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UTEP Men’s Golf Concludes Regular Season with Sixth-Place Finish at Mississippi State’s Old Waverly Collegiate Championship Tuesday

4/15/2025 3:41:00 PM

RESULTS: RD1 | RD2 | RD3 | LEADERBOARD

WEST POINT, Miss. – UTEP men's golf moved up another three spots to finish in sixth place and no. 149 Max Schliesing tied for fourth on the final day of regular-season competition at Mississippi State's Old Waverly Collegiate Championship at Old Waverly Golf Club (par 72 | 7,088 yards) on Tuesday afternoon.

UTEP (302-283-294—879) carded the second-best score in round three to climb three spots up the leaderboard and place sixth out of 13 schools. It was the Miners' best finish since their second-place showing at the Vaqueros Intercollegiate on Feb. 2-4. UTEP led the field with five eagles and finished with 49 birdies, the third most during the two-day event.

Following a 1-over par 73 in the first round, Schliesing (73-67-70—210, -6) penciled in a 67 in round two to catapult 21 spots. The redshirt senior followed with a 2-under par 70 in the third round to climb up another seven spots to finish tied for fourth. Schliesing tallied a team-most 14 birdies and an eagle on hole 2 in round three. Schliesing tied for the lead, shooting 10-under on par 5 holes. Schliesing finished ahead of nine golfers ranked in the top 150.

Tournament team champion, no. 3 Ole Miss (265-271-289—825, -39) never looked back after taking a commanding lead on day one. The Rebels shot the lowest team round in event history on the first 18 holes – 23-under par 265 on Monday. Ole Miss totaled a tournament-most 74 birdies. Ole Miss finished the tournament at 39-under, a new tournament low-54. The previous record was 20-under par by Georgia in 2021.

No. 15 Alabama (277-286-295—858, -6) finished in second place. Host no. 32 Mississippi State (280-281-298—859, -5) and Troy (282-282-295—859, -5) tied for third place. Murray State (301-308-324—933, +69) was last.

Dylan Teeter (73-70-72—215, -1) moved seven spots up to 14^th after shooting even par 72 in round three. Teeter recorded nine birdies. Teeter finished ahead of four competitors who are ranked in the top 150.

Patrick Foley (77-74-76—227) finished tied for 45^th after moving up seven spots. Foley had 10 birdies and eagled hole 9 in round two.

After moving six spots up, Alexandre Godin (80-73-76—229) finished tied for 58^th. Godin tallied nine birdies.

Massimo De Giorgi (79-73-78—230) finished 61^st. De Giorgi led the field with a trio of eagles. The freshman eagled hole 2 in round 1 and holes 10 and 15 in round 2.

Ole Miss' no. 78 Tom Fischer (65-67-71—203) and no. 8 Michael La Sasso (67-67-69—203) tied for the individual championship at 13-under par. Fischer's first-round score on Monday was tied for the third-lowest individual round in OWCC history. Fischer and La Sasso's scores tied the individual low-54 in tournament history. The record was previously set by Marcus Byrd of Middle Tennessee in 2019.

Ole Miss' no. 66 Kye Meeks (67-66-75—208, -8) finished in third, five strokes behind the leaders. ULM's no. 95 Louis Anceaux (68-66-76—210, -6) tied for fourth with Schliesing.

UP NEXT
UTEP will take the links at the 2025 Conference USA Men's Golf Championship in Texarkana, Ark., at Texarkana Country Club on April 21-24. The Miners came up in last year's match play final against Liberty. UTEP was the fourth seed during last year's match play and beat top-seeded LA Tech to advance to the championship round.

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