Nov. 4, 2005
Contact: Kyle Stephens (210) 458-4907 UTSA finishes 10th at Del Walker Intercollegiate Online Results
LONG BEACH, Calif. - Led by a 26th-place tie from senior John Elizondo, the UTSA men’s golf team finished 10th at the Del Walker Intercollegiate held Thursday-Friday at Virginia Country Club (6,633 yards / par 71).
Elizondo fired a two-over-par 73 Friday to move into a tie for 26th after entering the final round tied for 38th at three-over 145. His 54-hole total of five-over 218 was just five shots out of the top 10 in the tough, 66-player field.
In the team standings, the Roadrunners carded rounds of 296, 297 and 282, the third-best round of the final day, to finish at 23-over 875, just three strokes behind Nevada and UC Santa Barbara for eighth place (872). Lamar cruised to the team title with a 21-under 831 behind individual medalist Dawie VanDer Walt’s nine-under 204. Houston (848), Washington State (853), Colorado State (856), Long Beach State (868) and Texas-El Paso (868) rounded out the top six.
Sophomore transfer Thomas Kearney tied for 30th with a six-over 75-74-70—219, while junior Kitt Thabungkan tied for 36th at seven-over 72-76-72—220. Sophomore Nick Olivarri and junior Matt Johnston rounded out the top five in a tie for 51st (76-72-78—226) and 53rd (80-77-70—227), respectively. Competing as an individual, freshman Kyle Collins tied for 41st at 75-73-74—222.
UTSA opens the spring season at the Rice Intercollegiate on Feb. 6-7.
Del Walker Intercollegiate
Virginia Country Club (6,633 yards / par 71)
Long Beach, Calif.
Final Results
Team Standings: 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; T-5. Long Beach State 285-294-289—868; T-5. Texas-El Paso 299-286-283—868; 7. Kansas 291-292-286—869; T-8. Nevada 290-289-293—872; T-8. UC Santa Barbara 290-285-297—872; 10. UTSA 296-297-282—875; 11. North Texas 295-292-292—879; 12. San Jose State 297-299-295—891.
Individual Top Five (plus UTSA players): 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; T-5. Zen Brown, Colorado State 68-71-70—209; T-5. Jordan Irwin, Houston 67-71-71—209; T-26. John Elizondo, UTSA 73-75-70—218; T-30. Thomas Kearney, UTSA 75-74-70—219; T-36. Kitt Thabungkan, UTSA 72-76-72—220; T-41. Kyle Collins*, UTSA 75-73-74—222; T-51. Nick Olivarri, UTSA 76-72-78—226; T-53. Matt Johnston, UTSA 80-77-70—227. * played as an individual
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