The LSU men’s golf team won its second team title of the season, and junior Andrew Loupe claimed the individual title Tuesday at the Louisiana Classics tournament at the Oakbourne Country Club in Lafayette.Loupe shot back-to-back 5-under par 67s to close out the tournament and rallied from five strokes behind tournament leader Scott Langley of Illinois to win his first collegiate title. Loupe finished the tournament at 8-under 208, one stroke ahead of Langley, who shot a 1-over 73 on the final day.The Tigers posted the lowest team score in the second round and enjoyed a solid third round en route to their first team victory of the spring. The Tigers finished the first round tied for eighth place after they opened up the tournament shooting a pedestrian 7-over par 295. But LSU started turning heads during the second round.LSU posted an 11-under 277 for the second round, enjoying below-par rounds from every golfer competing for a team score.Loupe and junior John Peterson each finished the first day at 3-under, five strokes behind Langley. Sophomores Sang Yi and Austin Gutgsell were major contributors to the Tigers’ blistering round. Last week, the efforts of Yi and Gutgsell powered LSU up the team leaderboard and gave the Tigers one of their best finishes of the spring.In the Louisiana Classics tournament, both Yi and Gutgsell shot matching scores of 1-over 145, placing them in a tie for 19th place after the first 36 holes.Their efforts were good enough to vault the Tigers into a tie for first place with Illinois and Tulsa through 36 holes.Tulsa fell out of contention in the third round, but Illinois kept the heat on the Tigers all the way to the finish. Loupe and Yi paced the Tigers during the final round. While Peterson and Gutgsell combined to shoot 9-over, Loupe and Yi combined to shoot 5-under to keep the Tigers at the top of the leaderboard. Their strong play secured the Tigers’ second team title of the season and continued the team’s strong momentum after last week’s second-place finish in the John Hayt Invitational.LSU led the field with 49 birdies during the tournament Monday and Tuesday. Loupe led all individual golfers with 16 birdies and also led the field in par 4 and par 5 scoring. Yi grabbed his first top-10 finish of the season after narrowly missing out with a 12th-place finish last week.Junior Clayton Rotz had his best tournament since October at the Brickyard Championship. Rotz competed as an unattached entry, and finished in a 35th-place tie after shooting a 7-over 223. The Tigers return to action March 19 for the Schenkel/E-Z Go Invitational in Statesboro, Ga., at Forest Heights Country Club. LSU finished in a tie for 12th at the tournament last year.—-Contact Luke Johnson at [email protected]