Southeastern Louisiana shot its lowest round of the tournament and jumped two spots to finish in second place as the sixth annual Baylor Invitational at Bear Ridge Golf Club concluded on Tuesday.

LSU shot a final-round 294 to finish at 868 and take the team title finishing just two shots clear of the Lions who came in at 870 after firing the low round of the day (287).

The Tigers began the day one stroke behind host Baylor at 574. The Bears shot a 302 in the third round and fell to fourth (875).

Mervyn Owens (75-72-70) and Steven Tiley (71-73-73) led the way for the Lions finishing tied for ninth at one-over par 217 while Brett Bergeron (74-72-73) finished two back in a tie for 18th at 219. Michael Mulryan (73-73-74) finished at four-over par, 220, and in a tie for 20th while Hugo Leon (75-76-71) rounded out the squad finishing at six-over par, 222 and in a tie for 28th but did managed to shoot the low round of the day for the Lions.

Lamar's Chris Stroud took individual medalist honors by shooting a three-round 14-under-par 202 (65-68-69) and besting the field by eight strokes. Stroud, a senior from Groves, Texas, was the individual medalist at the Baylor Invitational as a sophomore in 2001 at Ridgewood Country Club in Waco.

The Lions finished ahead of three other Southland Conference schools including three-time defending champion Lamar which shot a 293 in the third round and finished four strokes off the pace in third at 872.

Baylor placed fourth at 875, followed by Texas Tech and SLC member UT-San Antonio at 876 in the top five. Sam Houston State rounded out the Southland members finishing 14th at 913.

FINAL RESULTS 2003 Baylor Invitational
* Individual Bear Ridge G.C. Waco, TX
Dates: 09/29 - 09/30 (Today:09-30-2003)
Par: 72
Yardage: 7275

Fin. Top 20 Teams Scores
1 Louisiana State U. 282 292 294 868
2 Southeastern La. U. 293 290 287 870
3 Lamar University 292 287 293 872
4 Baylor University 288 285 302 875
5 Texas Tech Univ. 296 297 283 876
Texas-San Antonio 294 290 292 876
7 Iowa State Univ. 301 286 295 882
8 Wichita State Univ. 297 287 301 885
9 Arkansas-Little Rock 296 292 299 887
10 SMU 293 295 300 888
11 Miami (Ohio) 303 297 290 890
12 North Texas, U. of 295 300 298 893
13 Rice University 303 302 294 899
14 Sam Houston St. U. 303 307 303 913

Fin. Top 20 Players School Scores
1 Chris Stroud Lamar 65 68 69 202
2 Andrew Dresser Texas Tech 69 72 69 210
3 Mike Mezei UTSA 72 69 71 212
4 Jeremy Frye Baylor 68 69 76 213
Lee Sanders Ar.-L.Rock 70 71 72 213
6 Jeremy Lyons Iowa State 78 67 69 214
7 Judd Easterling Wichita St 70 67 78 215
Shawn Stefani Lamar 72 72 71 215
9 Jeff Reimann LSU 72 70 75 217
Mervyn Owens S.E. La. 75 72 70 217
Andrew Lanahan LSU 69 74 74 217
Steven Tiley S.E. La. 71 73 73 217
Heath West LSU 67 75 75 217
14 Tyler Swanson Iowa State 71 71 76 218
Zach Atkinson N. Texas 73 76 69 218
Ryan Baca Baylor 69 73 76 218
Matt Johnston UTSA 73 71 74 218
18 Brett Bergeron S.E. La. 74 72 73 219
*Jaime Luna Baylor 68 75 76 219
20 Garrett Prather LSU 74 73 73 220
Mike Calkin Miami (OH) 78 71 71 220
Michael Mulryan S.E. La. 73 73 74 220
Matt Toohey Rice 72 73 75 220

Southeastern finishers

2 Southeastern La. U. 293 290 287 870
T 9 Mervyn Owens 75 72 70 217
T 9 Steven Tiley 71 73 73 217
T 18 Brett Bergeron 74 72 73 219
T 20 Michael Mulryan 73 73 74 220
T 28 Hugo Leon 75 76 71 222