LOXLEY, Ala. - South Alabama men's golf shared a fourth place finish hosting the Steelwood Collegiate, after a heavy rain-filled morning halted play on Sunday morning. Due to cancelling play in the midst of the third round, final tournament scores reverted to where they stand after 36-holes.

Round three began after completion of the second round on Saturday night, in an effort to beat forecasted inclement weather Sunday morning. Play resumed at 8 a.m. roughly six holes into the final round, but the rain soaked Steelwood Country Club simultaneously and had no signs of slowing down, resulting in cancellation of play.

In a talented field that included four nationally ranked programs, No. 38 Texas A&M claimed the team victory at 10-under par. South Alabama tied for fourth alongside Memphis, marking a top-5 finish in all four tournaments of the fall slate. Tim Kretschmann led the Jaguars tying for 11th individually carding a 72-70 142 (-2).

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Event (host): Steelwood Collegiate (South Alabama)
Dates: Oct. 25-26 (Saturday, Sunday)
Course: Steelwood Country Club (par 72, 7,096 yds)

TEAM SCORES
1. Texas A&M 566 (-10), 2. Rutgers 568 (-8), 3. West Virginia 570 (-6), T4. South Alabama 574 (-2), T4. Memphis 574 (-2), T6. Purdue 577 (+1), T6. Wake Forest 577 (+1), 8. Rice 578 (+2), 9. Iowa State 579 (+3), T10. Kennesaw State 584 (+8), T10. Kansas State 584 (+8), T12. Virginia Tech 586 (+10), T12. Nebraska 586 (+10), 14. Louisiana Tech 593 (+17).

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
1. Yixiang Wang, Memphis 66-71 137, T2. Luke Koenig, Rutgers 70-68 138, T2. Zachary May, Iowa State 68-70 138, T4. Nicholas Prieto, Wake Forest 68-71 139, T4. Aaron Pounds, Texas A&M 70-69 139, T6. Rudy Sautron, Nebraska 67-73 140, T6. Wheaton Ennis, Texas A&M 72-68 140, T6. Bennett Espenshade, Rutgers 68-72 140, T9. Nicholas Turowski, West Virginia 70-71 141, T9. Kaleb Wilson, West Virginia 72-69 141.

SOUTH ALABAMA SCORES
T11. Tim Kretschmann 72-70 (-2), T13. Hugo Thyr 68-75 (-1), T13. Josh Hill 71-72 (-1), T54. Filip Svendsen 74-76 (+6), T64. Samir Davidov 80-72 (+8), T71. (IND) Cole Haygood 80-74 (+10), T71. Mason Crowder 75-79 (+10).

TEE SHOTS

• Thyr, Hill, and Kretschmann tally another top-20 finish to their lines.
• The field landed a scoring average of 73.45 at Steelwood Country Club on Saturday through 36 holes.
• South Alabama played the par 5s at 14-under par coming with a tournament second-best three eagles.
• The Steelwood Collegiate is the first of three tournaments hosted by South Alabama in its 10-tournament slate. The spring will see two more hosted tournaments at the Hal Williams Collegiate and the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate.

QUOTED
Head Coach Ben Hannan
On efforts throughout the fall slate:
"Had a very solid fall with a lot of good golf played throughout.  The depth of this group has been very consistent and a major factor to our consistent success.

Most exciting was the effort and attitude that these guys showed up with every day. Our goal is to trend and get better, and when you look at these guys individually, they are doing just that."

Steelwood takeaways:
"Steelwood is such an awesome event. The golf course was in great shape and is a good test on all facets of the game. Very proud of the way these guys hung in there throughout the week. They played good golf, but weren't always firing on all cylinders, but hung in there and were patient enough to allow good things to happen. Finishing T4 in that field is a nice way to end the fall."

UP NEXT
The Jaguars start the spring slate February 16-17 hosting the Hal Williams Collegiate at Magnolia Grove.

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