Feb. 25, 2005

LUBBOCK, Texas - The Texas Tech men's golf team finished the John A. Burns Intercollegiate in seventh after a 284 third-round performance today in Wahiawa, Hawaii. Freshman Tyler Symons led the Red Raiders with a career-best tie for ninth-place with a three-round score of 207, nine-under-par.

No. 6 New Mexico held onto the lead to take away the team title with a three-day total of 833. No. 14 UNLV (835) pulled back into second after finishing the second round in third. Rounding out the top five are No. 27 Arizona (838-third), BYU (839-fourth) and No. 9 Auburn (841-fifth).

Leading the individual field was UNLV's Ryan Moore (196), followed by BYU's Greg Machtaler and New Mexico's Spencer Levin and San Jose State's Justin Madison all tied for second with a tournament score of 203.

Tech's top five brought the Red Raiders its lowest tournament score of the season of an 844, while tying the school record for the lowest 54-hole score set in 2001 at the Mid-Pines Intercollegiate. Symons' performance also earned the freshman his place in the Tech record books tying for fourth with his 207 on Tech's all-time lowest individual 54-hole score.

Following Symons' (70-68-69-207) career-best performance on was sophomore Oscar Floren and junior Andrew Dresser tied for 23rd. Floren (69-71-72-212) finished the tournament four-under-par, while Dresser (74-70-68-212) pulled within the top 25 with his third round 68.

Rounding out the Red Raider competitors was junior Nicolas Allain (72-71-75-218) tied for 58th, followed by senior Shaun Melville (69-77-79-225) who finished tied for 90th.

The Red Raiders will be back in action at the Louisiana Classics March 7-8.

Results Below:


7       Texas Tech	  280-280-284-844
T9      Tyler Symons      70-68-69-207
T23     Oscar Floren      69-71-72-212
T23     Andrew Dresser    74-70-68-212
T58     Nicolas Allain    72-71-75-218
T90     Shaun Melville    69-77-79-225



Team Leaderboard

John Burns Intercollegiate
Leilehua Golf Course Wahiawa, HI
Par: 72
Yardage: 6917

Fin.     School                      Scores
1       New Mexico, U. of               274 275 284 833
2       UNLV                            274 282 279 835
3       Arizona, U. of                  278 275 285 838
4       Brigham Young Univ.             286 271 282 839
5       Auburn University               283 281 277 841
6       San Diego State U.              280 280 283 843
7       Texas Tech Univ.                280 280 284 844 
8       Texas A&M University            292 278 278 848
9       SMU                             286 276 292 854
10      Denver, U. of                   292 280 285 857
11      UC-Santa Barbara                294 288 283 865
12      Colorado State Univ.            281 289 297 867
13      Hawaii, Univ. of                288 287 294 869
        San Jose State Univ.            291 289 289 869
15      Utah, Univ. of                  293 290 292 875
16      Nevada, Univ. of                297 285 294 876
17      Pacific, U. of the              293 292 297 882
18      Hawaii-Hilo, U. of              297 288 298 883
19      Texas El Paso, U. of            297 292 299 888
        Long Beach State                304 289 295 888
21      Hawaii B                        303 293 304 900
22      San Francisco, U. of            304 300 301 905