Feb. 18, 2007

Houston, Texas - The Pacific golf team closed out the Rice Intercollegiate with a third round 300 to finish fourth place, just nine strokes behind tournament champion Sam Houston State. Senior Thomas Petersson placed a career-high third, only one stroke back from the individual champion Aaron O'Callaghan.

After posting an opening round 298 and second round 311 at the 7,184-yard Westwood Golf Club the Tigers finished with an overall 909.

Petersson led the Tigers with a 74, giving him a 2-over 218 for the tournament. Junior Chris Rosenau posted a final round 75 for 12th and sophomore Charlie Van Sicklen took home 24th, shooting a 74 during the final 18. Freshman Patrick Kucich and junior A.J. Hohn both ended at 240, tying for 53rd.

"We stuck with our mentality this final round," said coach Brandon Goethals. "We fought for every shot and didn't look to the final outcome but rather each shot at hand. I'm extremely proud of Thomas for his effort this week on a difficult golf course."

The Tigers are off until March when they travel to Fresno, California for the Fresno Lexus Classic on the 12th and 13th.

4 Pacific, U. of the 298 311 300 909 3 Thomas Petersson 71 73 74 218 T 12 Chris Rosenau 76 75 75 226 T 24 Charlie Van Sicklen 73 84 74 231 T 53 Patrick Kucich 78 82 80 240 T 53 A.J. Hohn 82 81 77 240

1 Sam Houston St. U. 296 310 294 900 4 Scooter Jefferson 75 74 71 220 T 10 Beau Willis 74 78 73 225 T 17 Robert Gwin 72 79 77 228 T 19 Brandon Frankhouser 75 79 75 229 T 27 Fergal Rafferty 76 81 75 232 2 Southeastern La. U. 302 311 292 905 7 James Taverner 73 77 72 222 T 8 Peter O'Keeffe 78 76 70 224 T 12 Matthew Carvell 79 74 73 226 T 40 Graham Benson 74 86 77 237 T 53 Eddie Brescher III 77 84 79 240 3 Cal Poly 297 318 293 908 T 8 Colin Peck 72 78 74 224 T 10 Geoff Gonzalez 70 81 74 225 T 15 Dave Lewinski 76 78 73 227 32 Chris Kirk 79 81 73 233 T 40 Brycen Wagner 82 82 73 237 4 Pacific, U. of the 298 311 300 909 3 Thomas Petersson 71 73 74 218 T 12 Chris Rosenau 76 75 75 226 T 24 Charlie Van Sicklen 73 84 74 231 T 53 Patrick Kucich 78 82 80 240 T 53 A.J. Hohn 82 81 77 240 5 Charleston, Coll. of 299 308 309 916 2 Harrison Moore 71 72 74 217 T 22 Scott Glaze 75 79 76 230 T 36 Dennis McCollum 76 82 78 236 T 49 Ben Dangerfield 80 78 81 239 T 53 Soonam Kim 77 79 84 240 6 Rice University 309 308 301 918 T 5 Kaz Hoffman 75 73 73 221 T 19 Christopher Brown 77 80 72 229 T 33 Jeff Krakowiak 78 78 78 234 T 44 Addison Awe 79 81 78 238 T 49 Heon Young Lee 82 77 80 239 7 Texas Pan American 307 310 306 923 T 22 Colin Norris 77 76 77 230 T 24 Kyle Tudi 77 77 77 231 T 27 Armen Kirakossian 80 79 73 232 T 33 Shane Pearce 77 78 79 234 T 53 Jeff Hensley 76 80 84 240 8 Wm. & Mary, Coll. of 307 307 313 927 T 12 Doug Hurson 72 77 77 226 T 19 Ryan Price 75 77 77 229 T 27 Brent Paladino 80 73 79 232 T 53 Matt Brantingham 80 80 80 240 73 Hunter Watts 86 86 85 257 9 Belmont University 314 313 304 931 T 5 Jeff Lanier 77 72 72 221 35 Scott O'Brien 78 79 78 235 T 44 Bryn Rocke 79 81 78 238 63 Danny Amundson 82 85 76 243 70 Patrick Kelly 80 81 90 251 T 10 Louisiana Tech Univ. 316 316 310 942 T 17 Matthew Harvey 79 76 73 228 T 27 Amrith de Soysa 78 76 78 232 62 Corey Bartlett 79 85 78 242 64 Chad Bailey 84 79 81 244 T 67 Trey McNeill 80 86 83 249 T 10 Stephen F. Austin St 311 317 314 942 T 27 Richard Wilkenfeld 80 76 76 232 T 36 Matthew Oates 79 76 81 236 T 53 Chad Spencer 75 79 86 240 61 Ryan Salinas 77 86 78 241 T 67 Johnathan Porter 83 87 79 249 12 Richmond, Univ. of 314 327 302 943 T 24 Jordan Utley 74 83 74 231 T 36 Billy Hanes 77 82 77 236 T 44 John Pelet 82 80 76 238 T 44 Grant Rafield 81 82 75 238 71 Hunter Townsend 83 89 80 252 13 Wyoming, U. of 321 333 322 976 T 44 Jeff Franks 79 82 77 238 T 53 Niel King 81 80 79 240 66 Ryne Paulson 83 83 82 248 72 Casey Ruff 81 88 84 253 74 Max Curnow 80 92 87 259