Cowboys Hold Steady in Second Place After Third Round at NCAA Championships

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STILLWATER – The Oklahoma State men's golf team remained in second place after Sunday's third round of stroke play at the NCAA Championships at Karsten Creek.

"It looked like we had a really good round going at the turn so we let a really good round get away, but we're still in good position," head coach Alan Bratton said. "We'll go iron that stuff out. I like where we're sitting in the overall score. The goal is to try to get a little bit better every day, and I think we shot the same score we did yesterday. I like where we're at. We'll just keep building momentum and get ready for another round tomorrow."

For the second-straight day, the Cowboys fired a 3-under 285 to get to 7-under on the weekend. OSU sits three shots behind first-place Duke, who turned in a course record 12-under 276 to jump three spots into the lead at 10-under par. Texas Tech is the only other team below par for the tournament at 3-under and occupy the third spot on the team leaderboard.

Cowboys Viktor Hovland, Matthew Wolff and Austin Eckroat are each under par after 54 holes and are currently in the top 15 of the individual race.

Hovland led the way for OSU on Sunday, dropping six birdies on the way to a 4-under 68 that was the lowest round for any Cowboy so far this weekend. He ends his day tied for seventh overall at 4-under and five shots back of individual leader Bryson Nimmer of Clemson.

Freshmen Wolff and Eckroat are both tied at 11th individually with a 3-under 54-hole total. Wolff carded a 3-under 69 after playing a consistent round in which he sank five birdies to only two bogeys. Eckroat shot an even 72 to preserve his 3-under total for the weekend.

"I feel really good," Wolff said. "Our team played pretty solid. I'd say today was definitely the hardest day. Pins were tucked in some corners and the wind picked up a little. I was pretty happy with how I played. I stayed really solid. I knew a good score out here would probably be even par considering it was playing a little harder. I just knew if I stuck to my gameplan and stayed solid that it would work out in the end.

"As a team, I feel really good about it. You stick us out here on this course four days in a row we're bound to have a really good round. We haven't yet, but we just need to stick to what we know."

Kristoffer Ventura shot a 4-over 76 to move to 9-over on the tournament, while Zach Bauchou turned in a 77 to move to 7-over.

Paired with Texas Tech and Duke, the Cowboys will tee off from the first hole for the final round of stroke play at 12:50 p.m. on Sunday.

Team Scores
1. Duke – 291-287-276 = 854(-10)
2. Oklahoma State – 287-285-285 = 857(-7)
3. Texas Tech – 284-287-290 = 861(-3)
4. Vanderbilt – 287-292-287 = 866(+2)
5. Oklahoma – 285-293-290 = 868(+4)

Player Scores
T7. Viktor Hovland – 73-71-68 = 212(-4)
T11. Austin Eckroat – 71-70-72 = 213 (-3)
T11. Matthew Wolff – 71-73-69 = 213(-3)
T68. Zach Bauchou – 75-71-77 = 223(+7)
T83. Kristoffer Ventura – 72-77-76 = 225(+9)

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Cowboys Hold Steady in Second Place After Third Round at NCAA Championships

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