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Men's Golf Finishes UTSA Oak Hills in Third

Payne Gniewek shot a final-round even-par 71 Tuesday.

Payne Gniewek shot a final-round even-par 71 Tuesday.

Feb. 16, 2010


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SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Payne Gniewek carded a final-round even-par 71, helping the Baylor men's golf team to a season-best third-place finish Tuesday at the UTSA Oak Hills Invitational.

Baylor (26-over 878), ranked 41st in the latest Golfstat rankings, and Tulsa finished three strokes behind Texas Tech, who repeated as team champion at 23-over 875. The Red Raiders finished one shot ahead of second-place Southeastern Louisiana (25-over 877).

The Bears have now finished in the top four in each of its last five tournaments.

Southeastern Louisiana's Philipp Westermann earned individual medalist honors, finishing at 2-under 211.

Sophomores Joakim Mikkelsen and Lorenzo Scotto carded Baylor's best individual performances of the tournament, both finishing tied for 11th at 6-over 219. Mikkelsen has finished in the top 25 in all six tournaments and in the top 15 four times this season. Scotto's 11th-place showing Tuesday was his best finish of the season.

Gniewek registered Baylor's only even-par round of the tournament with an even-par 71 Tuesday. He finished tied for 16th at 7-over 220 with teammate Jerry Ruiz. Sophomore Drew McGee, participating as an individual, finished tied for 53rd at 17-over 230. Cody Paladino finished tied for 76th at 26-over 239.

Baylor returns to action March 5-6 at the Border Olympics, hosted by the University of Houston, in Laredo, Texas.

UTSA OAK HILLS INVITATIONAL

Team Results

1. [11] Texas Tech 299-283-293=875 +23
2. [49] Southeastern Louisiana 292-290-295=877
+25
t3. Tulsa 3292-292-295=878
+26
t3. [41] Baylor 295-291-292=878
+26
6. Iowa State 295-292-300=887
+35
7.
Stephen F. Austin 300-297-292=889
+37
8.
[50] Wichita State 300-294-296=890
+38
9. Sam Houston State 306-292-293=891
+39
10. Texas State 300-293-302=895
+43
11. Louisiana-Lafayette 296-295-305=896 +44
12. Oklahoma 305-297-299=901 +49
13. Air Force 309-304-303=916 +64
14. UTSA 304-307-309=920
+68
15. Illinois State 317-310-305=932 +80

Baylor Individual Results

t11. Joakim Mikkelsen 73-72-74=219 +6
t11. Lorenzo Scotto 73-72-74=219 +6
t16. Payne Gniewek 74-75-71=220 +7
t16. Jerry Ruiz 75-72-73=220 +7
t53. Drew McGee (I) 77-81-72=230 +17
t76. Cody Paladino 81-77-81=239 +26