Cowboys In Sixth After First Day of ASC Championships

April 21, 2008

ANNA, Texas - Hardin-Simmons' men's golf team is tied for sixth place after the first two rounds of the American Southwest Conference Championships at the par-72 Hurricane Creek Country Club in Anna, Texas.

The Cowboys shot rounds of 318 and 314 for a 632 total and are just five shots out of fourth place. Mary Hardin-Baylor and Texas Lutheran are in a tight race for the team title. UMHB leads with a 597 and TLU is one shot back at 598. UT-Tyler is in third place at 610, McMurry is fourth at 627, UTD is 628 and HSU and LeTourneau are tied with a 632.

Michael Weehunt and J.C. Eagle are the top scoring Cowboys as they fired 157s. Weehunt shot 82-75 and Eagle 79-78. Brian Laing shot 79-80-159, Brad Leeper shot a pair of 81s and Dustin Minchew shot 79 in the first round and 86 in round two.

The tournament will conclude with 18 holes on Tuesday.

T 6 Hardin-Simmons Univ. 318 314 632 T 22 Michael Weehunt 82 75 157 T 22 J.C. Eagle 79 78 157 T 27 Brian Laing 79 80 159 T 29 Brad Leeper 81 81 162 T 33 Dustin Minchew 79 86 165

Team Scores 1 Mary Hardin-Baylor 300 297 597 2 Texas Lutheran 296 302 598 3 UT-Tyler 303 307 610 4 McMurry 313 314 627 5 UT-Dallas 314 314 628 6 LeTourneau 309 323 632 Hardin-Simmons 318 314 632 8 Mississippi College 333 323 656

Top 10 Individuals 1 Eric White UMHB 73 70 143 2 Jeff Rein TLU 72 75 147 3 Ryan Kiel TLU 74 74 148 4 A.J. Vesey TLU 75 74 149 Ryan Eastman UMHB 77 72 149