Dallas Takes Eighth at Crusader Invitational

THACKERVILLE, Okla. - The University of Dallas men's golf team wrapped up the fall portion of their season by hosting the Crusader Invitational.  With Monday's round suspended due to inclement weather, a single round of 18 was played on Tuesday.  The Crusaders took eighth place in the field of 13 schools with a final score of 308; they finished five strokes ahead of Concordia-Texas, and two strokes behind Trinity University.  Letourneau University were the champions with a final score of 291, with UTD the runners-up at 298.

Karsten Paciotti and Jackson Lehner paced the team in a nine-way tie for 19th at +4 on the day.  Paciotti aprred five striaght holes to open his round and was very much in the hunt for a top three finish at +2 on the front nine.  Lehner birded on nine to also go into the back nine at +2.  They would end up four strokes out from a four-way tie for third place and six strokes behind the individual champion, Kaiden Schneider of LeTourneau.  

Rex Soulliere was not far behind them, finishing in a nine-way tie for 28th at +5 for the day.  Trey Schneider and Mason Hitt both finished at +7, while Anthony Prudence was +8 for the day.

This event marked the end of the fall season for the Crusaders.  Stay tuned and check in at udallasathletics.com for the release of the spring schedule.