RUSTON, La. - Louisiana Tech junior Victor Lange rose four spots to No. 72 as GolfStat.com released its updated weekly rankings Wednesday. He remains the highest-ranked Conference USA individual.

UAB's Martin Rowher is the next-best C-USA golfer in the individual rankings, slated 21 spots behind Lange at No. 93.

Last season Lange became the first Bulldog golfer to receive an NCAA Regionals bid as he was ranked No. 171. At almost 100 spots higher, he is expected to make a return trip to NCAA postseason play but first he will have to get through the Conference USA Championship in Texarkana, Arkansas beginning April 26.

Lange has recorded a 71.27 average this season a year after setting a new Louisiana Tech school record with a 72.8 average last season. The Louisiana collegiate record for a low season average was 71.27 set by David Toms at LSU in 1989.

Earlier this season Lange tied a Louisiana Tech and Louisiana collegiate record for a low 18-hole round by firing a 62 in the third round of the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate at Squire Creek Country Club in Choudrant. That matched the 62 carded by Louisiana Tech's Roy Pace in 1962 at the Louisiana Tech Invitational in Ruston.

The Old Waverly Collegiate Championship on April 6-7 wrapped up the regular season for Louisiana Tech. Lange and the Bulldogs now turn their sights towards the 2015 Conference USA Championship set for April 26-29 at Texarkana Country Club in Texarkana, Arkansas.

Conference USA will become the first NCAA Division I conference to include match play as part of its men's golf league championship. C-USA schools will play 54 holes of stroke play with the top four teams advancing to a four-team seeded match play playoff. The format change, which mirrors the NCAA Championship format, was approved by the Conference USA Board of Directors last June.

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