Chaps Fourth at SAC Championships

All-SAC members pose, and Garcia (far left) was the lone LCU member to Claim ALL-SAC honors

CATOOSA, Okla. (April 27, 2011) – Facundo Garcia claimed All-Sooner Athletic Conference honors with a share of third place and it led Lubbock Christian University to a fourth place finish at the SAC Championships, which concluded Wednesday at Cherokee Hills Golf Club.

Garcia, a sophomore from Argentina, led LCU with a season-best three-round total of 214.  He led LCU in the second round with a 70 before closing out the tournament with a 74.  Garcia led the tournament in par-four scoring (even) and in birdies with 12, as he claimed his third top-five finish of the year.  Fellow Argentinean Cosme Beamonte finish second on the squad with a 221 (74-71-76), placing him tied for 16^th overall.  Niel DuPreez finished in the top-25 for the Chaparrals with a 222 (68-78-76).  His opening round 68 led LCU for the round and it was his first sub-70 performance of his LCU career.  Michael Milliken finished in 27^th place with a 227 (74-74-79) and Landon Waters completed play in 34^th place with a 232 (82-77-73).  Waters’ final round score led the team for the round.

LCU finished with their best three-round tournament score of the season.  The Chaps carded an 877, as they shot a 286 in the opening round and followed with a 292 and 299.  LCU, who finished second in the tournament with 33 birdies, finished three strokes back of No.8 Southern Nazarene (874).  No.2 Oklahoma City University led the tournament with an 858 and No.1 Oklahoma Christian University was second with an 866.  OC had the individual champion Preston Wilkins, who fired a combined 210 (66,72,72) on the par-70 6,637-yard layout.

The Chaps will now await an invitation to the 60^th Annual NAIA Men’s Golf National Championship scheduled for May 24-27^th at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill.