University of Houston
at Del Walker Intercollegiate
Golf Finishes Second at Del Walker Intercollegiate
11/4/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
Nov. 4, 2005
LONG BEACH, Calif. - Junior Pablo Acuna fired a 3-under-par 68 for the second straight day Friday to finish in third place with a score of 206 and help lead the University of Houston golf team to a second-place showing at the Del Walker Intercollegiate.
The Cougars ended the two-day tournament with a score of 848 and were one of only two teams to break par.
Sophomore Jordan Irwin posted his second straight round of even-par 71 on the 6,631-course at Virginia Country Club and tied with Colorado State's Zen Brown at 4-under-par 209.
Other Cougars in action Friday were senior Kevin Newman (217, t-24th), senior Zach Mowbray 219, t-30th) and junior Ricky Romano (221, t-38th).
Lamar won the team championship with a 54-hole total of 831 after recording the lowest round of the day for the second straight day. Washington State (853), Colorado State (856), Long Beach State (868) and UTEP (868) rounded out the Top Five team leaders.
Lamar's Dawie VanDerWalt captured medallist honors at 9-under-par 204 to finish a stroke ahead of Kansas' Gary Woodland.
The Cougars return to action Monday when they compete at the Battle of the Bend, hosted by Louisiana-Lafayette at Cypress Bend Golf Club in Many, La.
TEAM LEADERBOARD
1. Lamar 285-270-276 - 831
2. Houston 281-282-285 - 848
3. Washington State 286-288-279 - 853
4. Colorado State 282-287-287 - 856
T5. Long Beach State 285-294-289 - 868
T5. UTEP 299-286-283 - 868
7. Kansas 291-292-286 - 869
T8. Nevada 290-289-293 - 872
T8. UC Santa Barbara 290-285-297 - 872
10. Texas-San Antonio 296-297-282 - 875
11. North Texas 295-292-292 - 879
12. San Jose State 297-299-295 - 891
INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD
1. Dawie VanDer Walt, Lamar 69-65-70 - 204
2. Gary Woodland, Kansas 68-68-69 - 205
3. Pablo Acuna, Houston 70-68-68 - 206
4. Justin Harding, Lamar 73-66-69 - 208
T5. Zen Brown, Colorado State 68-71-70 - 209
T5. Jordan Irwin, Houston 67-71-71 - 209
7. Chris Collins, Washington State 73-69-68 - 210
T8. Jordan Madison, Washington State 67-72-72 - 211
T8. Dusty Smith, Lamar 72-69-70 - 211
T10. Ryan Kornmann, Lamar 74-70-69 - 213
T10. Andrew Landry, Lamar 71-74-68 - 213
T10. Matt Montez, San Jose State 71-72-70 - 213
T10. Ryan Wood, Long Beach State 69-72-72 - 213
HOUSTON COUGARS LEADERBOARD
3. Pablo Acuna, Houston 70-68-68 - 206
T5. Jordan Irwin Houston 67-71-71 - 209
T24. Kevin Newman Houston 71-72-74 - 217
T30. Zach Mowbray Houston 74-73-72 - 219
T38. Ricky Romano Houston 73-71-77 - 221
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