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No. 22 UNLV upset seven of the top 10 teams in the country in winning its own Southern Highlands Collegiate.

The Rebels shot a final-round 293 at Southern Highlands Golf Club in Las Vegas to finish at 5-over 869, two shots ahead of No. 4 Charlotte (293). Top-ranked Georgia (298) finished third at 872, while No. 7 USC (298) and fifth-ranked UCLA (297) rounded out the top five.


UNLV won its second title of the year; it also claimed the Shootout at Angel Park in Las Vegas. The Rebels have won the Southern Highlands Collegiate in three of the past four years.

“This is a big win because of the quality of the field,” UNLV coach Dwaine Knight said. “It was an NCAA Championship-caliber field, which made the win that much more special. Regardless of the outcome, I knew going into today we would learn a lot playing with the No. 1 team in the country in Georgia and No. 3 Charlotte.

“Our guys now understand that sometimes you don’t have to play your very best to win, but you do have to gut it out, which is what we did.”

USC’s Rory Hie won his second career individual title on the first hole of a playoff with Charlotte’s Jonas Enader Hedin and Georgia’s Hudson Swafford after the trio finished at 3-under 213. Hie and Hedin shot final-round 73s, while Swafford closed with a 77 after starting the final round with a four-shot lead.

Hie is No. 27 in the Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings.

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Final scores with relation to par from the Southern Highlands Collegiate, played March 7-9 at the par-72, 7,510-yard Southern Highlands Golf Club in Las Vegas (Note: x-won playoff; y-played as individual):

TEAMS
1. UNLV	288-288-293–869	+	5
2. Charlotte	289-289-293–871	+	7
3. Georgia	289-285-298–872	+	8
4. USC	285-295-298–878	+	14
5. UCLA	288-296-297–881	+	17
6. Texas A&M	291-293-300–884	+	20
7. Arizona St.	298-291-296–885	+	21
8. Florida	293-301-300–894	+	30
9. Oklahoma St.	297-304-294–895	+	31
10. Georgia Tech	297-295-305–897	+	33
10. Arizona	297-296-304–897	+	33
12. Texas	305-296-297–898	+	34
13. Minnesota	306-309-293–908	+	44
14. Hawaii	308-317-317–942	+	78
15. Air Force	319-315-320–954	+	90
• • •
INDIVIDUALS
1. x-Rory Hie, USC	71-69-73--213		-3
1. J. Enander Hedin, Charlotte	68-72-73--213		-3
1. Hudson Swafford, Georgia	70-66-77--213		-3
4. Erik Flores, UCLA	70-70-74--214		-2
4. Robert Gates, Jr., Texas A&M	72-68-74--214		-2
4. Adam Mitchell, Georgia	71-70-73--214		-2
7. Rickie Fowler, Okla. St.	70-73-73--216		E
7. Jamie Lovemark, USC	69-75-72--216		E
7. Cameron Tringale, Ga. Tech	71-69-76--216		E
10. Seung-su Han, UNLV	75-66-76--217	+	1
10. Billy Horschel, Florida	71-72-74--217	+	1
12. Chesson Hadley, Ga. Tech	73-71-74--218	+	2
13. Andrew DiBitetto, Charlotte	74-74-71--219	+	3
13. Nacho Elvira, Texas A&M	78-71-70--219	+	3
15. Brett Kanda, UNLV	74-75-71--220	+	4
15. Eddie Olson, UNLV	71-73-76--220	+	4
15. Stefan Wiedergruen, Charlotte	75-68-77--220	+	4
18. Charlie Holland, Texas	73-75-73--221	+	5
18. Jesper Kennegard, ASU	76-73-72--221	+	5
18. Matt Kinsinger, UNLV	68-74-79--221	+	5
21. Knut Borsheim, ASU	76-73-73--222	+	6
21. Harris English, Georgia	74-75-73--222	+	6
21. Tarquin MacManus, Arizona	75-69-78--222	+	6
24. Ryan Perez, Hawaii	73-74-76--223	+	7
24. Scott Pinckney, ASU	70-76-77--223	+	7
24. Manny Villegas, Florida	72-75-76--223	+	7
27. Phillip Francis, UCLA	72-77-75--224	+	8
27. Matthew Giles, USC	69-77-78--224	+	8
27. Trevor Murphy, Charlotte	72-76-76--224	+	8
27. Corey Nagy, Charlotte	76-75-73--224	+	8
31. Tyler Brown, Florida	76-76-73--225	+	9
31. Stephan Gross, ASU	79-70-76--225	+	9
31. Jason Kang, UCLA	72-75-78--225	+	9
31. Craig Leslie, UCLA	74-74-77--225	+	9
31. Tyler Neal, Arizona	76-73-76--225	+	9
36. Bronson Burgoon, Texas A&M	71-81-74--226	+	10
36. Kevin Chappell, UCLA	77-78-71--226	+	10
36. y-Trey Denton, Arizona	77-73-76--226	+	10
36. Tom Glissmeyer, USC	76-74-76--226	+	10
36. Trent Leon, Okla. St.	80-76-70--226	+	10
36. Braxton Marquez, ASU	76-75-75--226	+	10
36. Clayton Rask, Minnesota	74-80-72--226	+	10
43. Roberto Galleti, Arizona	77-77-73--227	+	11
43. y-CJ Gatto, UNLV	73-80-74--227	+	11
43. Creighton Honeck, Arizona	69-81-77--227	+	11
43. Bobby Hudson, Texas	78-74-75--227	+	11
43. y-Brandon Loska, UNLV	74-75-78--227	+	11
43. Ji Moon, UNLV	81-76-70--227	+	11
43. Ben Pisani, Minnesota	77-77-73--227	+	11
43. Mikael Salminen, Minnesota	79-77-71--227	+	11
51. Victor Almstrom, Minnesota	76-75-77--228	+	12
51. Lance Lopez, Texas	75-77-76--228	+	12
53. Taylor Hall, Ga. Tech	73-78-78--229	+	13
53. Russell Henley, Georgia	74-80-75--229	+	13
53. Toby Ragland, Florida	74-78-77--229	+	13
56. Jon McLean, Okla. St.	79-75-76--230	+	14
56. Tim Sluiter, USC	76-77-77--230	+	14
56. Kevin Tway, Okla. St.	75-80-75--230	+	14
56. Matt Van Zandt, Texas A&M	73-73-84--230	+	14
60. Donald Constable, Texas	79-73-80--232	+	16
60. Jace Moore, Texas	85-74-73--232	+	16
62. Shaun O'Bryant, Air Force	80-75-78--233	+	17
63. Brian Harman, Georgia	82-74-79--235	+	19
63. y-Jarred Texter, UNLV	76-81-78--235	+	19
63. Tom Whitney, Air Force	77-79-79--235	+	19
66. y-Jeremiah Wooding, UNLV	79-70-87--236	+	20
67. J.T. Griffin, Ga. Tech	80-80-77--237	+	21
68. Austin Schauer, Texas A&M	75-81-82--238	+	22
68. Will Strickler, Florida	79-80-79--238	+	22
68. Trent Whitekiller, Okla. St.	73-86-79--238	+	22
71. David Dragoo, Ga. Tech	80-77-82--239	+	23
71. Jonathan Khan, Arizona	81-77-81--239	+	23
71. Travis Toyama, Hawaii	80-80-79--239	+	23
71. Kyle Walters, Hawaii	75-84-80--239	+	23
75. Cody Pewarchuk, Hawaii	80-79-82--241	+	25
76. Bob Whitney, Air Force	83-82-78--243	+	27
77. Andrew Gibson, Air Force	82-79-85--246	+	30
78. Kyle Bailey, Air Force	80-83-85--248	+	32
79. y-Johnny Pinjuv, UNLV	90-81-80--251	+	35

Posted: 3/10/2008

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