Mustangs finish sixth at NCAA II Super Regional

Mustangs finish sixth at NCAA II Super Regional

            MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. - The Midwestern State University Mustangs played consistently through the 2007 NCAA Division II South/South Central Super Regional on the Fightin' Joe Course of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail of the Shoals, but their final round 298 dropped them to sixth in the tournament.

            MSU saw Cameron, Abilene Christian, Central Oklahoma and St. Edward's all post even-par rounds or better as teams during the tournament's last round.

            The Mustangs posted an 898, placing sixth a stroke ahead of St. Mary's 899 in seventh and one stroke behind Northeastern State's 897 in fifth.

            Cameron held on to their second round lead to win the South Central Region with an 872, holding off Abilene Christian who posted a region's best 281 on Wednesday to get into the NCAA Division II Championship with an 881.

            Central Oklahoma and St. Edward's tied for third at 883.

\           MSU was paced by the even-par round of Gordon Quebodeuax who carded four birdies in his round, but suffered two bogies and a double-bogey.  Quebodeaux tied for 14th with a 223 total.

            Brady Jones posted a two-over par 74 in the final round to tied for 17th at 226.

            Eric Thompson and Hunter Linscombe were two of the three-way tie for 23rd at 228.  Thompson posted a final round 77, while Linscombe had the throw out score of 78 on Wednesday.  Andrew Ludlow fired a solid three-over 75 in the final round to tie for 35th with a 233.

            Individually, Central Oklahoma's Mitch Boles was the regional medalist, totaling seven-under 209, while Abilene Christian's Hugues Joannes fired a six-under 66 on Wednesday to finish a stroke back at six-under 210.

            In the South Region, host North Alabama was the team winner with an 859, while Florida Southern and Barry (Fla.) tied for second a 877.  Florida Gulf Coast was fourth at 880.

            Those four teams along with Cameron and ACU earned spots in the National Championship, while Boles was the individual advancing from the Super Regional.

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NCAA Division II South Central Regional

Robert Trent Jones at the Shoals Fightin' Joe Course

par 72, 7,126 yards

 


FINAL TEAM SCORING

Cameron                                        301-288-283--872

Abilene Christian                         300-300-281--881

Central Oklahoma                   296-302-285--883

St. Edward's                                  301-294-288--883

St. Mary's                                     304-298-294--896

Northeastern State                       293-309-295--897

Midwestern State                         298-302-298--898

Texas A&M-Commerce              312-322-297--931

 

TOP INDIVIDUALS

Mitch Boles, Central Okla                   68-72-69--209

Hugues Joannes, ACU                       73-71-66--210

Sam Powell, Northeastern St              71-74-70--215

Matt Trammell, Cameron                     72-69-74--215

Collin Mayer, St. Edward's                 75-73-70--218

Michael Lee, Cameron                         79-72-68--219

Brent Cole, Central Okla                      73-71-76--220

Kent Neal, West Texas A&M            65-80-75--220

Nick Cristea, St. Edward's                  76-75-70--221

Peter Svajlen, Cameron                       76-73-72--221

 

MSU SCORES

Gordon Quebodeaux                           76-75-72--223

Brady Jones                                          73-79-74--226

Eric Thompson                                     75-76-77--228

Hunter Linscombe                               74-77-78--228

Andrew Ludlow                                   84-74-75--223