Men's Golf: Lobos Defend Tucker Crown, Letzig Takes Individual HonorsRQUE - The University of New Mexico men's golf team took home its second-straight William H. Tucker Intercollegiate title, and - University of New Mexico Official Athletic Site

Men's Golf: Lobos Defend Tucker Crown, Letzig Takes Individual HonorsRQUE - The University of New Mexico men's golf team took home its second-straight William H. Tucker Intercollegiate title, and

Michael Letzig shot a -9 to claim the Tucker Crown

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ALBUQUERQUE - The University of New Mexico men's golf team took home its second-straight William H. Tucker Intercollegiate title, and senior Michael Letzig won individual honors, shooting a final round 2-under on his way to 9-under par for the tournament. Letzig is the first Lobo to win the individual title since Doug LaBelle tied for top honors in 1997.

The Lobos shot a disappointing 7-over as a team on the final day, but second-place UNLV (869, +5), could not catch up, shooting a final round 11-over par.

"I was a little disappointed in our play today, but we played well enough in the first two rounds to get the win," head coach Glen Millican. "This is a good way to start off the season."

Letzig won the individual title by three strokes, beating UNLV's Ryan Moore, who shot 6-under par. Three players were tied for third at -2.

"Michael had a great weekend, he really played well," Millican said. "He shot under par all three rounds and beat some tough competition. This should really jumpstart his year."

FINAL RESULTS William H. Tucker * Individual The Championship Course Albuquerque, NM Dates: 09/13 - 09/14 (Today:09-14-2002) Par: 72 Yardage: 7272

Fin. Name School Scores 1 Michael Letzig New Mexico 69 68 70 207 -9

2 Ryan Moore UNLV 69 69 72 210 -6

3 Ricky Barnes Arizona 71 69 74 214 -2 Michael Jurgensen Oregon St. 70 73 71 214 -2 Dan Swanson UTEP 70 72 72 214 -2

6 Stephen Carroll Colorado 74 71 70 215 -1 Nolan Martin Col. St. 72 72 71 215 -1 Greg Machtaler BYU 70 72 73 215 -1

9 Kurt Kowaluk Wyoming 70 75 71 216 E Chris Nallen Arizona 71 71 74 216 E Travis Whisman UNLV 73 72 71 216 E

12 Michael Putnam Pepperdine 74 73 70 217 +1 Madalitso Muthiya New Mexico 70 73 74 217 +1

14 John Lieber SanDiegoSt 76 70 72 218 +2 Brian Thornburg N. Mex. St 74 70 74 218 +2 Martin Flores Oklahoma 71 72 75 218 +2 Brooks Kelly Texas Tech 75 72 71 218 +2 John Hayes Col. St. 70 77 71 218 +2 Mark Warman SanDiegoSt 71 74 73 218 +2 *Andy Connell Arizona 70 73 75 218 +2

21 Daniel Summerhays BYU 79 73 67 219 +3

22 David Tasker Texas A&M 69 78 73 220 +4 Brad Jacobson Texas Tech 71 73 76 220 +4 David Schulz UNM JV 71 70 79 220 +4 Jay Reynolds UNM JV 73 74 73 220 +4 *John Ledak SanDiegoSt 73 71 76 220 +4

27 Randy Creighton Pepperdine 71 75 75 221 +5 Lars Johansson SanDiegoSt 73 74 74 221 +5 Jim Anderson New Mexico 73 73 75 221 +5 Andrew Dresser Texas Tech 74 69 78 221 +5

31 Ron Harvey, Jr. BYU 68 79 75 222 +6 Brien Davis UNLV 72 72 78 222 +6 Reid Hatley Arizona 70 76 76 222 +6 Gilberto Rodriguez SanDiegoSt 75 72 75 222 +6

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FINAL RESULTS William H. Tucker * Individual The Championship Course Albuquerque, NM Dates: 09/13 - 09/14 (Today:09-14-2002) Par: 72 Yardage: 7272

Fin. Name School Scores 31 Sean Deacon Oregon St. 71 73 78 222 +6 Ian Medlock New Mexico 69 77 76 222 +6 Brodie Flanders Oklahoma 73 73 76 222 +6

38 Martin Laird Col. St. 81 72 70 223 +7 Jake Morris N. Mex. St 81 69 73 223 +7 Casey Jones Texas Tech 75 74 74 223 +7 Doug Manor Oklahoma 70 73 80 223 +7

42 Stephen Reed Texas A&M 73 77 74 224 +8 Jeff Briggs UNM JV 80 71 73 224 +8 Brian O'Flaherty Pepperdine 76 75 73 224 +8 Mitch Carlson UNLV 77 69 78 224 +8 Andrew Scott SanDiegoSt 75 77 72 224 +8 Steve Newren Utah 73 74 77 224 +8 *Brandon Askew UNLV 72 74 78 224 +8

49 Chris Dieter Air Force 75 76 74 225 +9 Mark Hull Texas Tech 73 78 74 225 +9 Nathan Fritz UTEP 74 75 76 225 +9 John Kidwell Oklahoma 77 73 75 225 +9 Blaine Peffley Arizona 75 75 75 225 +9 *Nathan Lashley Arizona 74 80 71 225 +9

55 Tyler Symons UNM JV 76 75 75 226 +10 DannyBowen N. Mex. St 75 77 74 226 +10

57 Chance Holmes Oregon St. 74 78 75 227 +11 Brandon Daum Air Force 75 76 76 227 +11 Chris Baryla UTEP 71 75 81 227 +11 Kenny Coakley Oregon St. 71 79 77 227 +11 Jared Overton BYU 76 71 80 227 +11

62 Ben Kreger N. Mex. St 70 85 73 228 +12

63 Casey Fowles Utah 81 72 76 229 +13 Geoff Nuwash Col. St. 77 80 72 229 +13 Garrett Clegg Utah 75 79 75 229 +13 Daren Grieg Oregon St. 78 79 72 229 +13 Jae Choi New Mexico 75 74 80 229 +13

68 Shaun Helmle Texas A&M 80 76 74 230 +14 Adam Myers Air Force 79 73 78 230 +14

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FINAL RESULTS William H. Tucker * Individual The Championship Course Albuquerque, NM Dates: 09/13 - 09/14 (Today:09-14-2002) Par: 72 Yardage: 7272

Fin. Name School Scores 70 Trent Rommann UTEP 75 79 77 231 +15 Kipp Riehle Arizona 72 77 82 231 +15 Nick Summers Utah 77 81 73 231 +15 Rufus Brijalba UTEP 74 79 78 231 +15 Ryan Posey UNLV 74 75 82 231 +15

75 Jeff Hanson Colorado 80 75 77 232 +16 Chris Elliott Pepperdine 72 80 80 232 +16 Matthew Brunk Wyoming 75 77 80 232 +16

78 Luke Swilor Utah 76 81 76 233 +17 Jonathan Shuss Wyoming 79 76 78 233 +17 Tim Thoren Air Force 73 82 78 233 +17 Edward McGlasson Colorado 76 76 81 233 +17 Kevin McAlpine Col. St. 77 77 79 233 +17

83 Mike Rim Texas A&M 78 78 78 234 +18 Jeremy Kirkland UNM JV 76 79 79 234 +18 Derek O'Neill Colorado 77 77 80 234 +18 Jason Aichele Wyoming 80 75 79 234 +18 Alex Coe Pepperdine 78 78 78 234 +18 *Robert Stone Oklahoma 77 80 77 234 +18

89 Jim Renner Oklahoma 77 79 79 235 +19 Michael Brenneman Colorado 76 85 74 235 +19

91 Daryl McCoy Air Force 78 77 81 236 +20

92 Davis Nordell N. Mex. St 77 77 84 238 +22

93 Eric Baily Wyoming 80 81 80 241 +25 Parker Briley Texas A&M 83 78 80 241 +25

95 *Jeb Grueneberger New Mexico 80 82 80 242 +26 *Mark Schultz Texas A&M 81 77 84 242 +26

DQ Devin Heid BYU DQ 81 79 FINAL RESULTS William H. Tucker The Championship Course Albuquerque, NM Dates: 09/13 - 09/14 (Today:09-14-2002) Par: 72 Yardage: 7272

Fin. School Scores

1 New Mexico, U. of 281 288 295 864 1 Michael Letzig 69 68 70 207 T 12 Madalitso Muthiya 70 73 74 217 T 27 Jim Anderson 73 73 75 221 T 31 Ian Medlock 69 77 76 222 T 63 Jae Choi 75 74 80 229

2 UNLV 288 282 299 869 2 Ryan Moore 69 69 72 210 T 9 Travis Whisman 73 72 71 216 T 31 Brien Davis 72 72 78 222 T 42 Mitch Carlson 77 69 78 224 T 70 Ryan Posey 74 75 82 231

3 Arizona, U. of 284 291 299 874 T 3 Ricky Barnes 71 69 74 214 T 9 Chris Nallen 71 71 74 216 T 31 Reid Hatley 70 76 76 222 T 49 Blaine Peffley 75 75 75 225 T 70 Kipp Riehle 72 77 82 231

4 San Diego State U. 294 290 291 875 T 14 John Lieber 76 70 72 218 T 14 Mark Warman 71 74 73 218 T 27 Lars Johansson 73 74 74 221 T 31 Gilberto Rodriguez 75 72 75 222 T 42 Andrew Scott 75 77 72 224

5 Texas Tech Univ. 293 288 295 876 T 14 Brooks Kelly 75 72 71 218 T 22 Brad Jacobson 71 73 76 220 T 27 Andrew Dresser 74 69 78 221 T 38 Casey Jones 75 74 74 223 T 49 Mark Hull 73 78 74 225

6 Colorado State Univ. 296 298 284 878 T 6 Nolan Martin 72 72 71 215 T 14 John Hayes 70 77 71 218 T 38 Martin Laird 81 72 70 223 T 63 Geoff Nuwash 77 80 72 229 T 78 Kevin McAlpine 77 77 79 233

Check out Stats, Scores, and More: www.GOLFSTAT.COM FINAL RESULTS William H. Tucker The Championship Course Albuquerque, NM Dates: 09/13 - 09/14 (Today:09-14-2002) Par: 72 Yardage: 7272

Fin. School Scores

7 Brigham Young Univ. 293 295 294 882 T 6 Greg Machtaler 70 72 73 215 21 Daniel Summerhays 79 73 67 219 T 31 Ron Harvey, Jr. 68 79 75 222 T 57 Jared Overton 76 71 80 227 DQ Devin Heid DQ 81 79

8 New Mexico State U. 296 293 294 883 T 14 Brian Thornburg 74 70 74 218 T 38 Jake Morris 81 69 73 223 T 55 DannyBowen 75 77 74 226 62 Ben Kreger 70 85 73 228 92 Davis Nordell 77 77 84 238

9 Oregon State U. 286 303 295 884 T 3 Michael Jurgensen 70 73 71 214 T 31 Sean Deacon 71 73 78 222 T 57 Chance Holmes 74 78 75 227 T 57 Kenny Coakley 71 79 77 227 T 63 Daren Grieg 78 79 72 229

10 New Mexico JV 296 290 300 886 T 22 David Schulz 71 70 79 220 T 22 Jay Reynolds 73 74 73 220 T 42 Jeff Briggs 80 71 73 224 T 55 Tyler Symons 76 75 75 226 T 83 Jeremy Kirkland 76 79 79 234

11 Oklahoma, U. of 291 291 305 887 T 14 Martin Flores 71 72 75 218 T 31 Brodie Flanders 73 73 76 222 T 38 Doug Manor 70 73 80 223 T 49 John Kidwell 77 73 75 225 T 89 Jim Renner 77 79 79 235

12 Pepperdine Univ. 293 301 296 890 T 12 Michael Putnam 74 73 70 217 T 27 Randy Creighton 71 75 75 221 T 42 Brian O'Flaherty 76 75 73 224 T 75 Chris Elliott 72 80 80 232 T 83 Alex Coe 78 78 78 234

Check out Stats, Scores, and More: www.GOLFSTAT.COM FINAL RESULTS William H. Tucker The Championship Course Albuquerque, NM Dates: 09/13 - 09/14 (Today:09-14-2002) Par: 72 Yardage: 7272

Fin. School Scores

13 Texas El Paso, U. of 289 301 303 893 T 3 Dan Swanson 70 72 72 214 T 49 Nathan Fritz 74 75 76 225 T 57 Chris Baryla 71 75 81 227 T 70 Trent Rommann 75 79 77 231 T 70 Rufus Brijalba 74 79 78 231

14 Colorado, U. of 303 299 301 903 T 6 Stephen Carroll 74 71 70 215 T 75 Jeff Hanson 80 75 77 232 T 78 Edward McGlasson 76 76 81 233 T 83 Derek O'Neill 77 77 80 234 T 89 Michael Brenneman 76 85 74 235

15 Utah, Univ. of 301 306 300 907 T 42 Steve Newren 73 74 77 224 T 63 Casey Fowles 81 72 76 229 T 63 Garrett Clegg 75 79 75 229 T 70 Nick Summers 77 81 73 231 T 78 Luke Swilor 76 81 76 233

16 Texas A&M University 300 309 299 908 T 22 David Tasker 69 78 73 220 T 42 Stephen Reed 73 77 74 224 T 68 Shaun Helmle 80 76 74 230 T 83 Mike Rim 78 78 78 234 T 93 Parker Briley 83 78 80 241

17 Air Force 301 302 306 909 T 49 Chris Dieter 75 76 74 225 T 57 Brandon Daum 75 76 76 227 T 68 Adam Myers 79 73 78 230 T 78 Tim Thoren 73 82 78 233 91 Daryl McCoy 78 77 81 236

18 Wyoming, U. of 304 303 308 915 T 9 Kurt Kowaluk 70 75 71 216 T 75 Matthew Brunk 75 77 80 232 T 78 Jonathan Shuss 79 76 78 233 T 83 Jason Aichele 80 75 79 234 T 93 Eric Baily 80 81 80 241

Check out Stats, Scores, and More: www.GOLFSTAT.COM FINAL RESULTS William H. Tucker The Championship Course Albuquerque, NM Dates: 09/13 - 09/14 (Today:09-14-2002) Par: 72 Yardage: 7272

Fin. Individuals School Scores

T 14 Andy Connell Arizona 70 73 75 218 T 22 John Ledak SanDiegoSt 73 71 76 220 T 42 Brandon Askew UNLV 72 74 78 224 T 49 Nathan Lashley Arizona 74 80 71 225 T 83 Robert Stone Oklahoma 77 80 77 234 T 95 Jeb Grueneberger New Mexico 80 82 80 242 T 95 Mark Schultz Texas A&M 81 77 84 242