AUSTIN, Texas (March 6, 2012) — Cameron’s men’s golf team battled windy conditions on day 3 of the St. Edward’s Invitational and failed to maintain its pace, shooting a 322 for a total of 945 (+81). The score was 11 strokes higher than its round two score and dropped the Aggies four spots for the tournament into 14th place.

“It was windy; that was the biggest thing,” said Head Coach Jerry Hrnciar. “I’ve been doing this a long time, and I’m usually a good judge of how team we have. We have a better team than we showed in this tournament. We didn’t help ourselves regionally. Now, we will have to see how it all shapes out.”

Brady Porter was the only Aggie to improve his position from day one, shooting a 76 in the final round to finish with a 230 (+14). His total tied him for 16th place overall in the tournament. Trey Lawson shot an 82 on day to drop from 23rd to a tie for 42nd, with a total of 236 (+20). Kregg Wood finished in a tie for 56th with an 82 for a 239 (+23). Garrett Smith totaled a 245 (+29) with a final round of 85. Michael Kelly rounded out the Aggies with a 246 (+30) after an 82 on today’s 18.

“There were particular holes that collectively, we played horribly,” Hrnciar said. “It was unbelievable.  There were four holes each day that we just stunk up. The rest we played decent. For example, on four holes today we were +8, +8, +7 and +6. That makes it difficult.”

Nova Southeastern University won the tournament with an 883 (+19), followed by Barry, 888 (+24) and St. Edward’s, 900 (+36). Daniel Stapff (Barry) ran away with the individual title with a 207 (-9), six shots better than Ben Taylor (Nova), 213 (-3).

"If you look at teams like Nova Southeast and the guy from Barry, it’s hard to figure how they shoot what they did with the way the course is set up,” the coach said. “You have to hand it to players with that kind of ability.”

The tournament was played on the par-72, 6909-yard course at the Grey Rock Golf Club in Austin, Texas.