SPICEWOOD, Texas – In the hunt for the top three teams heading into the final day of play, the East Texas Baptist University men's golf team finished tied for third in the Linda Lowery Invitational with a 594 (294-300). They tied LeTourneau University (296-298) and were 19 strokes off the winner in Concordia Texas (287-288=575).

Hank Crain once again finished as ETBU's leader shooting a 71 on the second day improving his score to 144 (73-71) for a tie in third place. Colby Dupuis (75-73) and Jack Sladek (68-80) each finished tied for 11th at 148 strokes. Tyler Jones shot two strokes better on day two with a 76 to finish with 154 strokes (78-76) and a tie for 27th. Michael Milstead was 37th with 161 (78-83) and Riley Griffin had the biggest improvement of the day eight shots (89-81) to finish with 170 and 42nd place.

Concordia University won their home event by 10 strokes over LeTourneau University while they would have the top three placings with Justin Skorheim finishing one stroke better than teammate Phillip Schmitz. ETBU's next tournament will be on Apr. 12th-13th in Oklahoma City, Okla.