West Point, Miss. – Sam Murphy continued his impressive play this spring firing a four-under-par total of 212 to finish 8^th among a star-studded cast at the inaugural Mossy Oak Collegiate hosted by Mississippi State.

Murphy recorded rounds of 73, 69 and 70 to earn his fourth Top 10 finish of the 2021-22 season and pace the Bulldogs who finished tied for 10^th in the 19-team field.

Mac Murphy finished 23^rd out of a field of 100 golfers with a 54-hole total of even par 216 (69-77-70).

"We had some solid playing by Sam and Mac this week," said Tech head coach Matt Terry. "I am disappointed with how we finished the round today. We had a chance to pick up some solid wins against some really high-quality opponents. We as a team have to stop making scores over bogey. The big numbers kill a round."

As a team, the Bulldogs opened with an eight-over-par 296 before coming back with a one-under-par 287 in the second round (a round that was started on Monday, halted due to darkness, and resumed Tuesday morning). Tech then got off to a solid start in the third round, moving up to as high as seventh place before stumbling down the stretch to fall to 10^th.

James Swash finished tied for 59^th (79-68-75=222) while Lake Juban tied for 78^th (76-73-78=227) and Blake Blaser tied for 95^th (77-80-76=233).

Vanderbilt won the team competition with a total of 839 followed by Auburn (851), LSU (854), Mississippi State (854), Kansas State (861), Ole Miss (863), Middle Tennessee State (870), Florida State (870), UAB (871), Tech (873), UL-Lafayette (873), ULM (879), Lipscomb (879), Michigan (879), Arkansas State (881), Chattanooga (885), Southern Miss (887), South Alabama (893) and Memphis (894).

Vanderbilt's Gordon Sargent won the individual competition with a three-round total of 204.

The Bulldogs will compete in the ULM Matchplay Sunday, April 24 at Bayou DeSiard before heading to the Conference USA Championships April 25-28.