BEVAN SEVEN STROKES BACK FOLLOWING ROUND 3

VICTORIA - Christopher Bevan of the Humber Hawks shot a 72 on Thursday and now sits seven strokes behind the leader with one round to play at the 2012 Canadian University/College Championship at Cordova Bay Golf Course in Victoria.

A total of 14 student-athletes from a trio of Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) programs are competing this week against the top university and collegiate golfers in Canada. In all, 154 male and female golfers are competing for both team and individual titles.

Bevan is currently at plus-two following three rounds, good for a share of 12th place. Max Gilbert of Laval University leads after 54 holes at five-under par.

After posting back-to-back rounds of 75, Humber's Ben McFaul shot a 68 to move within 10 strokes of Gilbert. Ben Bell's 67 was his second sub-70 round of the tournament and is at plus-seven heading into Friday's action. Humber teammates Alex Dumais and Conor Hache both shot 72 for their best scores of the tournament. Dumais now sits at plus-nine, while Hache is at plus-22.

The defending champion Humber men's team has improved to fourth place following play on Thursday, but are now 33 strokes behind first place Laval.

David Lang of the Durham Lords shot a 73 and is now at plus-six after three days. He along with each member of the Humber Hawks will advance to the final round. The field will be reduced on Friday to the top 10 men's and the top six women's teams, as well as any teams and individuals within 15 strokes of the lead.

There is further incentive for the OCAA student-athletes remaining in the field, as the top six males following Friday's final round will receive an exemption into the 2012 World University Golf Championships.

Durham's Tiffany Albath and Kayleigh Kraemer shot their best rounds on Thursday, but it wasn't enough to extend their stay at Cordova Bay. Albath shot a 75, but just missed the cut by one stroke. Albath is 16 strokes behind women's frontrunner Alyssa Human of the University of British Columbia. Kraemer shot a 76 and is 20 strokes behind Human.

Starting times, post-round results and a full field list for the Canadian University/College Championship are available on the Golf Canada website.

OCAA LEADERBOARD AT CANADIAN UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP

Men's Leaderboard (Overall Leader at 208)
12. Christopher Bevan - Humber 70+73+72=215 +2
17. Ben McFaul - Humber 75+75+68=218 +5
21. David Lang - Durham 75+71+73=219 +6
24. Ben Bell - Humber 69+84+67=220 +7
33. Alex Dumais - Humber 77+73+72=222 +9
61. Brennan Smith - St. Lawrence-Kingston 78+77+75=230 +17
76. Adam Miller - Durham 80+76+78=234 +21
79. Conor Hache - Humber 81+82+72=235 +22
79. Sean Perkins - Durham 80+75+80=235 +22
104. Kyle Duke - Durham 84+90+81=255 +42
Justin Knaggs - Durham 88+91+84=263 +50

Women's Leaderboard (Overall Leader at 220)
9. Tiffany Albath - Durham 80+81+75=236 +23
11. Kayleigh Kraemer - Durham 79+85+76=240 +27
49. Alexandra Down - Durham 128+122+110=360 +147

Men's Team Leaderboard (Overall Leader at 840)
4. Humber College 873
19. Durham College 943

Women's Team Leaderboard (Overall Leader at 676)
11. Durham College 836

Source: OCAA Communications with files from Golf Canada

Photo Credit: Cordova Bay Golf Course