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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss
SEC Championships
Rebels Finish 8th In SEC Men's Golf Championships
4/27/2003 | Men's Golf
April 27, 2003
ST. SIMON'S ISLAND, Ga. - The Ole Miss men's golf team held steady in the final round of action on Sunday, finishing eighth in the overall standings at the Southeastern Conference Championships with a score of 304-290-296-890.
Florida captured the overall title by firing a 9-under-par final round, bringing home the trophy with a three-day score of 292-293-271-856. The Gators' Brett Stegmaier claimed the individual title with a score of 67-72-64-203.
"We didn't finish as high as we would have liked, but all-in-all it wasn't a bad tournament," said head coach Woody Cowart. "We have a lot of guys who gained valuable experience here and return all five of these players next season. We finished ahead of some good teams like Vanderbilt and that can only help us in our quest to get back to the NCAA Regionals."
Jordan Dempsey ended the tournament as the highest finisher on the Rebel squad. The junior from Jacksonville, Fla., finished tied for 19th overall thanks in large part to a strong second round that helped push the Rebels to the eighth-place finish. Dempsey carded a 76-68-74-218.
Lucas Boyd, a junior from Garland, Texas, carded the second best finish of the weekend for the Rebels thanks to a strong second round as well. Boyd fired an even par 70 in the second round to help Dempsey push the team to the eighth place finish. He tied for 29th with a score of 77-70-76-223.
Pope Spruiell recovered from his second round performance and fired a 72 in the final round of action to finish the event tied for 36th with a score of 75-78-72--225, while teammate Jarrod Gardner finished right behind him tied for 39th. Gardner fired a score of 76-74-77-227.
Freshman Jonathan Lenz rounded out the squad for Ole Miss, scoring a three-day total of 78-80-74-232 to tie for 50th in the overall standings.
The Rebels will return home to await word on postseason play with the NCAA Championships.
TEAM SCORES1. Florida 292-293-271-8562. Auburn 291-293-278-8623. Georgia 288-289-289-8664. Tennessee 289-288-293-8705. South Carolina 298-285-292-8756. Alabama 293-292-294-8797. Arkansas 299-291-291-8818. OLE MISS 304-290-296-8909. Kentucky 303-307-289-89910. Vanderbilt 302-310-290-90211. Miss. State 313-303-298-91412. LSU 315-309-293-917
INDIVIDUAL SCOREST19. Jordan Dempsey 76-68-74-218T29. Lucas Boyd 77-70-76-223T36. Pope Spruiell 75-78-72-225T39. Jarrod Gardner 76-74-77-227T50. Jonathan Lenz 78-80-74-232
