April 23rd, 2007
(scores below story)
(photo of Ryan Kiel by Patrick Zarate)
DALLAS – The Texas Lutheran Bulldogs will take a 10-shot lead into Tuesday’s final round of the American Southwest Conference Men’s Golf Championship Tournament after team scores of 293 and 288 on Monday.
The Bulldogs, the defending conference champions, trailed Hardin-Simmons by one shot after the morning round before posting the low round of the tournament, the 288, in the afternoon round.
The winner of the ASC Championship Tournament receives the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Men’s Golf Championships. TLU has finished 12th in the NCAA Division III in the past two seasons, 2005 and 2006.
The even-par team score by TLU was delivered in the second round by counting Tanner Carter’s 67, Ryan Kiel’s 70, A.J. Vesey’s 75, and Neil Simpson’s 76.
Both rounds Monday were played at the 7,044-yard, par-72 course at Stonebridge Ranch Country Club in Dallas.
TLU’s Kiel, a freshman from Seguin (Seguin), is the two-round leader at 5-under after posting a 69 and a 70. His junior teammate Carter (Boerne/Boerne) used the 67, the low round of the tournament, to move into second alone at 2-under.
Hardin-Simmons golfer Travis Brown is in third alone after rounds of 75 and 68. He is four shots behind Kiel and one shot behind Carter. Brown is three shots clear of two golfers – Patrick Palmer of LeTourneau and William Browne of Mary Hardin-Baylor.
Vesey, a junior from Sugar Land (Clements), posted a 77 and a 75 to secure a tie for 15th. Junior golfer Jonathan Swisher (Laredo/Alexander) also stands 15th after rounds of 72 and 80.
Another junior, Neil Simpson (Boling/Boling), moved up to a tie for 24th with a 76 in round two after an opening-round 78.
The Bulldogs’ two-round total of 581 is 10 shots ahead of Hardin-Simmons (591) and 20 shots in front of third-place Mary Hardin-Baylor (601).
McMurry (605), the University of Texas at Dallas (608), Mississippi College (609), LeTourneau (620) and Louisiana College (641) round out the field.
The Bulldogs are attempting to repeat as ASC champions for the first time in school history. A team in the ASC has not repeated as the men’s team champion since Hardin-Simmons in 1999 and 2000. The 2000 championship for the Cowboys capped a four-year championship run.
TLU won the 2006 title and finished as the ASC runner-up in 2004 (by one shot) and in 2001 (by seven shots).
ASC Conference Tournament
Dates: 04/23-04/24, 2007
Round: 2
Par-Yardage: 72-7044 72-7117
Fin. School Scores
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1 Texas Lutheran Univ. 293 288 581
1 Ryan Kiel 69 70 139
2 W. Tanner Carter 75 67 142
T 15 A.J. Vesey 77 75 152
T 15 Jonathan Swisher 72 80 152
T 24 Neil Simpson 78 76 154
2 Hardin-Simmons Univ. 292 299 591
3 Travis Brown 75 68 143
T 6 J.C. Eagle 70 78 148
T 6 Davey Davis 71 77 148
T 15 Paul Schaub 76 76 152
35 Brian Laing 79 82 161
3 Mary Hardin-Baylor 303 298 601
T 4 William Browne 73 73 146
T 12 Ryan Eastman 76 74 150
T 15 Eric White 77 75 152
T 20 Casey Wharton 77 76 153
32 Davis Dewald 81 77 158
4 McMurry University 303 302 605
T 6 Larry Courtney 73 75 148
T 20 Rode McElreath 78 75 153
T 20 Aaron Garza 80 73 153
T 26 Tyler Becker 76 79 155
T 26 Chase Watson 76 79 155
5 Texas, U. of-Dallas 309 299 608
T 12 Charles Pantangco 77 73 150
T 12 Andrew Hughey 77 73 150
T 15 Ryan Siddique 78 74 152
T 29 Brian Vaughn 77 79 156
40 Adrian Garcia 95 85 180
6 Mississippi College 308 301 609
T 10 Jonathan Winstead 74 75 149
T 20 Ben Mobley 79 74 153
T 26 Joel Richardson 79 76 155
31 Danny Briseno 81 76 157
36 Brett Moore 76 88 164
7 LeTourneau Univ. 312 308 620
T 4 Patrick Palmer 76 70 146
T 10 Ty Burgett 77 72 149
T 24 Dillon Swain 76 78 154
39 Greg Garner 83 88 171
WD Christian Sarran WD WD
8 Louisiana College 325 316 641
T 29 Peter Anderson 77 79 156
33 Brent Lawson 80 79 159
34 Micah Triche 84 76 160
T 37 Robert Black 85 82 167
T 37 Elliott West 84 83 167
Individual Golfers
Fin. Name School Scores
T 6 Arnie Martinez Schreiner 74 74 148