2001) Par: 72 Yardage: 6830
Fin. School Scores 1 Lamar University 287 270 292 849 -15 2 UAB 292 292 300 884 +20 Tulane University 292 289 303 884 +20 4 Southern Mississippi 301 296 294 891 +27 5 Arkansas-Little Rock 290 295 307 892 +28 6 Denver, U. of 301 295 300 896 +32 7 Southwest Texas St U 293 303 311 907 +43 8 Louisiana Tech Univ. 310 299 302 911 +47 9 Louisiana-Monroe 309 308 304 921 +57 Stephen F. Austin St 312 302 307 921 +57 11 Mc Neese State Univ. 300 307 315 922 +58 12 Oral Roberts Univ. 313 305 306 924 +60 13 Birmingham Southern 298 315 318 931 +67 14 Texas-Pan American 313 305 314 932 +68 15 JV Louisiana-Monroe 307 306 320 933 +69
INDIVIDUAL FINISHERS Fin. Name School Scores 1 Mark Cooper Lamar 71 64 70 205 -11
2 Chris Stroud Lamar 72 67 74 213 -3
3 Halli Heimisson La. Tech 71 70 74 215 -1
4 Shawn Stefani Lamar 72 69 76 217 +1 Daniel Ozley UAB 72 71 74 217 +1
6 Erik Billinger Denver 77 72 69 218 +2 Mark Van Hoose Lamar 72 70 76 218 +2
8 Graeme McDowell UAB 72 72 75 219 +3 Mark Sullivan Tulane 74 71 74 219 +3
10 Jeff Osborne Tulane 71 70 79 220 +4
11 Tim Yelverton So. Miss. 73 73 75 221 +5
12 Tim Speichert S F A 75 73 74 222 +6 Adrien Mork Mc Neese 73 70 79 222 +6 Manuel Bermudez Ar.-L.Rock 72 74 76 222 +6
15 Grant Yawn SW Tx St. 76 74 73 223 +7 Billy Zihala Ar.-L.Rock 78 68 77 223 +7 Brandon Muir ULM-JV 74 74 75 223 +7 Bill Roach Jr Tulane 75 73 75 223 +7 Raul Sanz Ar.-L.Rock 71 75 77 223 +7
20 Justin Emil So. Miss. 75 77 72 224 +8
21 Drew Jones UAB 74 74 77 225 +9
22 Mike Fulco LA Monroe 75 73 78 226 +10 Michael Soroka So. Miss. 77 76 73 226 +10 Chris Speight So. Miss. 78 74 74 226 +10
25 Craig Gordon UAB 76 77 74 227 +11 Luke Bakke Ar.-L.Rock 72 78 77 227 +11 Miguel Griego O.Roberts 79 76 72 227 +11 John Hulwick Denver 75 78 74 227 +11 Shane Rushing So. Miss. 76 73 78 227 +11 Barrett Jarosch Denver 77 73 77 227 +11
31 Chris Wheeler Tulane 73 80 75 228 +12 Tommy Hart Denver 72 72 84 228 +12 Omar Halldorsson Tx.-PanAm 78 73 77 228 +12 Gabe Reynolds SW Tx St. 72 73 83 228 +12 David Callaway Mc Neese 70 82 76 228 +12 Glen Allen SW Tx St. 70 78 80 228 +12
37 Brian Gentry Brmnghm So 73 75 81 229 +13 Chad Goodwin UAB 74 75 80 229 +13
39 Jason Alexander S F A 77 75 78 230 +14 Tim Endicott O.Roberts 78 75 77 230 +14 John Quinn Brmnghm So 69 79 82 230 +14
42 Michael Brainerd Brmnghm So 75 77 79 231 +15 Jay Caserta La. Tech 78 81 72 231 +15
44 Michael Menke LA Monroe 77 76 79 232 +16 Ben Piper Tx.-PanAm 80 76 76 232 +16
46 Trevor Sauntry S F A 80 77 76 233 +17 Clay Blackburn LA Monroe 77 79 77 233 +17
48 Chris Baker La. Tech 83 72 79 234 +18 Jon Doyle Mc Neese 78 76 80 234 +18 Sean Knox La. Tech 81 76 77 234 +18 Ash Serur SW Tx St. 79 78 77 234 +18 Byron Shultz Tulane 74 75 85 234 +18
53 Erik Hsu LA Monroe 80 80 75 235 +19 Matt Parkin Denver 77 78 80 235 +19 Stephen Tipton Ar.-L.Rock 75 80 80 235 +19
56 Arvid Ganestam O.Roberts 78 78 80 236 +20 Cory Taylor ULM-JV 78 75 83 236 +20 Tyler Carson O.Roberts 78 76 82 236 +20 Patrick Pyle ULM-JV 75 79 82 236 +20 Kyle Edwards SW Tx St. 75 80 81 236 +20
61 Rudy Celedon Tx.-PanAm 75 80 82 237 +21
62 Santiago DeLarrea Tx.-PanAm 80 78 81 239 +23 Joel Woods Mc Neese 79 80 80 239 +23
64 Chris Bourdeon LA Monroe 83 84 74 241 +25 Stephen Fike Brmnghm So 81 84 76 241 +25 Walt Schroeder S F A 80 82 79 241 +25 James Aleman Tx.-PanAm 83 78 80 241 +25
68 Josh Koschke ULM-JV 80 78 84 242 +26
69 Cristopher Almroth O.Roberts 85 81 77 243 +27 Chris Vadner S F A 82 77 84 243 +27
71 Brad Wright La. Tech 80 81 85 246 +30
72 Tyler Otto ULM-JV 87 80 80 247 +31
73 Clint Skinner Mc Neese 82 81 89 252 +36
74 Juan Orozco Brmnghm So 89 84 91 264 +48
WD Matt Larson Lamar WD 75 72
