Sept. 20, 2011
MONTEREY, Calif. -- Senior Kevin Lucas fired a 69 in the final round of the Saint Mary's Invitational on Tuesday and finished in a tie 10th place to lead the Wolf Pack men's golf team.
Lucas entered the final round tied for 24th after rounds of 77 and 72 on day one of the tournament on Monday. But he tamed Bayonet Golf Course with the second-lowest round of the day and moved all the way up to a tie for 10th. It marks the best finish for Lucas since a tie for fourth at the Fresno State Lexus Classic last spring.
Lucas and the Wolf Pack took seventh place as a team, four strokes behind Loyola Marymount and five back of fifth-place Xavier
Nevada's young squad had its struggles in the final round. Sophomore Brian Knoll carded the best round of the rest of the team at 76 and he finished at 12 over with a 228, one stroke behind Gustavo Chuang, who finished tied for 33rd in his first collegiate event. Fellow freshman Taylor Knoll tied for 42nd and Zak Griffiths tied for 63rd.
Freshman Andrew Cornella, who was competing as an individual, tied for 58th.
Nevada Results
T10 Kevin Lucas +2 77 72 69 218
T33 Gustavo Chuang +11 76 73 78 227
T39 Brian Knoll +12 80 72 76 228
T42 Taylor Knoll +13 78 72 79 229
*T58 Andrew Cornella +19 75 77 83 235
T63 Zak Griffiths +20 75 82 79 236
Team Results
1 Oregon 286 281 286 853 -11
2 UAB 294 282 290 866 +2
3 St. Mary's (CA) 296 293 292 881 +17
4 San Francisco 296 292 301 889 +25
5 Xavier 297 300 295 892 +28
6 Loyola Marymount 300 294 299 893 +29
7 Nevada 306 289 302 897 +33
8 UC Irvine 318 292 302 912 +48
9 Hawaii 313 293 308 914 +50
T10 Florida Gulf Coast 306 297 312 915 +51
T10 UC Riverside 314 298 303 915 +51
T10 CSU Northridge 303 298 314 915 +51
T13 Northern Illinois 312 306 307 925 +61
T13 Pacific 305 314 306 925 +61
15 Gonzaga 320 316 301 937 +73
* Competing as an individual.
