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[TECHAJUN]

MOBILE, Ala. -- Derek Busby tied for first in individual play Tuesday to lead Louisiana Tech to a third place tie in the Homewood Suites International at Azalea City Golf Course.

Mississippi State captured the tourney title with a 2-under 862 while host school South Alabama finished second at 867, followed by Louisiana Tech and Southern Mississippi with a 7-over 871.

Busby, a junior from , led both days in the tournament, firing in a tournament-low 66 in the first round and following that up with a 71 and 73 to finish with a 6-under 210.

Mississippi State's Joe Deraney tied Busby for individual first place.

"Derek shot a great first round and was 7-under after 36 holes," Tech coach Dr. Jean Hall said. "That really got us going as a team and helped us to our second straight solid performance."

Louisiana Tech finished third in last week's Carter Plantation Intercollegiate in Hammond, La.

"The first two rounds we were at 286 and 2-under as a team," Hall said. "That's the best we've shot as a team in a long time and let's us feel that we're really making some progress. We just have to keep things moving forward."

Tech also had strong showings from sophomore Preston Smith, who finished tied for 12th place with a 2-over 218 and from junior Chad Carter, who tied for 22nd with a 4-over 220.

"Chad has become an important part of our team recently because he's really stepped up his play," Hall said. "He's working very hard this spring and his consistency has really helped us."

Jason Jenkins added a 7-over 223 for the Bulldogs while Chad Bailey rounded out Tech's efforts with a 14-over 230.

Tech returns to the links on Monday when the Bulldogs compete in the First Tee Arkansas-Little Rick Intercollegiate Tournament.

Homewood Suites Intercollegiate
Azalea City GC Mobile, AL
Tournament Dates: 03/21 - 03/22
Par: 72 72 72
Yardage: 6850 6850 6850
Fin Team Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Scores
1 Mississippi St. U. 291 282 289 862 -2
2 South Alabama, U. of 281 290 296 867 +3
T 3 Austin Peay State U. 292 283 296 871 +7
T 3 Louisiana Tech Univ. 286 290 295 871 +7
5 Southern Mississippi 302 289 292 883 +19
T 6 Middle Tennessee St. 291 289 304 884 +20
T 6 New Orleans, U. of 288 291 305 884 +20
T 6 So. Florida, U. of 289 298 297 884 +20
9 Tulane University 295 297 299 891 +27
T 10 Arkansas State U. 302 290 300 892 +28
T 10 Eastern Michigan U. 306 293 293 892 +28
T 12 Birmingham Southern 297 299 304 900 +36
T 12 Troy University 300 295 305 900 +36


Fin Name School Scores
T 1 Derek Busby La. Tech 66 71 73 210 -6
T 1 Joe Deraney Miss. St. 69 70 71 210 -6
3 Justin Elliott So. Miss. 70 72 69 211 -5
4 Ben Briscoe So Alabama 70 70 73 213 -3
T 5 Colin Speirs So Alabama 71 71 72 214 -2
T 5 Josh Oller Miss. St. 73 71 70 214 -2
T 5 Justin Metzger Aust. Peay 75 67 72 214 -2
T 5 Tyler Hitchcock USF 69 74 71 214 -2
T 9 Adam Collins N. Orleans 70 71 74 215 -1
T 9 Michael Thompson Tulane 74 71 70 215 -1
11 Grant Leaver Aust. Peay 71 70 76 217 +1
T 12 Brad Quiri USF 71 75 72 218 +2
T 12 Korey Mahoney E Michigan 78 68 72 218 +2
T 12 Kyle Ramey So. Miss. 71 69 78 218 +2
T 12 Preston Smith La. Tech 74 72 72 218 +2
T 16 Dane Thorogood So Alabama 76 70 73 219 +3
T 16 Jeffery Krogsgard Brmnghm So 72 72 75 219 +3
T 16 John Quinn Brmnghm So 72 73 74 219 +3
T 16 Josh Nelms M. Tenn St 70 73 76 219 +3
T 16 Kyle Roberts Ark. St. 75 68 76 219 +3
T 16 Tim Satow Miss. St. 75 69 75 219 +3
T 22 Andrew Ross Ark. St. 77 72 71 220 +4
T 22 Chad Carter La. Tech 73 74 73 220 +4
T 22 Johnny Caldwell So Alabama 68 76 76 220 +4
T 22 Kenny Green M. Tenn St 72 70 78 220 +4
T 26 Keith Cone Troy 74 73 74 221 +5
T 26 Luke Ladd Aust. Peay 71 75 75 221 +5
T 26 Ryan Shears USF 72 73 76 221 +5
T 29 Chris Barron Aust. Peay 76 72 74 222 +6
T 29 Chris Wheeler Tulane 72 77 73 222 +6
T 29 Josh Lampley So Alabama 72 75 75 222 +6
T 29 Michael Knight Miss. St. 75 72 75 222 +6
T 29 Nick Bailes M. Tenn St 75 73 74 222 +6
T 34 Jason Jenkins La. Tech 73 73 77 223 +7
T 34 Pablo Ceron USF 71 76 76 223 +7
T 36 Brent Dorner Troy 72 74 78 224 +8
T 36 Greg Gowen So Alabama 72 74 78 224 +8
T 36 Jason Kuperman N. Orleans 72 76 76 224 +8
T 36 Kenji Murayama N. Orleans 74 72 78 224 +8
T 36 Steve Sims Troy 73 76 75 224 +8
T 36 Yoshio Yamamoto Aust. Peay 75 74 75 224 +8
T 42 Federico Mautone USF 75 77 73 225 +9
T 42 Jake Lambert Miss. St. 74 78 73 225 +9
T 42 Tyler McDannold E Michigan 77 76 72 225 +9
T 45 Alex Krempa Brmnghm So 74 74 78 226 +10
T 45 Nick Crisco Ark. St. 77 74 75 226 +10
T 45 Thomas Shelton E Michigan 76 77 73 226 +10
T 48 Aaron Moreno N. Orleans 72 78 77 227 +11
T 48 Blake Bivens M. Tenn St 74 73 80 227 +11
T 50 Andrew Freeman Tulane 75 78 75 228 +12
T 50 Jason Elliott USF 77 74 77 228 +12
T 50 Peter Sauerbrei E Michigan 75 75 78 228 +12
T 53 Bill Roach, Jr. Tulane 74 74 81 229 +13
T 53 Kevin Ackford E Michigan 79 74 76 229 +13
T 53 Patrick McLennan M. Tenn St 76 77 76 229 +13
T 56 Chad Bailey La. Tech 75 77 78 230 +14
T 56 Danny Dennis So. Miss. 83 73 74 230 +14
T 56 Jonathan Burns M. Tenn St 78 73 79 230 +14
T 56 Ryan Knoll Ark. St. 74 78 78 230 +14
T 60 Chris Woodard Ark. St. 76 76 79 231 +15
T 60 Eamonn Coghlan So Alabama 72 78 81 231 +15
T 60 Michael Soroka So. Miss. 84 76 71 231 +15
T 63 Grant Balcke So. Miss. 78 75 80 233 +17
T 63 Matt Mooney Miss. St. 78 77 78 233 +17
65 Matthew Shoemaker N. Orleans 77 72 85 234 +18
T 66 Keith Rains Brmnghm So 75 81 80 236 +20
T 66 Mark Bivens Brmnghm So 79 80 77 236 +20
T 68 Andrew Carr Brmnghm So 78 82 77 237 +21
T 68 Lew Mitchell Troy 85 72 80 237 +21
T 68 Tim McCabe So. Miss. 76 80 81 237 +21
T 71 Brad Martin Troy 81 79 78 238 +22
T 71 Kyle Ritchie Tulane 80 75 83 238 +22
T 73 Colm Montgomery So Alabama 82 76 82 240 +24
T 73 Tommy Jensen Brmnghm So 80 81 79 240 +24
75 Chris Partridge Tulane 88 78 81 247 +31


Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total

Team Statistics
Average Score: 293.85 291.23 298.08 294.38
Rounds Below Par: 2 2 0 4
Rounds Even Par: 1 0 0 1
Rounds Above Par: 10 11 13 34

Player Statistics
Average Score: 74.73 74.16 75.81 74.90
Rounds Below Par: 14 15 7 36
Rounds Even Par: 11 9 6 26
Rounds Above Par: 50 51 62 163

[tylerdawg]

To add to that good news Dr. Hall signed a pair of really talented golfers for next year.

[OmahaDawg]

Great to see a growing program.


Hate to have to see Dr. Hall do it all himself without much AthDept support, but he is trying.

[tylerdawg]

Martie,

He has the FULL support of James Davidson and the entire staff at Squire Creek, he doesn't need the athletic department to prosper.

[OmahaDawg]

I know all this, that is why it is so frustrating.


So now we just leave the sports to depend on NON AthDept support to succeed?

[1L_dawg]

I expect our golf program to prosper. With Squire Creek, we are second to no one in offering a golf recruit a place to practice, play, and learn.

[Dwayne From Minden]

Personally,

I want to know when the Big-Rick Tournament is being held...

[WonderDawg]

This is great news, I noticed the golf team was getting better with each play.
Go Dawgs

[TECH88]

We've got a kid coming next year that is probably one of the best high school golfers in the Country. I don't recall his name but I was told this by a VERY reliable source close to the golf program.

[OmahaDawg]

We've got a kid coming next year that is probably one of the best high school golfers in the Country. I don't recall his name but I was told this by a VERY reliable source close to the golf program.

That is correct. He is a very talented player and our program is shooting straight up.

[hookdown]

Is the golf budget more than $1.50? Sounds like we could do well with a little effort and $$$.