Men's Golf | 2/21/2017 6:01:00 PM

Mobile, Ala. – The Texas State men's golf team moved up a spot to finish in eighth place at the Mobile Sports Authority Intercollegiate on Tuesday as the Bobcats opened their spring schedule carding a 16-over-par 880 (294-289-297) in the three-round tournament on Monday and Tuesday.
 
Sophomore Chase Ambrose led the Bobcats as he tied for 19th place in the individual standings after shooting two-over-par in the final round on the Par-72, 7,212-yard Magnolia Grove Crossings Golf Course. Ambrose ended the tournament with a three-round 2-over-par 216 (72-70-74).
 
Freshman Logan Lockwood posted Texas State's best score in the third round when he shot an even-par, 72, and ended the tournament at 6-over-par (73-76-72).
 
Senior Anthony McGeorge joined Ambrose in shooting two-over-par, and junior Xander Basson shot a 5-over-par 77 to round out Texas State's team score on Tuesday. McGeorge and Basson both finished the tournament at 12-over par, 228.
 
Senior David Faraudo Godinez carded a 6-over-par 78 in Tuesday's final round and finished the tournament at 7-over-par, 223 (72-73-78). He and Ambrose were two of the eight players who hit an eagle at the tournament. Basson led the Bobcats with 11 birdies during the three days, while Ambrose and Faraudo Godinez each had eight birdies and Lockwood finished the tournament with seven.
 
The Bobcats had three other players participating in an individual tournament. Freshman Calvin Ross had the top score among those three as he finished at 18-over-par, 231 (75-79-77). Another freshman, Inigo Benaran, finished the tournament at +23 and redshirt  senior Juan Carlos Benitez was at +29 in his first tournament of the year.
 
Texas State tied Southern Miss for eighth place after the Golden Eagles shot a 10-over-par 298 on the final day after carding a team score of 296 and 286 in the first two rounds.
 
Louisville shot a 1-over-par 289 in the final round to overtake South Alabama and win the team title with a three-day 8-under-par total, 856 (284-283-289). South Alabama finished the tournament shooting 6-over-par, 294, in the final round and ended the three rounds with a 5-under-par, 859 (278-287-294).
 
Mississippi State and Chattanooga tied for third place at 2-under (862). The Bulldogs finished the tournament at 3-over (291) in the final round, while the Mocs joined Cincinnati as the only two teams with an Even-Par score of 288 in the final round.
 
Georgia state finished in fifth place after ending the tournament with an even-par, 864 (289-283-292). The Panthers finished one shot ahead of Cincinnati (865, 290-287-288) and six shots ahead of Kansas State, who had a team score of 870 (287-290-293).
 
Chattanooga's Wes Gosselin and Georgia State's Alexander Herrmann shared individual medalist honors. Gosselin shot a 3-under-par 69 in the final round to overcome Herrmann's three-shot lead heading into the final round, and finished the tournament at 6-under-par, 210 (66-75-69). Herrmann also finished with at 6-under-par, 210 (71-67-72). Six players tied for third at 3-under-par.