Saturday, March 14, 2009

Owls Tie for 10th at Border Olympics

LAREDO, TEXAS (March 14, 2009) Rice junior Christopher Brown shot an even-par 72 to move into the Top 20 and the Owls also made strides during Saturday?s final round of the Border Olympics.

After Friday?s two-round 603, Rice shot a 299 on Saturday and climbed into a tie for 10th with Vanderbilt. The Owls finished with a 54-hole score of 902.

Brown carded a three-round score of 222 to tie for 15th. Rice sophomores Robert Burrow and Michael Whitehead shot 224 scores to tie for 26th.

No team could make ground on second-round leader Baylor which won the team championship after firing a 298 on Saturday. The Bears shot a three-round score of 877 to finish seven strokes ahead of runner-up Arkansas (884). Lamar shot an 886 for the 54-hole tournament to place third.

Texas-Arlington?s Bobby Massa shot an even-par 72 to finish with a five-under par 211 to capture individual medalist honors. Massa finished four strokes ahead of runner-up Jeff Gerlich of Texas State.

Rice returns to action March 30-31 when the Owls travel to the Morris Williams Invitational which will be played at the University of Texas Golf Club in Austin.

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