Final Results
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Championship Interview
GLEN ROSE, Texas – After a strong third round of competition, the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor men rallied for a two-stroke victory to win the 2014 American Southwest Conference Men’s Golf Championship on Tuesday at Squaw Valley Golf Club.
It was the first ASC crown for the Crusaders since 2009 when Head Coach Aaron Rodeffer led UMHB to the title in his first year as head coach. UMHB (310-309-289=908) came back from a five-stroke deficit in the first round to tie the University of Texas at Tyler for first after the first day of competition. The Cru, led by 2014 Men’s Golf Individual Champion Robby Schimmels (75-77-67=219) fired a tournament-low 289 in the final round to secure the two-stroke victory.
Texas-Tyler finished second with a 305-314-291=910, led by individual runners-up Chapman Herwood (73-75-74=222) and Cody Gilbert (74-78-70=222).
Concordia Texas (310-317-295=922) was the third place team, followed by the University of Texas at Dallas (324-314-299=937) and Louisiana College (312-320-306=938). Hardin-Simmons finished sixth (335-318-307=960) while LeTourneau carded a 346-353-315=1014 for seventh.
Schimmels fired a tournament-low 67 to earn the individual medal after finishing runner-up a year ago. Teammate Stayton Lindeman carded a 77-79-69=225 to finish fifth individually, followed by Pablo Mena Medrano (80-75-76=231), Jarrod Brown (78-78-77=233) and Justin Judkins (83-86-78=247).
UMHB’s Lindeman, Texas-Tyler’s Herwood and Gilbert and Louisiana College’s Daniel Deloach (72-80-72=224) all earned ASC First Team All-Conference honors. Concordia Texas’s Brad Goodlander (77-78-71=226), Josh Hernandez (75-78-77=230) and Jack Cersosimo (78-80-73=231) all earned ASC Second Team All-Conference. Louisiana College’s AJ Gaudin (75-76-79=230), Texas-Dallas’s Ryan Bell (79-81-70=230) and UMHB’s Mena-Medrano were also second-team honorees.
Hardin-Simmons’ Sean Aleman was named the Sportsmanship Athlete of the Year, while UMHB Head Coach Aaron Rodeffer earned his second ASC Men’s Golf Coach of Year title.
UMHB earned the league’s automatic qualifier to the NCAA Division III National Championships and will compete at Grandover Resort in Greensboro, N.C. May 13-16. The NCAA Division III championship selections will air May 5 on NCAA.com.
Final Team Scores
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1. Mary Hardin-Baylor |
310-309-289=908 |
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2. Texas-Tyler |
305-314-291=910 |
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3. Concordia Texas |
310-317-295=922 |
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4. Texas-Dallas |
324-314-299=937 |
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5. Louisiana College |
312-320-306=938 |
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6. Hardin-Simmons |
335-318-307=960 |
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7. LeTourneau |
346-353-315=1014 |
Individual Awards
Individual Champion - Robby Schimmels, Mary Hardin-Baylor
Sportsmanship Athlete of the Year - Sean Aleman, Hardin-Simmons
Coach of the Year - Aaron Rodeffer, Mary Hardin-Baylor
First-Team All-Conference
1. Robby Schimmels, Mary Hardin-Baylor –
Individual Champion (75-77-67=219)
T2. Chapman Herwood, Texas-Tyler (73-75-74=222)
T2. Cody Gilbert, Texas-Tyler (74-78-70=222)
4. Daniel Deloach, Louisiana College (72-80-72=224)
5. Stayton Lindeman, Mary Hardin-Baylor (77-79-69=225)
Second-Team All-Conference
6. Brad Goodlander, Concordia Texas (77-78-71=226)
T7. AJ Gaudin, Louisiana College (75-76-79=230)
T7. Z. Ryan Bell, Texas-Dallas (79-81-70=230)
T7. Josh Hernandez, Concordia Texas (75-78-77=230)
T10. Jack Cersosimo, Concordia Texas (78-80-73=231)
T10. Pablo Mena-Medrano, Mary Hardin-Baylor (80-75-76=231)