Alexander Frances Moves into Tie for 2nd at Cabo Collegiate

Monday, March 4

Querencia Golf Club – San Jose del Cabo, Mexico

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University of Houston

Cabo Collegiate

Alexander Frances Moves into Tie for 2nd at Cabo Collegiate

3/4/2019 5:37:00 PM | Men's Golf

Sophomore fires Second-Round 66 at Querencia Golf Club; Final Round begins Tuesday morning

Scoring \| Second-Round Results Final-Round Pairings \| Schedule

Team		Rounds				Score
		1	2	3	F
1.	#1 Oklahoma State	277	269		546	-22
2.	#36 Baylor	278	277		555	-13
3.	#9 Arizona State	269	287		556	-12
4.	#50 Arizona	287	282		569	+1
5.	#27 Florida State	297	274		571	+3
6.	#3 Vanderbilt	285	287		572	+4
t7.	#12 LSU	290	285		575	+7
t7.	#48 Mississippi	281	294		575	+7
t7.	Houston	289	286		575	+7
10.	#19 Texas A&M	292	299		591	+23
11.	#32 Arkansas	305	290		595	+27
12.	Rice	297	302		599	+31
13.	#14 Alabama	301	303		604	+36

HOUSTON LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
t2.	Alexander Frances	71	66		137	-5
t14.	Zach Tracy	70	70		140	-2
t38.	Matt Williams	75	72		147	+5
t58.	Braxton Watkins (Ind.)	77	77		154	+12
t60.	George Gardner(Ind.)	74	81		155	+13
65.	Alex Isakson	80	77		157	+15

OVERALL LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
1.	#52 Austin Eckroat Oklahoma State	69	63		132	-10
t2.	Alexander Frances Houston	71	66		137	-5
t2.	#1 Matthew Wolff Oklahoma State	67	70		137	-5
t2.	#98 Trevor Werbylo Arizona	69	68		137	-5
t2.	#11 Chun An Yu Arizona State	66	71		137	-5
t2.	Hayden Wood Oklahoma State	69	68		137	-5

SAN JOSE del Cabo, Mexico – University of Houston Men's Golfer Alexander Frances posted a 66 in Monday's Second Round at the Cabo Collegiate at Querencia to surge into a tie for second with a score of 5-under-137.

Starting his day off No. 6, Frances birdied his opening hole and added another birdie on the par-5 ninth hole. The Stege, Denmark, native made bogey on No. 10, but that would be the only blemish on his scorecard for the rest of the day.

Frances moved to 3-under following back-to-back birdies on Nos. 14-15 and added another birdie on the par-4 first hole. After two straight pars, he sank his sixth and final birdie of the day on the 552-yard, par-5 fourth hole.

Oklahoma State's Austin Eckroat held the Second-Round individual lead at 10-under 132. Frances joined Matthew Wolff (Oklahoma State), Trevor Werbylo (Arizona), Chun An Yu (Arizona) and Hayden Wood (Oklahoma State) in a tie for second.

Junior Zach Tracy posted his second straight round of 70 and was tied for 14^th at 2-under 140. Like Frances, Tracy birdied his first hole Monday going off No. 5. The Houston native then drained three straight birdies on Nos. 9-11 to move to 4-under par through his first seven holes but gave two of the strokes back with back-to-back bogeys on Nos. 12-13

Tracy rebounding with another birdie on the par-5 15^th hole and rallied from a double bogey-bogey stretch on Nos. 1-2 to sink birdie on the par-5 fourth hole.

Senior Matt Williams was tied for 38^th at 147, while junior George Gardner was tied for 60^th at 155. Junior Alex Isakson stood in 65^th at 157. Competing as an individual, freshman Braxton Watkins was tied for 58^th at 154.

As a team, the Cougars bettered the First-Round total by five strokes with a score of 285 and were tied for seventh at 575.

No. 1 Oklahoma State stood atop the team leaderboard at 546, nine strokes ahead of No. 36 Baylor. No. 9 Arizona State (556), No. 50 Arizona (569), No. 27 Florida State (571), No. 3 Vanderbilt (572), No. 12 LSU (575) and No. 48 Mississippi (575) rounded out the Top-10 leaders.

LIVE SCORING
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FINAL-ROUND PAIRINGS
For Tuesday's Final Round, the Cougars will compete in groups with student-athletes from Texas A&M, Arkansas and Rice.

Frances begins the day for the Cougars at 10 a.m. (CST), Tuesday, off No. 10 with Tracy (No. 11), Williams (No. 12), Gardner (No. 13) and Isakson (No. 14) following. Watkins starts the Second Round in the first group off No. 17.

UP NEXT
Following the Cabo Collegiate at Querencia, the Cougars will host the Border Olympics at Laredo Country Club in Laredo, Texas, on March 11-12.

From there, the team will compete in the Valspar Collegiate Invitational at Floridian National Golf Club in Palm City, Fla. on March 17-19.

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