April 21, 2004

DADE CITY, Fla. - After shooting their best round of the tournament, the University of Houston golf team jumped into sixth place in the final standings on Wednesday at the 2004 Conference USA Championship at Lake Jovita Golf and Country Club in Dade City, Fla.

A day after enduring their worst round of the tournament, the Cougars went out and improved their first-day score by seven strokes, shooting 2-over-par 290 during the final 18 holes on the par-72, 7,183-yard course.

Individually, Cougars Zach Mowbray and Ricky Romano posted sub-par rounds Tuesday to help catapult UH in the team standings. Mowbray, a sophomore co-captain from Mesa, Ariz., recorded the Cougars' lowest individual round of the tournament, shooting 2-under-par 70 during the final 18 holes.

Romano was nearly equal to the task, shooting a 1-under-par 71 to join Mowbray and two others in a tie for seventh place at 219. He capped his stay at the tournament by being named to the 2004 C-USA All-Freshmen Team.

Other Cougars in action at the 54-hole event were Kevin Newman (t-37th, 74-80-73 - 227), Jordan Hasbrouck (t-51st, 76-78-77 - 231) and Denton Walker (t-56th, 78-79-76 - 233).

The Cougars wrap up their 2004 regular season when they compete at the prestigious The Maxwell Tournament in Ardmore, Okla., on May 15-16.

TCU captured the team championship with a three-day score of 859, 12 strokes ahead of Charlotte. Southern Miss (880), UAB (882) and USF (885) rounded out the Top Five team leaders.

TCU's Adam Meyer claimed top individual honors at 10-under-par 206 and finished nine strokes ahead of Charlotte's Ray Sheedy. Cincinnati's Matt Mincer finished third at 217.

TEAM LEADERBOARD
1. TCU 286-286-287 - 859
2. Charlotte 301-286-284 - 871
3. Southern Miss 298-293-289 - 880
4. UAB 300-294-288 - 882
5. USF 305-292-288 - 885
6. Houston 297-307-290 - 894
7. Tulane 308-293-296 - 897
T8. Louisville 304-298-296 - 898
T8. Memphis 308-301-289 - 898
10. Marquette 309-296-297 - 902
11. East Carolina 305-298-305 - 908
12. Saint Louis 317-291-302 - 910
13. Cincinnati 316-312-308 - 936
14. DePaul 322-318-310 - 950

INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD
1. Adam Meyer, TCU 68-69-69 - 206
2. Ray Sheedy, Charlotte 76-70-69 - 215
3. Matt Mincer, Cincinnati 76-72-69 -- 217
T4. Scott McNeil, Charlotte 72-76-70 -- 218
T4. Clark Brown, UAB 75-72-71 - 218
T4. David Schultz, TCU 73-72-73 - 218
T7. Zach Mowbray, UH 73-76-70 - 219
T7. Ricky Romano, UH 74-74-71 -- 219
T7. Oscar Fraustro, USF 75-74-70 -- 219
T7. Alan Weant, Memphis 73-72-74 - 219

UH LEADERBOARD
T7. Zach Mowbray, UH 73-76-70 - 219
T7. Ricky Romano, UH 74-74-71 - 219
T43. Kevin Newman, UH 74-80-73 - 227
T43. Jordan Hasbrouck, UH 76-78-77 - 231
T58. Denton Walker, UH 78-79-76 - 233