JAGUARS FINISH STRONG
4/14/2005

Alexandria, LA – The Southern University Jaguars golf team ended the 2005 Southwestern Athletic Conference Golf championships five strokes shy of third place to come in fourth and end their season.

            “Why they didn’t shoot the first two rounds of the tournament like they shot today,” said head coach Willie Williams.  “If we would have shot like that all year we would have done better in a lot of tournaments.”

            Southern shot a 305 their best round during the championship.  They were led by sophomore Lee Njoroge who shot a 75 to go along with his 76 in the first round and 79 in the second for a total of 230 for the tournament.  Njoroge finished fifth in individual scoring and was named to the All-Tournament team.

            “Lee did a good job the entire tournament,” Williams said.  “He lead the team when we needed him to.”

            The Jackson State University Tigers won their 18th straight golf championship.

            For the tournament junior Martin Benson shot an 82-92-87 for a total score of 261.  Freshmen Wayne Birch finished the tournament with a 79-80-74 for a total of 233, while Clarence Preston shot 84-84-76 for a tournament total of 244. Freshman Romer Alcala ended his first year at SU shooting 83-90-80 for a total of 253.

            The top three scores were as follows, Jackson State University 903, Texas Southern University 935, University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff 954 and Southern University 958.

 

 

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