April 5, 2005

AUSTIN, Texas - The University of Houston wrapped up its 2004-05 regular season with a 14th-place finish Tuesday after at the Morris Williams Intercollegiate at Austin Country Club.

The Cougars finished the 54-hole event with a team score of 930, to finish behind team champion Florida. Oklahoma State finished second with a score of 882, while Tulsa came in third place at 886. Texas (890), SMU (894), Oklahoma (895), Texas A&M (897), Arkansas (907), Baylor (911) and BYU (913) rounded out the team leaders.

Individually, sophomore Pablo Acuna fired an even-par 72 in the final round to finish at 11-over-par 217 and tie for 32nd place in leading the Cougar linksters. Acuna's final round was the Cougars' best score at the tournament.

Other Cougar golfers in action were: Ricky Romano (233, t-54th), Kevin Newman (234, t-57th), Jordan Irwin (239, t-69th) and Zach Mowbray (240, t-71st).

Florida's Richard Treis earned medallist honors after finishing at 4-under-par 212, five strokes ahead of Texas' Shaun Goodwin.

The Cougars will now take a break before returning to action at the Conference USA Championship on April 18-20 at Gulfport, Miss.

Team Leaderboard
1. Florida 288-282-302 -- 872 2. Oklahoma State 296-287-299 -- 882 3. Tulsa 297-298-291 -- 886 4. Texas 296-298-296 -- 890 5. SMU 301-300-293 -- 894 6. Oklahoma 299-302-294 -- 895 7. Texas A&M 298-309-290 -- 897 8. Arkansas 296-315-296 -- 907 9. Baylor 303-308-300 -- 911 10. BYU 306-304-303 -- 913 11. Texas Tech 307-305-305 -- 917 12. Fresno State 305-308-308 -- 921 13. Virginia 310-310-306 -- 926 14. Houston 310-313-307 -- 930 15. Rice 311-318-324 -- 953

Individual Leaderboard
1. Richard Treis, Florida 69-71-72 -- 212 2. Shaun Goodwin, Texas 73-69-75 -- 217 T3. Sam Korbe, Tulsa 72-75-71 -- 218 T3. Zack Robinson, Oklahoma State 75-69-74 -- 218 T5. Austin Hackett, Tulsa 71-71-78 -- 220 T5. Anthony Kim, Oklahoma 71-75-74 -- 220 T5. Brett Stegmaier, Florida 73-70-77 -- 220 T8. Scott Abbott, SMU 78-75-68 -- 221 T8. Matthew Mills, Texas 75-73-73 -- 221 T8. Nick Sheedy, Oklahoma 72-77-72 -- 221

Houston Leaderboard
T32. Pablo Acuna, Houston 76-79-72 -- 227 T54. Ricky Romano, Houston 76-78-79 -- 233 T57. Kevin Newman, Houston 80-77-77 -- 234 T69. Jordan Irwin, Houston 80-80-79 -- 239 T71. Zach Mowbray, Houston 78-79-83 -- 240