March 13, 2004

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Morris Williams Intercollegiate

Dates: Mon.-Tue., March 15-16
Location: Austin C.C.; Austin, Texas
Par/Yardage: 72/6,906
Host: Texas
Field: 15 (Arkansas, Baylor, BYU, California, Fresno State, Houston, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Pepperdine, SMU, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M, Tulsa, Virginia).

The Baylor men's golf team heads down I-35 to compete in the Morris Williams Intercollegiate hosted by Texas Monday and Tuesday at Austin Country Club in Austin. The Bears are looking to keep a hot streak going as they are coming off consecutive first- and second-place finishes, including an individual title.

The Bears are coming off a nine-stroke victory at the Hyatt/Puerto Rico Intercollegiate at Dorado Beach Golf Club in San Juan last week, their first team title under first-year head coach Greg Priest.

Junior Ryan Baca, who won the UTSA Roadrunner Intercollegiate two weeks ago, once again led the way for Baylor, tying for seventh, while freshman Jeremy Alcorn posted his second straight Top-10 finish by tying for 10th.

BAYLOR LINEUP

Player            2003-04 AverageJeremy Alcorn     74.27 (18)Jon Antunes       75.13 (23)Ryan Baca         72.73 (23)Will Doughtie     75.85 (20)Jeremy Frye       73.95 (20)Will McDonald*    76.00 (12)*competing as an individual

* Jeremy Alcorn [Freshman]: Tied for 10th (78-69-71=218) in his last tournament at the Hyatt/Puerto Rico Intercollegiate (3/7-3/9)...Fired a career-low 69 in the second round at the Hyatt/Puerto Rico Intercollegiate...Had a career-high finish, tying for seventh with a career-low 216 (71-74-71) at the Roadrunner Intercollegiate (3/1-3/2)...Tied for 58th (72-75-80=227) at the Gator Invitational (1/31-2/1)...Played in three tournaments in the fall... Best finish was 29th at the C.C. of Louisiana Invitational...Average score was 75.22 for nine rounds...Also finished 33rd at the Baylor Invitational.

* Jon Antunes [Senior]: Tied for 12th (74-70-75=219), his highest finish of the year and lowest round (70), in his last outing at the Hyatt/Puerto Rico Intercollegiate...Tied for 26th (75-74-74=223) at the UTSA Roadrunner Intercollegiate (3/1-3/2)...Tied for 41st (76-71-76=223) at the Gator Invitational (1/31-2/1)...Competed in five tournaments this fall...Had a season-best finish of tied for 22nd with a season-low 54 hole total of 218 at the C.C. of Louisiana Invitational...Fired a season-low 70 in the first round of the Stonebridge Invitaional...Made the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

* Ryan Baca [Junior]: Posted second straight Top-10 finish by tying for seventh (73-71-73=217) at the Hyatt/Puerto Rico IntercollegiateCaptured his third career title with a score of 209 (72-70-67) at the UTSA Roadrunner Intercollegiate (3/1-3/2)...Fired a season-low 4-under par 67 in the final round...Tied for 15th (76-69-72=217) at the Gator Inviational (3/1-3/2)...Traveled to all five tournaments this fall...Finished the fall with a stroke average of 73.57...Had his highest finish of the fall by tying for second at the C.C. of Lousiana Invitational with a season-low total of 211...Fired four rounds of 69 (twice at the C.C. of Louisana and once each at the Mason Rudolph Invitational and the Baylor Invitational)...Has fired scores of even-par or better in seven of his last 12 rounds.

* Will Doughtie [Sophomore]: Tied for 26th (84-74-72=230) in his last outing at the Hyatt/Puerto Rico Intercollegiate...Tied for 52nd (78-76-76=230) at the UTSA Roadrunner Intercollegiate (3/1-3/2)...Finished 65th (78-75-77=230) at the Gator Invitational (1/31-2/1)...Competed in four tournaments in the fall...Highest finish was a tie for eighth at the William H. Tucker with a season-low total of 216 (74-70-72)...Twice had season-low rounds of 70, once at the William H. Tucker and again at the Baylor Invitational.

* Jeremy Frye [Freshman]: Tied for 16th (73-82-70=225) in his last appearance at the Hyatt/Puerto Rico Intercollegiate...Tied for 22nd (73-76-73=222) at the UTSA Roadrunner Intercollegiate (3/1-3/2)...Tied for 41st (71-73-79=223) in his last outing at the Gator Invitational...Played in four tournaments in the fall...Finished fourth at the Baylor Invitational shooting back-to-back sub 70 rounds...Also Finished tied for 15th at the Stonebridge Invitational...Ended the fall with the best stroke average on the team with a 73.54 for 11 rounds.

* Will McDonald [Sophomore]: Had his highest career finish by tying for 10th (72-74-72=218) in his first outing of the spring competing as an individual at the Hyatt/Puerto Rico Intercollegiate...Competed in three fall tournaments...Highest finish was tied for 33rd at the Baylor Invitational, where he shot a season-low 223 (74-75-74), including two season-low rounds of 74.

BAYLOR NOTES
Baylor at the Morris Williams Invitational
Baylor is making its third appearance (1990, 2003) in the tournament...The Bears finished ninth last year and 13th in 1990.

Baca, Alcorn Rolling
Junior Ryan Baca and freshman Jeremy Alcorn have each finished in the top 10 in their last two tournaments...Baca won the UTSA Roadrunner Intercollegiate two weeks ago and tied for seventh at the Hyatt/Puerto Rico Intercollegiate, while Alcorn tied for seventh at UTSA and tied for 10th at Puerto Rico...Alcorn also posted a career-low round of 69 in the second round at Puerto Rico.

Last Time Out
The Bears finished second at the Hyatt/Puerto Rico Intercollegiate...Junior Ryan Baca tied for seventh, while freshman Jeremy Alcorn and sophomore Will McDonald each tied for 10th.

Looking Ahead
Baylor will take a couple of weeks off before returning to action at the Border Olympics hosted by Texas A&M at Laredo Country Club in Laredo, Texas April 2-3.