RAMS IN NINTH AFTER TWO ROUNDS
October 1, 2007

GOODYEAR, AZ:  The Texas Wesleyan University men’s golf team sits in ninth place at five-over 581 through two rounds of the Grand Canyon Invitational at Estrella Mountain Ranch.

Texas Wesleyan put together a solid first-round of 294 and then climbed two positions with  one-under par 287 in round two; however, they trail the leader, Abilene Christian University by 25 strokes after ACU shot 281, 275-556.

Point Loma Nazarene’s Sam Cyr leads the field at nine-under 135 (67, 68) and has his team just six shots off the pace.

Paco Saracho continued his outstanding play, shooting 73, 69-142 to sit in a tie for 17th.  Mitch Hendon fired a round of 70 in the afternoon to recover from an opening round of 76.  Hendon is tied at two-over with teammate Armondo Villareal who shot 73, 73-146.

Kevin Doskocil sits at five-over 149 (74, 75), and Drew Koonce shot 74, 77-151 to round out the Rams’ scores.

Head coach Kevin Millikan was pleased with his team’s composure on a difficult day.  “We just didn’t have it today,” Millikan commented, “but, saying that, the guys got all they could out of rough day.  The effort was there; the results were not.”

The Rams will complete play with final round action at Estrella Mountain Ranch on Tuesday.

Fin. Player            Scores

T17 Paco Saracho        73   69   142

T40 Armondo Villareal   73   73   146

T40 Mitch Hendon        76   70   146

60  Kevin Doskocil      74   75   149

T63 Drew Koonce         74   77   151