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Lobos Move Up to Finish Tied for 8th at 51st Annual William H. Tucker Invitational

Beljan and Choi Adavance to Match Play at 105th U.S. AmateurBeljan and Choi Adavance to Match Play at 105th U.S. Amateur

Sept. 17, 2005

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The University of New Mexico men’s golf teams finished tied for 8th and alone in 15th at the 20-team 51st Annual William H. Tucker Invitational. The Lobo varsity team finished at 15-over par (297-294-288=879) on the par-72, 7,350 yard UNM Championship Course, while the UNM JV team finished at 27-over par (292-308-291=891). The Tucker championship went to UNLV at 13-under par (282-288-281=851) 10-strokes in front of BYU at 3-under par.

The Lobo varsity team was led by senior Jay Choi who tied for 17th at 1-over par (71-74-72=217). Following Choi was senior Mark Anderson tied for 23rd at 2-over par (72-75-71=218), freshman Nick Geyer tied for 39th at 4-over par (75-72-73=221), junior Charlie Beljan is tied for 60th at 8-over par (79-73-72=224) and sophomore Robb Bierbaum is tied for 72nd at 11-over par (79-75-73=227).

The second New Mexico team was led by freshmen Darrin Hall who is tied for 28th at 3-over par (71-76-72=219). Following Hall is freshmen Guillermo Chavez tied for 39th at 5-over par (71-80-70=221), freshmen Travis Reid tied for 72nd at 11-over par (75-75-77=227), freshmen Jacob Lestishen tied for 89th at 17-over par (83-77-73=233) and freshmen Dan Saltz tied for 98th at 21-over par (75-86-76=237).

Tucker medalist honors went to Andres Gonzalez of UNLV at 9-under par winning by two-strokes over teammate Jared Texter.

The Lobos return to action on Sept. 27-29 at the NCAA Preview in Bend, Ore.