
Lein ties for 17th place at San Diego Intercollegiate
3/15/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
March 15, 2011
CHULA VISTA, Calif. - Long Beach State sophomore Benjamin Lein fired a 1-under par 71 in Tuesday's final round of the San Diego Intercollegiate to finish the 54-hole tournament at 6-over 222, tying for 17th place.
Lein was the top player for LBSU recording three birdies on the front-nine and just two bogeys on the back at the third and fifth holes.
LBSU shot a 381 to record a total score of 1141 (+61) to finish in seventh. UT Arlington and SMU tied for first-place as both teams finished at 13-over (1093). The tie-breaker between SMU and UT Arlington was broken with a card-off. Each team's No. 6 player's lowest score on day 3 was put head-to-head. Aaron Stewart's 73 beat Brad Lyle's 77 giving SMU the official championship victory.
Kevin Roy carded a 77 to finish the tournament with a 223 (+7), tying for 20th, while Philip Chian improved by four-strokes for a 74 to move up in the standings from 42nd to tie for 36th with a 228 (+12).
Kevin Lim tied for 46th with a final round 81 and Raymond Ho finished in 54th with a 78.
Paul McConnell of Texas-Arlington captured individual medalist with a 2-under, winning by one-stroke over Kelly Kraft of SMU (-1).
The 49ers return to action Mar. 28-29, traveling up the coast to Santa Barbara for the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate hosted by UC Santa Barbara.
San Diego Intercollegiate
San Diego Country Club, Chula Vista, Calif.
Mar. 14-15, 2011
Team Results
1. UT Arlington, 360-367-366--1093 (+13)
1. SMU, 360-364-369--1093 (+13)
3. San Diego State, 369-362-364--1095 (+15)
4. San Diego, 371-364-375--1110 (+30)
5. Fresno State, 365-381-367--1113 (+33)
6. Colorado State, 373-381-379--1133 (+53)
7. LONG BEACH STATE, 381-379-381--1141 (+61)
8. Nevada, 377-388-379--1144 (+64)
9. Air Force, 391-393-381--1165 (+85)
10. Hawai'i, 393-404-380--1177 (+97)
11. Cal State San Marcos, 388-394-400--1182 (+102)
12. Point Loma Nazarene, 395-396-393--1184 (+104)
Top 10 Individual Results
1. Paul McConnell, UT Arlington, 72-72-70--214 (-2)
2. Kelly Kraft, SMU, 70-69-76--215 (-1)
3. Wes Worster, UT Arlington, 74-71-71--216 (E)
3. Aaron Stewart, SMU, 68-75-73--216 (E)
5. Jason Shano, San Diego, 75-73-69--217 (+1)
5. Ryan Peterson, Colorado State, 71-73-73--217 (+1)
7. Alex Ching, San Diego, 71-68-79--218 (+2)
7. Manav Shah, San Diego, 73-73-72--218 (+2)
7. Todd Baek, San Diego State, 7-75-73--218 (+2)
7. Zack Fischer, UT Arlington, 72-73-73--218 (+2)
LBSU Individual Results
T17. Benjamin Lein, 78-73-71--222 (+6)
T20. Kevin Roy, 73-73-77--223 (+7)
T36. Philip Chian, 76-78-74--228 (+12)
T46. Kevin Lim, 73-78-81--232 (+16)
43. Raymond Ho, 81-77-78--236 (+20)