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 Junior Ricky Stout, who led WCU through the first two rounds, slipped into 15th at the spring-opening Argonaut Invitational. |
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March 3, 2009
Argonaut Invitational Final Results 
Pensacola, Fla. - Aided by a tourney-high 37 pars over the three-round event, Western Carolina junior transfer Tanner Briele finished tied for eighth to lead the Catamounts to a sixth-place showing in the spring season-opening Argonaut Invitational held at the par 72, 6,815-yard Pensacola Country Club.
The Univ. of Virginia claimed team championship honors by a stroke over commonwealth foe, Liberty, 286-to-287. Washington State was five strokes off the lead with a three-round score of 870, followed by James Madison in fourth at 884 and the United States Air Force Academy rounding out the top five at 889. WCU was five strokes in arrears in sixth after carding a team 298 on the final round.
Day one leader, Tom Whitney of Air Force, claimed individual medalist honors with a nine-under, 207, four strokes ahead of second-place Kevin Tucker from Washington State. Host West Florida's Kyle Scott was third at 212, followed by Will Collins from UVa., and Liberty's Robert Karlsson rounding out the top five.
Briele fired the Catamounts' lowest round on the final day with a one-under, 71, to move 10 spots in the final standings from 18th after two to eighth on Tuesday. Day one leader, junior Ricky Stout, dropped into a tie for 15th with a three-over 75 on the final 18 holes to finish the tournament at 221.
Briele and Stout each finished tied for second in par 4 scoring at one-under (3.97) for the tournament.
Seniors Andres Cuenca and Dustin Furnari finished tied for 31st and 47th, respectively, while Drew Miller rounded out Western's scorers in a tied for 52nd.
Western Carolina will stay in the "Sunshine State" of Florida to compete in the Seminole Intercollegiate, hosted by Florida State at the Golden Eagle Country Club in Tallahassee, Fla., March 6-9.
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