April 16, 2007

LONGVIEW, Texas - LONGVIEW, Texas -- Hardin-Simmons' men's golf team shot its best two rounds of the spring season with a 306 and a 297 and are in second place at the LeTourneau Invitational at the par-70, 6,503-yard Pinecrest Country Club in Longview.

Paul Schaub led the Cowboys with rounds of 74 and 73 and is in third place overall with a 147, two shots behind co-leaders Drew Johnson and Dean Rodgers of UT-Tyler. Davey Davis had two solids rounds, including a career-best 72 in the second round after a 77 in round for a 149, good for a tie for sixth place overall.

J.C. Eagle rallied back from an 80 in the first round with a 72 in round two to shot a 152. Travis Brown shot 75-80-155 and Brian Laing shot 85-84-169 to round out the HSU lineup.

UT-Tyler leads the tournament after shooting a 295 followed by a 296. They will take a 12-shot lead into the final 18 holes of the tournament on Tuesday,

Team Scores 1 Texas, U. @ Tyler 295 296 591 2 Hardin-Simmons Univ. 306 297 603 3 McMurry University 301 303 604 4 LeTourneau Univ. 304 308 612 5 Texas Lutheran Univ. 306 314 620 6 Texas, U. of-Dallas 320 323 643 7 Mississippi College 326 320 646 8 Louisiana College 330 332 662 9 Schreiner University 342 338 680 10 Concordia U.-Austin 344 347 691

Individual Scores 1 Drew Johnson UT Tyler 74 71 145 Dean Rodgers UT Tyler 70 75 145 3 Paul Schaub Hard-Simm 74 73 147 4 Rode McElreath McMurry 77 71 148 Patrick Palmer LeTourneau 74 74 148 6 Coy Beck UT Tyler 74 75 149 Davey Davis Hard-Simm 77 72 149 8 Christian Sarran LeTourneau 75 76 151 9 J.C. Eagle Hard-Simm 80 72 152 Tyler Becker McMurry 75 77 152 *John Ross Fowler UT Tyler 77 75 152

Hardin-Simmons 306 297 603 3 Paul Schaub 74 73 147 T 6 Davey Davis 77 72 149 T 9 J.C. Eagle 80 72 152 T 16 Travis Brown 75 80 155 T 43 Brian Laing 85 84 169