ACU Golfers Finish 5th At Dallas Baptist Tournament
By: ACU Athletics
Updated: April 11, 2012
DALLAS - In their
final tune-up before next week's Lone Star Conference championship
tournament, the ACU Wildcats finished fifth Tuesday in the Dallas
Baptist University Classic at The Golf Club of Dallas.
The Wildcats
finished behind Texas Wesleyan, which won the tournament with a
three-round score of 5-under-par 835 (269-284-282); second-place Lubbock
Christian, which finished at 8-over-par 848 (285-270-293);
and Oklahoma Christian (283-277-289) and St. Edward's (280-279-290),
both of shot 9-over-par 849.
The Wildcats were
in third place entering Tuesday's final round, but shot their worst
round of the tournament at 14-over-par 294 to finish at 12-over-par 852
with rounds of 280-278-294.
ACU freshman
Corbin Renner finished tied for fourth at 2-under-par 208 with rounds 71
in the first and third rounds sandwiching a second-round 66. Senior
Kyle Dickerson finished tied for 20th at 2-over-par
212 (71-68-73), followed by Trey Sullivan, who was tied for 34th at
7-over-par 217 (70-73-74).
ACU junior Alex
Carpenter was in the hunt for the individual championship through two
rounds (1-under-par 139 with rounds of 68 and 71 on Monday), but he slid
down to a tie for 40th after struggling to
a round a 79, his highest score of the season. Freshman Luke Carpenter
finished tied for 70th at 15-over-par 225 (75-74-76).
The Wildcats and
the other seven conference teams will be in action next Monday and
Tuesday in the LSC Championship Tournament, which will be played at The
Trophy Club Country Club in Roanoke.
