Team Final Results | Individual Final Results

THE RUNDOWN
WICHITA FALLS, Texas – In a competitive race at the top, St. Edward's men's golf team placed fourth Tuesday, closing the 54-hole tournament with a 289 and a three-round total of 867. Midwestern State won its own tournament at the Wichita Falls Country Club with an 854 (288-277-289) and Texas A&M-Commerce and Regis were the only other teams to finish ahead of the Hilltoppers.

Junior transfer DUSTIN LEWIS placed sixth, finishing the tournament at just one-over par (71-72-71=214) marking two top-10 finishes for Lewis in his first three events as an SEU Hilltopper. BEN CONSTANCIO and ANDREW SPEAR tied for 17th place as SEU's next-best finishers. Spear broke 70 for the first time this season in the final round Tuesday with a 69, matching freshman JARED BRAY's second-round 69 as the lowest score in a round for SEU in the event.

Out of 15 teams in the tournament, five were Heartland Conference teams and SEU placed first among those schools. Texas A&M-International (fifth), Rogers State (ninth), Dallas Baptist (10th), St. Mary's (11th) and Newman (14th) also competed in the event.

HIGHLIGHTS
•    Junior DUSTIN LEWIS turned in a consistent performance, shooting even par in rounds one and three, and just one-over par with a 72 in round two, to place sixth in the event. Lewis' other top-10 finish this season came in the opener at the Ryan Palmer Invitational, Sept. 11-12.
•    Lewis was tied for fourth among the 84-man field in Par 3-scoring for the event, finishing at one-under.
•    ANDREW SPEAR broke 70 for the fourth time in his career Tuesday with a third-round score of 69 to jump to a tie for 17th place. Spear shot a 218 (76-73-69), and it was his highest finish of the season.
•    Spear's 69 is tied for the second-lowest round of his career (68, RD1, St. Edward's Invitational, March 27, 2017).
•    Spear and JARED BRAY (2nd round, 69) tied for the lowest round among Hilltoppers in the tournament.
•    Bray led all Hilltoppers with 10 birdies in the tournament.
•    Freshman CARLOS TERCERO competed as an independent and tied Spear and Constancio for 17th place overall with a 218 (75-72-71).

TOP QUOTES
SEU Head Coach Todd Ohlmeyer on the Hilltoppers' performance …
"We were close today but struggled on our last few holes, which was the difference between finishing second and fourth. But, this week was a step in the right direction, and we are better this week than we were last."

WHAT'S NEXT
The Hilltoppers are back in action quickly with their last fall tournament Monday and Tuesday in Duncan, Okla. at the Cameron University Invitational at the Territory Golf Club.