TYLER, Texas - Jamie Gibson led Centenary at the UT Tyler Fall Invitational, but it was the host Patriots who captured the team title while Mary Hardin-Baylor's Robby Schimmels took the individual victory.
Schimmels knocked off four strokes from his opening-day 74 to make up two strokes on UT Tyler's John Dukes to force a playoff, where Schimmels prevailed at the par-71 Cascades Golf Club.
Gibson fired consecutive 77s to lead Centenary to an 11th-place finish in the 12-team field, followed by Zander Winston, who sliced 11 shots off his first-round 83. Winston wrapped up the tournament three shots back of Gibson's 154. Of the four Gents who played in both tournaments, Winston leads the crew with a 75.3 average and is the only golfer to break 70 with a 69 at the Derrall Foreman Invitational.
The Gents capped the tournament just one stroke behind Mississippi College and Hardin-Simmons. As a team, Centenary improved by twelve strokes, shooting a combined 322 Monday and 310 Tuesday.
Andres Forese and Matt Delaney helped shave 12 strokes as Forese fired a 78 Tuesday, five better than Monday's 83. Delaney followed his first-round 89 with an 82. John Sidery finished between the two after firing a 78 Monday and an 85 Tuesday.
Heading into the tournament, Centenary was No. 6 in Division III with a 74.10 team average, just .10 points behind the University of New Orleans to break the top three. Oglethorpe's 72.58 leads the country, followed by SCAC foe Trinity University (73.53).
Fin. Centenary Golfers Scores
T 22 Jamie Gibson 77 77 154
T 29 Zander Winston 84 73 157
T 40 Andres Forese 83 78 161
T 45 John Sidery 78 85 163
60 Matt Delaney 89 82 171
Fin. School Scores
1 Texas - Tyler 292 293 585 +17
2 Mary Hardin-Baylor 304 299 603 +35
3 Trinity University 307 300 607 +39
4 UT Tyler-Orange 306 304 610 +42
5 Louisiana College 314 305 619 +51
6 Concordia U. (TX) 316 305 621 +53
7 Texas - Dallas 315 307 622 +54
8 Schreiner University 310 313 623 +55
9 Mississippi College 307 324 631 +63
Hardin-Simmons Univ. 321 310 631 +63
11 Centenary College 322 310 632 +64
12 Hendrix College 327 323 650 +82
