CHOUDRANT, Lou. - Freshman Joshua Hill completed his first collegiate golf tournament three-under-par (72-70-71—213) to end tied for 12th in the Argent Financial Classic. Sophomore Hugo Thyr ended just behind him one-under-par, tied for 19th place. 

Southern Miss, Louisiana, and UAB competed in a playoff, where Southern Miss was crowned champion.

In total, South Alabama finished with a team score of 880 (294-295-291) and finished in 15th place.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Event (Host): Argent Financial Classic (Louisiana Tech)
Dates: September 10 - September 12 (Sunday-Tuesday)
Course: Squire Creek Country Club

TEAM SCORES
(t-1) UAB, 290-283-282—855 (-9); (t-1) Louisiana, 287-285-283—855 (-9); (t-1) Southern Miss, 288-280-287—855 (-9); (4) Houston, 289-284-284—857 (-7); (5) Middle Tennessee, 291-285-283—859 (-5); (t-6) UT Arlington, 290-281-290—861 (-3); (t-6) Abilene Christian, 293-287-281—861 (-3); (8) Central Arkansas, 279-284-299—862 (-2); (9) Louisiana Tech, 288-281-297—866 (+2); (10) Rice, 291-282-297—870 (+6); (11) ULM, 290-292-290—872 (+8); (12) Lamar, 302-281-291—874 (+10); (13) Troy, 299-284-293—876 (+12); (14) North Alabama, 297-293-289—879 (+15); (15) South Alabama, 294-295-291—880 (+16); (16) Nicholls, 315-305-319—939 (+75)

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
(1) Owen Stamper (Middle Tennessee) 65-70-68—203 (-13); (t-2) Santiago De La Fuente (Houston) 68-66-71—205 (-11); (t-2) Khavish Varadan (UAB) 72-68-65—205 (-11); (t-4) Michael Barnard (Middle Tennessee) 73-67-70—210 (-6); (t-4) Zane Heusel (Abilene Christian) 73-70-67—210 (-6); (t-4) Mark Stockdale (Central Arkansas) 70-66-74—210 (-6); (t-7) Dylan Keating (Louisiana) 73-69-69—211 (-5); (t-7) Thongpipat Rattanayanon (Southern Mississippi) 71-70-70—211 (-5); (t-7) Robbie Latter (Southern Miss) 71-69-71—211 (-5); (10) Burke Alford (Louisiana) 71-70-71—212 (-4)

SOUTH ALABAMA SCORES
(t-15) Joshua Hill 72-70-71—213 (-3), (t-19) Hugo Thyr 69-74-72—215 (-1), (t-67) James Skeet 74-78-73—225 (+9), (t-81) Kevin Dahlberg 80-74-75—229 (+13), (t-88) Joshua Achord 79-77-78—234 (+18) 

NOTES
- USA's individual participant was Senior Eli Mitchell.
- Hugo Thyr fired off an eagle during his first round, one of only 18 competitors to do so.
- Joshua Hill birdied on four of his last six holes in round three to catapult him under par for the tournament.
- Hill finished with 14 birdies, most among his team, followed by Thyr with nine.

UP NEXT
The Jaguars will travel to Madison, Wis. to play in the Badger Invitational from Oct. 1-3.

FOLLOW THE JAGS
For complete coverage of South Alabama men's golf, follow the Jags on social media @SouthAlabamaMGF (Twitter), SouthAlabamaJaguars (Facebook) or visit the official home of South Alabama athletics at usajaguars.com.
 

–USA–