MADISON, Miss. - West Alabama Men's Golf set the new program 54-hole record with 11-over par 875 to tie for second place in the Mississippi College Invitational at the Lake Caroline Golf Club on Tuesday. Harris Stevens set the new UWA record with 4-under 212 through 54-holes.
 
The Tigers tied with Meridian Community College with 291 in the third round, but with a 279 in the first round and 295 in the second, Meridian CC went on to win the tournament with 1-over 865. UWA's score in the final round bumped it up two places in the standings to tie with William Carey University for second place.
 
Competing unattached to the Tiger group, Stevens tied for third place overall breaking his personal best previously set in both of the first rounds. His score of 70 in round three, along with 71 in each of the first two rounds, gave him the school record which was set in the Tiger's inaugural season by Trevor Page with 1-uner 215 on October 29, 2013. He tied with Bryce Jackson of William Carey, trailing the overall leader, Meridian CC's Grant Renegar, by three strokes.
 
Brannon O'Pry and Andrew Cronwright each set their career best 54-hole scores, while Will Morrison and Logan Archer both matched their personal lows. O'Pry improved seven places from day one to lead the group from UWA with 218. He finished the day with 71.  
 
Cronwright continued to shatter his personal best in the tournament, having already matched the school record of 69 in round two, he tallied 70 in round one to finish with 219 tied for 12^th place. His score breaks his previous best by 12 strokes, originally set in the LMU Spring Kickoff on Feb. 16.  
 
Morrison placed 16^th with 74 in the third round to tie his three-round best of 221. Logan Archer finished with his best of 222, shooting 76 on the day. Chance Caylor rounded out the group with a combined 227, carding 78 in the final round.
 
Competing in his first three-round event as a Tiger, Hugo Rehlinger established his personal low at 231. Samual Bradley finished with 234. Both Rehlinger and Bradley competed unattached.
 
West Alabama Men's Golf returns to action in the Panther Invitational hosted by Florida Tech on March 5^th – 8^th. It will be held at Baytree National Golf Links in Melbourne, Fla.
 

Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Team	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total	Par
1	1	1	Meridian CC	279	295	291	865	+1
T6	4	T2	West Alabama	301	283 (#)	291	875 (#)	+11
4	2	T2	William Carey	297	281	297	875	+11
T6	6	4	Copiah-Lincoln CC	301	294	300	895	+31
3	5	5	Millsaps	295	292	309	896	+32
2	3	6	Christian Brothers	285	298	318	901	+37
T8	8	7	Trevecca Nazarene	303	301	298	902	+38
5	7	8	Mississippi College	299	304	307	910	+46
11	9	9	Union University (Tenn.)	310	299	314	923	+59
T8	10	10	Webster	303	315	309	927	+63
12	13	11	Belhaven	315	318	310	943	+79
10	12	T12	East Central CC	304	325	315	944	+80
13	11	T12	Mississippi College (B)	317	311	316	944	+80
14	14	14	Louisiana College	321	331	319	971	+107

 

Finish	Golfer	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total
T3 (Unattached)	Harris Stevens	71	71	70 (%)	212 (#, %)
T8	Brannon O'Pry	76	71	71	218 (%)
T12	Andrew Cronwright	80	69 (#, %)	70	219 (%)
16	Will Morrison	73	74	74	221 (%)
T17	Logan Archer	75	71 (%)	76	222 (%)
T29	Chance Caylor	77	72	78	227
T36 (Unattached)	Hugo Rehlinger	78	74 (%)	79	231 (%)
T45 (Unattached)	Samuel Bradley	78	76	80	234

# - Denotes program record
% - Denotes personal record