Houston Finishes Sixth at Aggie Invitational

Sunday, April 8

Bryan, Texas (Traditions Club)

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University of Houston

Aggie Invitational

4/8/2018 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf

April 8, 2018

Scoring \| Schedule

Team		Rounds				Score
		1	2	3	F
1.	#1 Oklahoma State	295	297	277	869	+5
2.	#31 Kent State	304	287	285	876	+12
t3.	#12 LSU	300	295	287	882	+18
t3.	#2 Texas A&M	302	293	287	882	+18
5.	#8 Alabama	289	299	295	883	+19
6.	Houston	301	297	296	894	+30
7.	#10 Baylor	310	302	284	896	+32
8.	Arkansas	312	296	290	898	+34
9.	Michigan	311	291	298	900	+36
10.	#6 Texas Tech	311	306	294	911	+47
11.	North Texas	306	304	305	915	+51
t12.	New Mexico	318	309	304	931	+67
t12.	New Mexico State	323	306	302	931	+67
14.	Denver	321	310	301	932	+68

HOUSTON LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
t7.	Michael Perras	70	74	72	216	E
t19.	Matt Williams	72	74	77	223	+7
t43.	George Gardner	82	74	74	230	+14
t50.	Zach Tracy	79	75	78	232	+16
t52.	Pryce Beshoory (Ind.)	81	76	76	233	+17
t58.	Alexander Frances	80	82	73	235	+19
t61.	Papito Gonzalez (Ind.)	85	80	71	236	+20

OVERALL LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
t1.	Walker Lee (Ind.) Texas A&M	73	71	67	211	-5
t1.	#15 Chandler Phillips Texas A&M	68	70	73	211	-5
t3.	#6 Viktor Hovland Oklahoma State	75	72	65	212	-4
t3.	#35 Ian Holt Kent State	74	68	70	212	-4
5.	#18 Kyle Mueller Michigan	73	71	69	213	-3

BRYAN, Texas Ã¢â‚¬" The University of Houston Men's Golf team finished sixth at the Aggie Invitational on Sunday afternoon at Traditions Club.

Competing on the 7,088-yard, par-72 layout, the Cougars completed the Second Round on Sunday morning after darkness suspended the first day of play. Houston recorded a 297 in the Second Round and enjoyed their low round of the tournament Ã¢â‚¬" 296 Ã¢â‚¬" in Sunday's Final Round.

Senior Michael Perras fired a 72 in the Final Round on Sunday and tied for seventh at 216 to lead the Cougars. The Deer Park, Texas, native birdied two of his first three holes and added three birdies in a 5-hole stretch midway through his second nine for his team-leading fifth Top-10 finish of the season.

Senior Matt Williams tied for 19th at 223.

Sophomore George Gardner tied for 43rd at 230, while sophomore Zach Tracy tied for 50th at 232. Freshman Alexander Frances tied for 58th at 235.

Competing as individuals, sophomore Pryce Beshoory tied for 52nd at 233, while senior Papito Gonzalez tied for 61st at 236.

No. 1 Oklahoma State posted the low round of the day at 11-under 277 in the Final Round and captured the team championship with a 54-hole score of 869. No. 31 Kent State finished second at 876, while No. 12 LSU and No. 2 Texas A&M tied for third at 882. No. 8 Alabama finished fifth at 883 with No. 10 Baylor (896), No. 16 Arkansas (898), Michigan (900) and No. 6 Texas Tech (911) rounding out the Top-10 leaders.

Texas A&M teammates Chandler Phillips and Walker Lee shared medalist honors at 5-under 211. Oklahoma State's Viktor Hovland and Kent State's Ian Holt tied for third at 212, while Michigan's Kyle Mueller tied for fifth at 213.

UP NEXT
Following the Aggie Invitational, the Cougars takes their first step into the postseason when they tees off at the American Athletic Conference Championships on April 22-24 on the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Golf Club in Palm Harbor, Fla.

Perras looks to defend his American Athletic Conference Championships individual title from a year ago. With that championship, he became the first Cougar in program history to win NCAA Regional and conference championships titles during his career.

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