SAN ANTONIO — Bryce Alley fired a 4-under-par 67 to help the UTSA men’s golf team charge up the leaderboard for a sixth-place finish at the UTSA Oak Hills Invitational, which wrapped up on Tuesday at Oak Hills Country Club (par 71/6,765 yards).
Alley entered the final day in a tie for 47th after carding a 77-75—152 on Monday, but his season-best round helped the junior vault into a tie for 10th place at 6-over 219 in the 84-man field. The Longview native posted a 36 on the front nine and then wrote down five birdies on the back – three on the last four holes – en route to a 31. It marked his second straight top-10 finish at the Roadrunners’ annual home tournament after a fifth-place effort last year.
J.J. Lindsey registered his second straight 73 that was highlighted by four of his team-best 12 birdies, and the senior from Adkins finished in a tie for 32nd at 11-over 224 (78-73-73).
Fellow senior Brett Hogan also turned in a 73 in the final round and the Calgary, Alberta, native finished in a tie for 43rd at 226 (79-74-73).
Sean Meehan tied for 37th (78-71-76) and Zander Lozano was 46th (74-79-74) to round out the UTSA lineup, while Trace Morrow was 73rd (82-75-80—237) competing as an individual.
The Roadrunners moved all the way from 13th following an opening-round 307 to sixth after turning in a 3-over 287 on Tuesday. UTSA finished with an 887 (307-293-287), just one shot behind McNeese State (886) and two behind fourth-place North Texas (885).
No. 44 Baylor won its second straight team title with an 863 (291-284-288), while 11th-ranked Oklahoma was second with an 868 and Louisiana Tech finished third with an 875.
UTSA was three strokes in front of Wichita State (890), while Southeastern Louisiana (894), Sam Houston State (896) and Texas State (899) rounded out the top 10 in the 15-team field.
Louisiana Tech's Victor Lange and Texas State's David Faraudo both finished the 54-hole event at 1-under 212. Lange sunk a birdie putt from the fringe on No. 18, the first hole of a sudden-death playoff, to claim the outright individual crown.
The Roadrunners will continue their spring season in 10 days when they compete at the All-American Intercollegiate in Humble. The three-day tournament is scheduled to tee off next Thursday, Feb. 19