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Aidan Thomas Indv. Title

Thomas Wins Loaded William H. Tucker Individual Title; Aggies Finish Fifth

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The Albuquerque native fired a final round 74 to earn second-career title

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sophomore Aidan Thomas fired a final round 74 to finish first at the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate hosted by the University of New Mexico at the UNM Championship Course, Saturday.

Thomas finished at -9 overall to finish one shot clear of Jiri Zuska of Louisville, Keanu Akina of BYU abnd Sam Choi (UNM) who finished at -8 overall. The individual title is the second of Thomas' career, as the New Mexico native finished tied with Dawson Lewis of Wichita State at the 2019 Herb Wimberly Intercollegiate hosted by NM State. Thomas is the first aggie to win an individual title outright since Ryo Harada in 2017.

The Aggies, who recorded a team score of 870 (+6), finished fifth overall.

BYU finished -23 overall to roll to the team title, finishing 19 strokes clear of host UNM (-4) who finished second. Sophomore Joseph Robson was the lone Aggie to finish under-par Saturday, as the Englishman fired a one-under round of 71 to finish tied for 24th (+4).

Louisville fired the low-round of the day (280, -8) to finish third, while San Diego finished at +3, three shots ahead of the Aggies.

Denver (+16), Colorado (+18), Loyola Marymount (+19), UNLV (+19) and Nebraska (+21) round out the top-10. Florida Atlantic (+21), UTEP (+29), Santa Clara (+34), Wyoming (+34), North Texas (+39), Louisiana Tech (+40), Dixie State (+48) and VCU (+53).

THE LINEUP:  

Aidan Thomas 67 66 74 207 (-9) 1st 
Joseph Robson  71 78 71 220 (+4) T-24
Alvaro Morales  71 76 76 223 (+7) T-36
Scott Rescigno      74 73 77 224 (+8) T-43
Garrison Smith  77 76 75 228 (+12) T-67
Trey Diehl (Indv.) 77 79 78 234 (+18) T-91

UP NEXT:
The Aggies return to action in a couple of weeks (Oct. 18-19) when they host the Herby Wimberly Intercollegiate at the NM State Golf Course.

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