October 21, 1998

MCKINNEY, Texas -- The Texas Tech University men's golf team finished 14th in the SMU Stonebridge "Big E" Shootout with a 938 total.

After firing rounds of 317 and 311 on Monday, Texas Tech finished with a final-round 310 on Tuesday over the par 72, 7,247-yard Stonebridge Country Club.

Southern Methodist (880) won the team total by three shots over Arkansas and Baylor. Kansas (890) finished fourth. Baylor senior Jeff Hughes won the individual title with an even-par 216.

For Texas Tech, Matt Loving tied for 25th, thanks to a 1-over-par 73 on Tuesday. He finished at 10-over 226. Philip Tate tied for 55th (233), Blake Smith tied for 64th (238), Matt Pitts finished 71st (241) and Eddie Lucio finished 73rd (248).

14th Texas Tech 317 311 310 938
t25 Matt Loving 79  74  73  226
t55 Philip Tate 79  77  77  233
t64 Blake Smith 79  78  81  238
71  Matt Pitts  80  82  79  241
73  Eddie Lucio 80  82  86  248

Team Totals
1   SMU             288 293 299 880
2   Arkansas        299 288 296 883
    Baylor          292 289 302 883
4   Kansas          300 300 290 890
5   North Texas     296 296 300 892
6   Ark-Little Rock 298 290 307 895
7   Kent            300 293 308 901
    Sam Houston St. 297 292 312 901
9   S/W Louisiana   292 302 309 903
10  TX-San Antonio  396 310 311 917
11  Rice            303 307 308 918
12  S/WTexas State  301 304 315 920
13  Steph- Austin   313 299 316 928
14  Texas Tech      317 311 310 938