KERRVILLE, Texas – The Texas State men's golf team posted its  lowest single-round score in 25 years, and shot seven strokes better than New Mexico State in the final round to win their first tournament of the season at the Big Texan Tournament on Tuesday afternoon.
 
In the wire-to-wire victory, the Bobcats posted their lowest score since 1994 in the first round when they shot a 17-under-par 271 team total on the Par-72, 7,059-yard Comanche Trail Course. Texas State shot 8-under-par during each of the final two rounds to claim its first win after opening this spring with four consecutive top six finishes. All five Bobcat players ended the Big Texan tournament with under-par scores.  
 
Texas State had its lowest 54-hole team total for the second straight week after finishing the Lake Charles Toyota Invitational with a total of 846 last week. The Bobcats bettered that score by 15 strokes at the Big Texan with a three-round total of 831 (271-280-280). New Mexico State finished in second place, eight shots back, after shooting 1-under-par in the final round (278-274-287-839). Abilene Christian finished in third place (285-27-284-845) and the host school, UTRGV, (286-276-284-846) finished in fourth place.

Calvin Ross tied for medalist honors with John Hill of Incarnate Word as he finished the tournament shooting 4-under-par in the final round. Ross (65-70-68-203) posted the second-lowest individual 54-hole total by a Bobcat since 1994. He had the top individual score in the first round when he shot 7-under-par. He entered Tuesday in a three-way tie for second place before storming back to win his first collegiate championship.

 
Dalton Hankamer posted his third straight top-10 finish when he tied Alex Clouse of Abilene Christian for 10th place at 7-under-par (67-69-73-209). He began the tournament shooting a 5-under-par 67 in the first round to mark the second straight round in which he posted a 67. He also had a 5-under-par score in the final round of last week's Lake Charles Toyota Invitational.
 
Logan Davis was one shot back of Hankamer and Clouse as he tied Ryan Fulton of New Orleans for 12th place after shooting under par in every round. Davis finished the tournament with a 210 total (69-71-70).
 

Logan Lockwood finished the tournament at 5-under after he posted a third round score of 1-under-par on Tuesday. Lockwood had a 54-hole total of 211 (70-70-71) to finish in 14th place in the individual standings.
 
Evan White tied for 17th place with Trevor Bailey of Incarnate Word after ending the tournament shooting 2-under par (71-73-71-214).
 
Texas State doesn't have much time to celebrate as the Bobcats travel to Sam Houston State's Bearkat Invitational next Monday-Tuesday (April 1-2) at the Walden on Lake Conroe Golf Club.