April 04, 2003
After carding a two-under-par 286 in Friday's morning round, the Texas A&M men's golf team struggled to a 295 in the afternoon and is tied for sixth place after the first two rounds of the 52nd Border Olympics at Laredo Country Club.
The Aggies' 581 total trails tournament leader Arkansas (276-289=565) by 16 strokes going into Saturday's final round. San Diego State is in second at 572, followed by Baylor (575), BYU (577), Lamar (577), A&M (581), Kansas State (581), Colorado State (581), SMU (582), Alabama-Birmingham (584), Rhode Island (587), Iowa State (588), Texas-Arlington (590), Rice (592), Washington State (595), Texas Tech (596), Southwest Texas State (598), Notre Dame (599) and Louisiana-Lafayette (610).
"I was thrilled with how we played in the morning round," A&M coach J.T. Higgins said. "We were in third place and were in position for a really good tournament, but we slipped up in the afternoon round and dropped back. If we can put together a good final round, we have a chance to move up and beat some of the teams in our district."
A&M junior Stephen Reed is tied for fifth in the individual standings with a four-under-par total of 70-70=140, five strokes behind leader Mark Van Hoose of Lamar, who carded rounds of 69-66=135. Arkansas' Andrew Dahl is in second place at 65-71=136.
A&M freshman Andrew Parr also had a good day, posting rounds of 71-72=143 and is tied for 14th place.
"I was really pleased with how Stephen and Andrew played," Higgins said. "They were very solid both rounds and we kind of rode their backs. They pretty much kept us in the tournament."
Also for the Aggies, senior Shaun Helmle is tied for 54th at 73-76=149, junior David Tasker is tied for 70th at 74-77=151 ad junior Parker Briley is tied for 80th at 72-81=153.
TEAM STANDINGS:
(after Friday's first two rounds)
Fin. School Scores
1 Arkansas 276 289 565 -11
2 San Diego State 288 284 572 -4
3 Baylor 285 290 575 -1
4 Brigham Young 291 286 577 +1
Lamar 289 288 577 +1
6 Kansas State 288 293 581 +5
Colorado State 297 284 581 +5
Texas A&M 286 295 581 +5
9 SMU 287 295 582 +6
10 UAB 288 296 584 +8
11 Rhode Island 295 292 587 +11
12 Iowa State 295 293 588 +12
UTSA 292 296 588 +12
14 UTA 300 290 590 +14
15 Rice 300 292 592 +16
16 Washington St. 309 286 595 +19
17 Texas Tech 295 301 596 +20
18 SW Texas State 297 301 598 +22
19 Notre Dame 302 297 599 +23
20 La.-Lafayette 294 316 610 +34
INDIVIDUAL TOP 10:
1 Mark Van Hoose, Lamar 69 66 135 -9
2 Andrew Dahl, Arkansas 65 71 136 -8
3 Lars Johansson, SDSU 70 67 137 -7
4 Ryan Baca, Baylor 71 68 139 -5
5 Stephen Reed, Texas A&M 70 70 140 -4
Adam Wing, Arkansas 69 71 140 -4
Greg Machtaler, BYU 69 71 140 -4
8 Martin Laird, Colo. St. 75 66 141 -3
Nicholas Loar, SMU 69 72 141 -3
Drew Dalziel, Iowa State 71 70 141 -3
Oscar Alvarez, BYU 71 70 141 -3
OTHER A&M SCORES:
T 14 Andrew Parr 71 72 143
T 54 Shaun Helmle 73 76 149
T 70 David Tasker 74 77 151
T 80 Parker Briley 72 81 153
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