Houston Finishes Season at NCAA Kingston Springs Regional

Scoring

Team		Rounds				Score
		1	2	3	F
1.	#13 Vanderbilt	279	280	275	834	-18
2.	#24 Arkansas	283	280	282	845	-7
3.	#26 San Diego State	281	276	290	847	-5
t4.	#10 NC State	277	288	284	849	-3
t4.	#3 Clemson	287	279	283	849	-3
6.	#42 Charlotte	289	277	285	851	-1
7.	#33 Virginia	289	282	286	857	+5
8.	#46 Kent State	277	290	293	860	+8
9.	Houston	279	293	294	866	+10
10.	UTSA	294	293	289	876	+24
11.	Loyola (Md.)	297	292	304	893	+41
12.	UConn	301	305	289	895	+43
13.	Iona	310	309	314	933	+81

HOUSTON LEADERS
		1	2		F
t28.	Alexander Frances	69	73	73	215	+2
t28.	Matt Cole	71	71	75	214	+2
t34.	Luke Long	71	73	72	216	+3
t44.	Andrew Gibson	68	76	76	220	+7
t73.	Braxton Watkins	DNP	DNP	81	81	NA
t73.	Austyn Reily	75	77	DNP	152	NA

OVERALL LEADERS
		1	2	3	F
1.	Puwit Anupansuebsai San Diego State	71	67	67	205	-8
2.	#82 Tyson Reeder Arkansas	69	72	65	206	-7
3.	#17 William Moll Vanderbilt	69	71	67	207	-6
t4.	#67 James Piot (Ind.) Michigan State	72	68	68	208	-5
t4.	#12 Turk Pettit Clemson	70	69	69	208	-5
t4.	Youssef Guezzale San Diego State	69	68	71	208	-5
t4.	#92 Reid Davenport Vanderbilt	65	72	71	208	-5

KINGSTON SPRINGS, Tenn. – The University of Houston Men's Golf program wrapped up its 2021 season with a ninth-place finish at the NCAA Kingston Springs Regional at Golf Club of Tennessee on Wednesday afternoon.

The Cougars finished the three-day, 54-hole tournament with a score of 866 on the 7,107-yard, par-72 course at Golf Club of Tennessee.

Seniors Alexander Frances and Matt Cole each finished at 215 to tie for 28^th and lead the Cougars. Senior Luke Long posted the team's low round of the day with a 72 and tied for 34^th at 216.

Senior Andrew Gibson tied for 44^th at 220. Junior Braxton Watkins replaced sophomore Austyn Reily in the Cougars' lineup Wednesday and finished with an 81 to rank 73^rd.

Vanderbilt captured the team championship with a score of 834 to finish 11 strokes ahead of No. 24 Arkansas. No. 26 San Diego State (847), No. 10 NC State (849) and No. 3 Clemson (849) rounded out the Top-Five leaders and advanced to the NCAA Championships in Scottsdale, Ariz.

No. 42 Charlotte (851), No. 33 Virginia (857) and No. 46 Kent State (860) completed the Top Eight.

San Diego State's Puwit Anupansuebsai earned medalist honors with a score of 205 to finish one shot ahead of Arkansas' Tyson Reeder. Vanderbilt's William Moll finished third with a score of 207.

Michigan State's James Piot tied for fourth at 208 and advanced to next week's NCAA Championships as an individual not from a qualifying team.

NCAA REGIONAL HISTORY
This was Houston's first team appearance in the NCAA postseason since 2017 when it finished 10^th at the NCAA Stanford Regional.

In 2018, Michael Perras was chosen as an individual for the NCAA Bryan Regional, where he finished 24^th. The 2020 NCAA Regionals and NCAA Championships were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

During its history, the Cougars have enjoyed one NCAA Regional team championship, four individual titles and 14 Top-10 team finishes.

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