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 Senior Tripp Morrow shot a season-low 68 on Monday in the first round of the Samford Invitational. |
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March 12, 2007
Samford Invitational - Round 1 & 2 Results
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Trussville, Ala. - Western Carolina shot rounds of 296 and 300 as a team on Monday to stand in a two-way tie for seventh place at the Samford Invitational at the 6,987-yard Limestone Springs Golf Course. Senior Tripp Morrow carded a season-low 68 in the first round to stand tied for first after 18 holes and stands in a six-way tie for sixth-place after two rounds to lead the Catamounts.
The third and final round is scheduled for Tuesday morning.
Led by three golfers in the individual top 15, Eastern Kentucky (283-290=573) holds a six-stroke advantage over second-place New Orleans (296-283=579) entering the final round. Troy and Austin Peay State (580) are one stroke behind New Orleans, tied for third, with Tennessee Tech in fifth place with a two-round total of 586.
EKU's Shaun McConnell shot two rounds below par at 68 and 70 for a 36-hole tally of 138 to lead the 84-golfer field. Jose Toledo of New Orleans is in second, two strokes in arrears after rounds of 71 and 69.
Morrow finished the first two rounds firing even par (68-76=144) and stand in a six-way tie for sixth place overall. Sophomore transfer Andres Cuenca is tied for 20th after rounds of 75 and 72 (147), with freshman Cody Walker tied for 41st after scoring rounds of 75 and 78 (153).
WCU junior Matt Cook struggled in the first round shooting 80 marking back-to-back rounds of eight-over par dating back to the Lonnie D. Small Intercollegiate last weekend in Buies Creek. The Murphy, N.C., native rallied, though, to shoot 74 to recover into a tie for 44th (154) entering the final round. Rounding out the Catamount golfers was freshman Ricky Stout, who carded rounds of 78 and 80 to stand tied for 53rd.
School Scores 1 Eastern Kentucky 283 290 573 - 3 2 New Orleans 296 283 579 + 3 3 Troy University 289 291 580 + 4 Austin Peay State 293 287 580 + 4 5 Tennessee Tech 295 291 586 +10 6 Illinois State 296 292 588 +12 7 Western Carolina 296 300 596 +20 Murray State 299 297 596 +20 9 Samford University 305 294 599 +23 10 Wofford College 297 317 614 +38 11 Southern Illinois 307 311 618 +42 Dayton 316 302 618 +42 13 Morehead State 312 312 624 +48 14 Lipscomb 311 315 626 +50 15 Tennessee-Martin 310 320 630 +54 16 Tennessee State 318 316 634 +58 17 Samford JV 322 331 653 +77
T 7 Western Carolina 296 300 596 T 6 Donald(Tripp) Morrow 68 76 144 T 20 Andres Cuenca 75 72 147 T 41 Cody Walker 75 78 153 T 44 Matt Cook 80 74 154 T 53 Ricky Stout 78 80 158
