Long Paces Houston after Border Olympics First Day

Monday, February 24

Max Mandel Golf Course – Laredo, Texas

University of Houston

Border Olympics

2/24/2020 8:46:00 PM | Men's Golf

Junior tied for sixth at 2-under 142; Cougars in fifth as team entering Tuesday’s Final Round

Scoring \| Results \| Pairings

Team		Rounds				Score
		1	2	3	F
1.	Sam Houston State	289	276		565	-11
2.	UTSA	284	286		570	-6
3.	ULM	288	284		572	-4
4.	#49 Arkansas State	294	284		578	+2
5.	#35 Houston	297	285		582	+6
6.	Campbell	291	292		583	+7
7.	Little Rock	290	294		584	+8
8.	Lamar	297	288		585	+9
9.	Rice	299	287		586	+10
10.	Toledo	296	291		587	+11
11.	Kansas City	301	288		589	+13
12.	UT Rio Grande Valley	301	292		593	+17
13.	Louisiana	295	303		598	+22
14.	Bowling Green State	300	300		600	+24
15.	Oral Roberts	309	298		607	+31
t16.	Stephen F. Austin	316	299		615	+39
t16.	Houston Baptist	308	307		615	+39

HOUSTON LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
t6.	#56 Luke Long	74	68		142	-2
t13.	Matt Cole	73	71		144	E
t19.	Logan Young (Ind.)	77	68		145	+1
t34.	Braxton Watkins	75	72		147	+3
t48.	Andrew Gibson	75	74		149	+5
t65.	Alexander Frances	77	75		152	+8
t65.	Laurence Crea (Ind.)	71	81		152	+8

OVERALL LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
1.	#75 Noah Steele Sam Houston State	66	69		135	-9
2.	William Holcomb Sam Houston State	71	67		138	-6
3.	Christian Fanfelle UTSA	67	72		139	-5
4.	Pedro Martin Lamar Martin	69	71		140	-4
5.	Adam Thorp Arkansas State	70	71		141	-3

LAREDO, Texas – University of Houston junior Luke Long posted a 4-under 68 in the Second Round of the Border Olympics on Monday afternoon to finish the first day in a tie for sixth at Max Mandel Golf Course.

Long overcame a 74 in the First Round on Tuesday morning with a team-high seven birdies in the afternoon session on the 7,220-yard, par-72 course. The Fayetteville, Ark., native started the Second Round with birdies on two of his first three holes but fell to over par with a double bogey on No. 4 and a bogey on No. 5.

Fortunately, that would be the final miscues on his scorecard for the rest of the day. He closed out his front nine with birdies on two of the final three holes and opened the back nine with birdies on two of his first three holes.

Long drained his final birdie of the day on the 612-yard, par-5 17^th hole to join Hugo Hellman (Lamar) and Henrik Lilja (Campbell) in a tie for sixth.

Sam Houston State held the first-day lead at 11-under 565 to finish five strokes ahead of UTSA. ULM (572) and No. 49 Arkansas State (578) rounded out the Top-4 leaders with Campbell (583), Little Rock (584), Lamar (585), Rice (586) and Toledo (587) competing the Top 10.

Sam Houston State's Noah Steele grabbed the individual lead after 36 holes with a 9-under 135 to finish three strokes ahead of teammate William Holcomb. UTSA's Christian Fanfelle stood in third at 139, while Lamar's Pedro Marin was in fourth at 140.

Senior Matt Cole was tied for 13^th at even-par 144, thanks to a 71 in the Second Round, which featured five birdies.

Competing as an individual, senior Logan Young fired a 68 of his own to finish the first day in a tie for 19^th at 145. The Normangee, Texas, native began off No. 18 and drained three birdies in a 5-hole stretch midway through his first nine holes.

Young overcame his lone bogey of the day on No. 13 with back-to-back birdies on Nos. 14-15.

Sophomore Braxton Watkins was tied for 34^th at 147, while junior Andrew Gibson was tied for 48^th at 149. Junior Alexander Frances was tied for 65^th at 152. Junior Laurence Crea played as an individual and was tied for 65^th at 152.

LIVE SCORING
Fans can follow live scoring at the Border Olympics by clicking here.

PAIRINGS
For Tuesday's Final Round, Houston will compete in groups with student-athletes from Campbell, Little Rock and Lamar beginning with an 8 a.m., shotgun start.

Long begins his day off No. 5 with Watkins (first group off No. 6), Cole (second group off No. 6), Gibson (No. 7) and Frances (No. 8 following).

Young begins in the first group off No. 6, while Crea will be in the second group off No. 18.

Complete Final-Round pairings can be found by clicking here.

UP NEXT
Following the Border Olympics, the Cougars will host the Cabo Collegiate (March 1-3) at Querencia Golf Club in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico.

From there, the team and Valspar Collegiate Invitational (March 16-17) at Floridian National Golf Club in Palm City, Fla.

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