Houston Fifth at Bayou City Collegiate Classic

Monday, October 9

Pearland, Texas (Golfcrest Country Club)

All Day

University of Houston

Bayou City Collegiate Classic

10/9/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf

Oct. 9, 2017

Live Scoring \| First-Day Results Final-Round Pairings \| Schedule

Team		Rounds				Score
		1	2	3	F
1.	Arkansas State	282	287		569	-7
2.	#30 Lipscomb	285	285		570	-6
3.	Sam Houston State	281	293		574	-2
4.	UTSA	290	285		575	-1
5.	Houston	289	287		576	E
6.	SMU	286	291		577	+1
7.	Abilene Christian	293	287		580	+4
8.	Rice	283	300		583	+7
9.	Texas State	292	296		588	+12
10.	Nebraska	291	299		590	+14
11.	Little Rock	291	300		591	+15
12.	Lamar	294	298		592	+16
13.	UT Arlington	298	297		595	+19
14.	Southern Miss	298	299		597	+21
13.	Houston Baptist	302	309		611	+35

HOUSTON LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
t9.	Matt Williams	71	71		142	-2
t15.	Zach Tracy	72	72		144	E
t15.	Michael Perras	72	72		144	E
t29.	Papito Gonzalez	74	72		146	+2
t40.	George Gardner (Ind.)	74	74		148	+4
t47.	Alan De Bondt (Ind.)	74	75		149	+5
t51.	Tony Gil (Ind.)	76	74		150	+6
t68.	Alexander Frances	75	78		153	+9

OVERALL LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
1.	#20 Dawson Armstrong Lipscomb	67	70		137	-7
t2.	Tanner Napier Arkansas State	69	71		140	-4
t2.	Bryce Dooley Abilene Christian	72	68		140	-4
t2.	Zander Lozano UTSA	72	68		140	-4
t2.	Jake McCrory Sam Houston State	68	72		140	-4
t2.	Gray Townsend SMU	68	72		140	-4

PEARLAND, Texas -- University of Houston junior Matt Williams posted consecutive 71s Monday to lead the Cougars and tie for ninth after the first day at the Bayou City Collegiate Classic.

Competing on the 7,272-yard, par-72 layout at Golfcrest Country Club, Williams overcame a bogey on No. 6 in his First Round to drain four birdies on the next six holes.

In the afternoon session, Williams started his Second Round with a birdie on No. 3 and rebounded from a bogey on No. 6 with another birdie on No. 7. Despite a double bogey on the 594-yard, par-5 10th hole, the Calgary, Alberta, native closed his day with two birdies on his final three holes.

This marked the fourth and fifth straight rounds in 2017-18 in which Williams shot 71. He opened the year with three straight rounds of 71 at The Jackrabbit on Oct. 1-3 in Valentine, Neb.

Arkansas State held the team lead with a score of 7-under 569. No. 30 Lipscomb stood in second at 570 with Sam Houston State (574) and UTSA rounding out the top-four leaders.

Individually, Lipscomb's Dawson Armstrong opened the tournament with a 67 and held the lead at 7-under 137. Tanner Napier (Arkansas State), Bryce Dooley (Abilene Christian), Zander Lozano (UTSA), Jake McCrory (Sam Houston State) and Gray Townsend (SMU) were tied for second at 140.

Senior and 2017 American Athletic Conference Championships medalist Michael Perras and sophomore Zach Tracy each posted consecutive rounds of even-par 72 to tie for 15th at 144. Senior Papito Gonzalez was tied for 29th at 146.

Competing as individuals, sophomore George Gardner was tied for 40th at 148, while senior Alan De Bondt was tied for 47th at 149. Sophomore Tony Gil was tied for 51st at 150.

LIVE SCORING
Fans can follow live scoring from the Bayou City Collegiate Classic by visiting Golfstat.com and following the appropriate links or by clicking here.

FINAL ROUND PAIRINGS
The Final Round tees off at 8 a.m., Tuesday. Houston will compete in groups with student-athletes from SMU and UTSA and begins at 8:45 a.m., off No. 1.

Frances starts the day for the Cougars at 8:45 a.m., with Gonzalez (8:54 a.m.), Tracy (9:03 a.m.), Perras (9:12 a.m.) and Williams (9:21 a.m.) following.

Gil leads the Houston individuals at 9:39 a.m., off No. 10 with De Bondt (9:48 a.m.) and Gardner (9:57 a.m.) following.

UP NEXT
Following the Bayou City Collegiate Classic, the Cougars compete at the Royal Oaks Intercollegiate. That two-day, 54-hole tournament will be played Oct. 23-24 at Royal Oaks Country Club in Dallas.

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