GLEN ROSE – Despite late-round drama from the Texas A&M University-Commerce men's golf team on Tuesday at Squaw Valley Golf Course, the Lions missed medal match play at the Lone Star Conference Championships by two strokes, finishing tied for sixth overall and Nathan McCulloch placed third on the player leaderboard.
 
The Lions entered the day eight strokes back of fourth place and shot -10 as a team in the third round. An eagle from Zach Burch (Lubbock – Cooper) and a birdie from Chance Mulligan (Dallas – Bishop Dunne) on the 18^th hole brought the Lions within one of Oklahoma Christian for fourth place, but a bogey set them back by two.
 
A&M-Commerce awaits the NCAA Selection Announcement on Friday afternoon for the 10 teams from the South Central region selected to the South Central/West Super Regional. The Lions were ranked No. 5 in the last regional rankings prior to the selection announcement.

"We gave it a run today, but just came up short ultimately," said coach Ryan Hand. "Congratulations to Nathan on his third place finish." 
 
McCulloch (Edinburgh, Scotland) shot 4-under on Tuesday to finish third with a score of 202 (67-67-68). Kittiphong Phaithuncharoensuk (Phuket, Thailand) also shot a 68 on Tuesday, he tied for 12^th place with a score of 209 (74-67-68). Mulligan is tied for 19^th place with a score of 212 (74-68-70).
 
Burch finished the third round, shooting even par and is tied for 44^th place with a three-round score of 222 (73-77-72) and Simon Haas (Lorch, Germany) tied for 51^st with a score of 225 (74-76-75).
 
Texas A&M International's Mauricio Figueroa won the individual conference championship with a score of 200 (65-67-68). Midwestern State finished first as a team during stroke play and will take on Oklahoma Christian in the first semifinal, while Cameron and West Texas A&M square off in the other semifinal. The winner of medal match play is the LSC Champion and receives an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.
 

Pos	Team	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total
1	Midwestern State	283	271	276	830
2	West Texas A&M	272	280	282	834
3	Cameron	285	272	282	839
4	Oklahoma Christian	284	282	276	842
5	UT Tyler	282	276	285	843
T6	A&M–COMMERCE	288	278	278	844
T6	St. Mary's	283	278	283	844
8	DBU	289	281	279	849
9	Lubbock Christian	290	290	281	861
10	Texas A&M International	280	290	298	868
11	UAFS	289	296	296	881
12	Western New Mexico	302	284	301	887
13	UT Permian Basin	334	324	335	993

 

T6	A&M-COMMERCE	288	278	278	844
3	Nathan McCulloch	67	67	68	202
T12	Kittiphong Phaithuncharoensuk	74	67	68	209
T19	Chance Mulligan	74	68	70	212
T44	Zach Burch	73	77	72	222
T51	Simon Haas	74	76	75	225