Results

THE RUNDOWN
PLEASANTON, Calif. – St. Edward's University had its highest finish of the season with a tie for second place at Cal State-East Bay's Tim Tierney Pioneer Shootout Tuesday at the Club at Ruby Hill. Freshman BEN CONSTANCIO led the Hilltoppers with his best finish of the season at tied for 8^th place.
 
SEU finished only three strokes back of the winner No. 9-ranked Colorado-Colorado Springs (289-301-280-870) and tied with No. 13-ranked Cal State Monterey Bay (294-288-291-873) for second. The HIlltoppers shot the second lowest round of the tournament Tuesday with a 285, which was three under par and finished with an 873 (299-289-285).

Constancio shot season-lows in each of the first two rounds with a 70 in each round before closing the tournament with a third-round 77 for a 54-hole total of 217 (+1). The rest of the Hilltoppers turned out strong outings with CARLOS TERCERO and ANDREW SPEAR tying for 16^th place at five-over par (221), and HUDSON ROSS was just one stroke behind that to tie for 22^nd with a 222.
 
SEU led the tournament combined at 14-under par in Par-5 scoring and also tied for the field-lead with 29 birdies.
 
HIGHLIGHTS
• SEU's 285 was the second-lowest round of the tournament and the third-lowest round for the Hilltoppers this season.
• SEU led the 17-team field in Par 4 (+27) and Par 5 scoring (-21) for the tournament.
• BEN CONSTANCIO finished with his second-consecutive top 10 finish at a season-best tie for eighth place.
• Constancio had career college-bests of 70 in rounds one and two, and his combined 54-hole total of 217 was a season best.
• Constancio tied for the field lead in Par 5 scoring finishing at eight-under for the tournament field of 94 players.
• ANDREW SPEAR broke 70 for the second time this season with a third-round 69.
• Spear and HUDSON ROSS each had an eagle in the tournament.
 
THEY SAID IT
SEU Head Coach Todd Ohlmeyer on the Hilltoppers' performance …
"A complete team effort this week.  I'm very proud of our play. We knew a really good round today would give us a chance and we did that.  As we have talked about all year every shot counts and this week was no different."
 
WHAT'S NEXT
The Hilltoppers resume action March 12-13 in Amarillo at the NCAA Regional Preview hosted by West Texas A&M University.