Sept. 20, 2010

FT. Worth - After struggling through the opening 18 holes, Louisiana Tech rebounded in the afternoon as three Bulldogs shot in the red numbers at the 2010 UTA/Waterchase Invitational held at Waterchase Golf Club.

Led by Clinton Shepard, Sam Forgan and Cody Santone, Tech shaved nine strokes off its morning round and shot a team total of two-under-par 286 as the Bulldogs sit in fifth place in the 18-team tournament hosted by Texas-Arlington.

"We got off to a tough start this morning, but I'm proud of the way we recovered and shot much better this afternoon," said Tech head coach Jeff Parks. "We had three guys shot under par and have put ourselves in position to hopefully play well tomorrow and move up some more."

Shepard made the biggest move for Tech, rebounding from a 74 during the morning round to fire a four-under-par 68 over the final 18 holes of the day. His two-round total of 142 ties him for eighth out of 100 golfers.

Joining Shepard in the red numbers club were Forgan and Santone who both shot one-under-par 71s and are tied for 15th with two-round totals of 144. Freshman Jack Lempke shot a 151 and sits in 64th place, while sophomore Hayden Stephens shot a 153 and sits in 70th place.

North Texas leads the team competition with a two-round total of 556 followed by Southern Miss (566), Santa Clara (574), Rice (579), Tech (581), UT-Arlington (582), UT-Arlington B Team (582), Texas State (583), Sam Houston State (583), Texas Wesleyan (583), Nicholls State (586), Wichita State (587), Central Arkansas (587), Southern Illinois (595), Stephen F. Austin (596), UTSA (597), McNeese State (603) and Houston Baptist (607).

The event will wrap up Tuesday with a shotgun start at 8 a.m.