GLEN ROSE, Texas – Led by a record-tying performance by Preston Holmes, the Aggies men's golf team qualified for the Lone Star Conference Championship Medal Match Semifinals with a third place finish in stroke play, but CU fell in the semifinal 4-1 to West Texas A&M.
 
Cameron entered Tuesday morning's third round in third place, needing to remain in the top-4 teams to advance to the match play semifinals. They took care of that by shooting 282 in the final round to finish the 54 holes with an 839 to remain in third place. 
 
Preston Holmes continued his strong play from day one where he carded a program-low 65 in the second round and added a 68 to his scorecard on Tuesday to finish with a 203, tying CU's record 54-hole low by an individual. Holmes finished in fourth place, making the LSC Championship All-Tournament Team. 
 
Tyler Kaman was also under par during his final round, shooting a 70 to finish stroke play with a 212, good for a top-20 finish individually. Joey Kirk and Hamish Murray both shot even par in the third round to total scores of 213 and 214 and place in the top-25 while Trevor Mierl added a 76 to his final score to finish stroke play with a 217. 
 
As a team, Cameron recorded 158 pars, 65 birdies, and a pair of Eagles over the three rounds. Murray had the second most pars of the field with 37 while Holmes led CU with 16 made birdies in the 54-hole stroke play part of the LSC Championship. 
 
Midwestern State shot 12-under in the final round to claim the top seed in match play with a score of 830 while WT finished four strokes behind them in second. CU was five strokes back of the Buffs followed by Oklahoma Christian, who also shot 12-under in the final round to move into the top-4 and qualify for match play with an 842. 
 
Texas A&M International's Mauricio Figueroa claimed the top medalist honor, shooting a 200 with three sub-70 rounds. St. Mary's Ryan Dixon was just one stroke back in second with Nathan McCulloh claiming third with a 202 just ahead of CU's Holmes. Daniel Unger from WT and LSC Player of the Year Jake Doggett from MSU tied for fifth at 204. 
 
Tuesday afternoon's match play pitted the Aggies against WT and MSU against the Eagles do see who would battle for the LSC Championship on Wednesday. 
 
Cameron hung with the Buffs early led by Holmes and Kaman, who both either led or were tied in their pairing for most of the 18 holes. Holmes had the only CU win, taking down WT's Pablo Rebolleda by two strokes with a 73. Kaman lost his battle by just one, shooting a 73 as well.  
 
Unfortunately, Murray and Kirk were down by at least five after the first nine holes. Murray was able to bounce back but still lost his matchup by one with a 72, but Kirk ended up losing by four with a 75. Mierl struggled to keep up with Emeli Jarvinen, who shot a 65 during the semifinal to beat CU's first-year player by nine. 
 
Midwestern State bested Oklahoma Christian in the other match play semifinal with MSU taking the matchup 4-1 to advance to the finals to face the Buffs on Wednesday. 
 
Cameron, currently No. 4 in the South Central Region, Cameron is all but a lock to make the NCAA Super-Regional, which will take place in Pueblo, Colo., May 5-7. The official announcement will come on Friday, April 22.