THE RUNDOWN
Final Results: ULM 4th
Location: Mystic Creek, El Dorado, Ark.
El Dorado, Ark. – The ULM Men's Golf Team fell short of coming home with the first Duck Commander Intercollegiate championship on Tuesday, finishing in solo fourth as Arkansas State took the title. Hogan Arey finished in second place to pace ULM this week.
NOTABLES
-Hogan Arey finished the fall off on a high note with a runner up finish on Tuesday. Arey had an up and down final round as he posted birdies on holes five,11 & 18 and gave shots back on holes two, four, 14 and 16. Arey finished even par for the three-day event, five shots behind Arkansas State's Tanner Napier who won the event.
-Thibault Santigny had a two-under par round on Tuesday which pushed him all the way up into a tie for fourth and second of all Warhawks. Santigny's highlight on Tuesday was his 13th hole as he picked up an eagle, one of only 10 eagles in the entire tournament this week.
-Joao Girao struggled on Tuesday, posting a seven-over round of 79 which finished him in a tie for 14th. Girao struggled to get anything going as he did not card a birdie on the round.
-Brady Price, competing as an individual this week for the Warhawks, struggled like Girao en route to a plus-11 score of 83. Price did have a birdie on hole six, his lone birdie of the day, as he finished as the lowest individual score.
-Garrett Dolecheck finished second for the event of ULM individuals, shooting a five-over score of 77 in a tie for 32nd. He picked up a pair of birdies on Tuesday late in his round on holes 11 and 12 after beginning the day on hole 15.
-Jeffrey Berry finished with his third straight round of 81 on Tuesday, struggling to get anything going as he didn't pick up a birdie on the day.
-Blake Traweek finished shooting a plus-16 on Tuesday to finish in a tie for 52nd. Traweek struggled down the stretch with no birdies on the card today with a double- and triple-bogey late in his final round.
-Guillaume Fanonnel rounded out the Warhawks individually on Tuesday as he posted an 81. He had a lone birdie on hole six in a struggling day for himself.
-Andoni Etchenique struggled much like some of his teammates, coming in with triple bogey, double bogey finish to end his round with a plus-15 score of 87.
QUOTEABLES
ULM Head Coach Tim Baldwin
Thought on the Tournament as a whole: Obviously extremely happy for Hogan as he had a tremendous tournament shooting 73 in the final round. His first top five as a collegiate player and I hope he can carry this into the spring season. Also happy for Thibault as a freshman. Shooting what he did in the final round was huge and we have to continue to build on what these young guys are doing. Dissapointed as a team to finish were we did as we had a multiple shot lead and just ran into some tough spots on the golf course and in the end had to count a high score. With the mishaps we had earlier in the event it would have made the difference so that is what it came down to. It is something we have to prepare now for the spring.
Arkansas State Head Coach Mike Hagen
Thought on teams performance winning the event: Our fall has been a little up and down with some young guys coming in. I knew we had the talent and were just one score short all the time and to go out and do what we did in the first two rounds I was excited to be in the mix. Just to have a chance against such a strong field going into our final round of the fall is exciting. I felt comfortable coming into today with having this chance to win the event.
UP NEXT
-ULM will now look ahead to the spring season with their first event of the spring coming in late February when it plays in the Atchafalaya Intercollegiate.
