Perras Leads Houston at Border Olympics

Saturday, March 10

Laredo, Texas (Laredo Country Club)

All Day

University of Houston

Border Olympics

3/10/2018 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf

March 10, 2018

Scoring \| Final Results \| Schedule

Team		Rounds				Score
		1	2	3	F
1.	Campbell	286	283	274	843	-21
2.	Arkansas State	281	286	278	845	-19
t3.	Sam Houston State	292	277	286	855	-9
t3.	ULM	291	280	284	855	-9
5.	UT Rio Grande Valley	279	297	280	856	-8
6.	WKU	286	291	281	858	-6
t7.	Houston	296	284	279	859	-5
t7.	Bowling Green State	279	291	289	859	-5
9.	McNeese	289	287	285	861	-3
10.	Oral Roberts	289	287	290	866	+2
11.	Little Rock	292	284	291	867	+3
12.	UTSA	289	291	288	868	+4
t13.	New Mexico State	298	287	287	872	+8
t13.	Louisiana	299	293	280	872	+8
t13.	Stephen F. Austin	289	285	298	872	+8
16.	Lamar	296	287	291	874	+10
17.	Houston Baptist	298	291	298	887	+23

HOUSTON LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
t3.	Michael Perras	74	66	68	208	-8
t12.	George Gardner (Ind.)	75	66	70	211	-5
t33.	Papito Gonzalez	78	71	67	216	E
t49.	Zach Tracy	73	74	72	219	+3
t49.	Matt Williams	74	73	72	219	+3
t66.	Pryce Beshoory	75	74	73	222	+6
t66.	Alexander Frances (Ind.)	74	73	75	222	+6
t66.	Andrew Gibson (Ind.)	76	73	73	222	+6

OVERALL LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
1.	Billy Tom Sargent WKU	67	70	67	204	-12
2.	Pontus Nyholm Campbell	66	74	66	206	-10
t3.	#91 Michael Perras Houston	74	66	68	208	-8
t3.	Sean Meehan UTSA	69	69	70	208	-8
t5.	Amarin (Ray) Kraivixien Campbell	72	69	68	209	-7
t5.	Thomas LaMorte (Ind.) Campbell	73	67	69	2089	-7

LAREDO, Texas Ã¢â‚¬" University of Houston senior Papito Gonzalez led the Cougars with a 67 in the Final Round, and senior Michael Perras tied for third at 8-under 208 on the final day of the Border Olympics at Laredo Country Club on Saturday afternoon.

The Cougars posted a team score of 9-under 279 to moved up five places to tie for seventh with a 54-hole score of 859.

Perras and Gonzalez were two of five Cougars who shot par or better on Saturday. Starting his day on No. 8, Perras made par on the first two holes before sinking his first birdie of the day on No. 11. Fortunately, that would be the lone blemish on Perras' scorecard.

The Deer Park, Texas, native drained birdies on No. 14 and No. 16 and added back-to-back birdies on No. 18 and No. 1 before closing out the tournament with six straight pars.

Gonzalez, who joined Perras on the All-American Athletic Conference Team a year ago, overcame four bogeys Saturday with four birdies and a team-high two eagles. The McAllen, Texas, native tied for 33rd at even-par 216.

Playing as an individual, sophomore George Gardner enjoyed his second sub-par round, thanks to three birdies and only one bogey. The Southlake, Texas, native tied for 12th at 5-under 211.

Junior Matt Williams and sophomore Zach Tracy each finished with 72s Saturday and tied for 49th at 216. Sophomore Pryce Beshoory and freshmen Alexander Frances and Andrew Gibson each tied for 66th at 222.

Campbell captured the team title with a score of 843 to finish two strokes ahead of Arkansas State. Sam Houston State and ULM tied for third at 855 with UT Rio Grande Valley (856) rounding out the top-five leaders.

Individually, WKU's Billy Tom Sargent posted a 67 in Saturday's Final Round to earn medalist honors at 12-under 204. Campbell's Pontus Nyholm finished second at 206, while Perras joined UTSA's Sean Meehan in a tie for third at 208.

UP NEXT
Following the Border Olympics, the Cougars will host the Valspar Collegiate Championships on March 18-20 at Floridian Golf Club in Palm City, Fla.

From there, the team will travel to compete at the 3M Augusta Invitational at Forest Hills Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., on April 1-2.

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