UALR First Tee Classic
Men, women golfer both 12th at UALR events
3/30/2010 8:56:00 AM | Men's Golf, Women's Golf
Both the Sam Houston men's and women's golf teams made strong showings in Tuesday's final rounds to up their final standings in a pair of intercollegiate golf tournament hosted by the University of Arkansas-Little Rock Monday and Tuesday.
The Bearkat men jumped from 17th to 12th place in the UALR First Tee Classic at Chanal Country Club in Little Rock, Ark. Sam Houston fired an 11-over-par final round to post a team score of 305-303-299--907.
Fergal Rafferty tied for 14th place in the individual medalist final standings with a 54-hole total of 72-76-72--220.
The Bearkat women moved up from 13th to 12th Tuesday at the UALR Women's Intercollegiate at Diamante Country Club in Hot Springs, Ark. Sam Houston posted a 318-311-306--935 team score.
Kirsten Spittler was the top finisher for the women, placing 29th with a 77-74-78--229 score.
Other scores and finishes for the men were Scott Kelly (228) and Kort O'Leary (228) in 41st place, Justin McKay (231) in 64th and Garrett Driver (237) in 86th. Southeastern Louisiana won the men's team championship with an 865 total.
Other scores and standings for Sam Houston's women's included Meghan Musk (235) 48th, Meghann Stevens (235) 53rd Landa Stewart (241) and Shelby Hardy (241) tied for 62nd.
The complete team standings and Sam Houston State results in both events:
| UALR FIRST TEE CLASSIC | |||||
| Mar. 29-30, Little Rock, AR - Par 72 - 7,221 yards | |||||
| Team Standings | 1R | 2R | 3R | Total | |
| 1 | Southeastern La | 288 | 286 | 291 | 865 |
| 2 | Missouri | 293 | 279 | 301 | 873 |
| 3 | Central Arkansas | 289 | 287 | 298 | 874 |
| 4 | Lamar | 299 | 281 | 298 | 878 |
| 5 | North Texas | 296 | 286 | 297 | 879 |
| 6 | Iowa St. | 292 | 292 | 309 | 893 |
| 7 | Illinois St. | 294 | 296 | 304 | 894 |
| 8 | Louisiana Tech | 292 | 297 | 308 | 897 |
| 9 | Rice | 299 | 297 | 305 | 901 |
| 10 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 306 | 293 | 303 | 902 |
| 11 | Arkansas-Little Rock | 294 | 296 | 315 | 905 |
| 12 | SAM HOUSTON | 305 | 303 | 299 | 907 |
| 13 | Southern Mississippi | 304 | 299 | 305 | 908 |
| 14 | Louisiana-Monroe | 299 | 306 | 305 | 910 |
| 15 | Oral Roberts | 301 | 303 | 307 | 911 |
| 16 | Arkansas St. | 303 | 302 | 307 | 912 |
| 17 | Texas St. | 303 | 304 | 307 | 914 |
| 18 | Western Kentucky | 312 | 301 | 322 | 935 |
| Individual Leaders | 1R | 2R | 3R | Total | |
| 1 | Start Ballingall, Missouri | 69 | 63 | 69 | 201 |
| Sam Houston Scores | 1R | 2R | 3R | Total | |
| 14 | Fergal Rafferty | 72 | 76 | 72 | 220 |
| 41 | Scott Kelly | 79 | 75 | 74 | 228 |
| 41 | Kort O'Leary | 79 | 75 | 74 | 228 |
| 64 | Justin McKay | 75 | 77 | 79 | 231 |
| 86 | Garrett Driver | 79 | 77 | 81 | 237 |
| UALR WOMEN'S CLASSIC | |||||
| 3/28 - 3/29, 2010 - Diamante CC - Par 72 - 5,999 yards | |||||
| Team Standings | 1R | 2R | 3R | Total | |
| 1 | Arkansas-Little Rock | 305 | 288 | 300 | 893 |
| 2 | Oral Roberts | 299 | 292 | 303 | 894 |
| 3 | Middle Tennessee | 291 | 297 | 307 | 895 |
| 4 | Texas-El Paso | 308 | 297 | 295 | 900 |
| 5 | Central Arkansas | 305 | 293 | 307 | 905 |
| Western Michigan | 303 | 300 | 302 | 905 | |
| 7 | Arkansas St. | 306 | 307 | 300 | 913 |
| 8 | Troy | 305 | 302 | 307 | 914 |
| 9 | Wichita St. | 303 | 307 | 305 | 915 |
| 10 | Eastern Michigan | 311 | 306 | 306 | 923 |
| 11 | Missouri St. | 321 | 300 | 309 | 930 |
| 12 | SAM HOUSTON | 318 | 311 | 306 | 935 |
| 13 | A&M-Corpus Christi | 311 | 316 | 309 | 936 |
| 14 | Missouri-Kansas City | 313 | 308 | 318 | 939 |
| 15 | Northern Iowa | 318 | 315 | 318 | 951 |
| 16 | Louisiana-Monroe | 314 | 315 | 332 | 961 |
| McNeese St. | 322 | 316 | 323 | 961 | |
| 18 | Texas-Pan American | 333 | 318 | 317 | 968 |
| Individual Medalist | 1R | 2R | 3R | Total | |
| 1 | Crystal Reeves, ORU | 73 | 69 | 71 | 213 |
| Sam Houston Scores | 1R | 2R | 3R | Total | |
| 29 | Kirsten Spittler | 77 | 74 | 78 | 229 |
| 48 | Meghan Musk | 77 | 80 | 78 | 235 |
| 53 | Meghann Stevens | 81 | 83 | 73 | 237 |
| 62 | Landa Stewart | 83 | 78 | 80 | 241 |
| 62 | Shelby Hardy | 85 | 79 | 77 | 241 |
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