The duo shot 6-under overall. Simpson shot par or lower in each round, including a pair of 3-under 69s in rounds one and three. The Knoxville native has now posted back-to-back top-five finishes to open the fall season.
Woosley-Reed used a final-round 65 to surge up the leaderboard to secure his fourth career top-five finish. The Shelbyville, Tennessee, native’s 7-under showing in round three marks a career-low 18-hole score in relation to par.
As a team, Tennessee shot 10-under overall and finished in eighth place.
Josh Hill, UT’s third-highest finisher, tied for 24th after shooting 1-under overall. Hill now has finished inside the top 25 five times in his collegiate career.
Bruce Murphy tied for 58th after shooting 6-over. The redshirt junior’s best round of the event came on day two when he fired a 72.
The final member of the lineup, Jackson Herrington, tied for 74th as Pearce Lewin competed individually and tied for 79th.
UP NEXT: The Vols will compete at the Fighting Irish Classic for their third tournament of the fall, which runs from Sunday, Oct. 6 through Tuesday, Oct. 7.
TEAM LEADERBOARD
1. Oklahoma, 834 (-30)
2. Ole Miss, 840 (-24)
T3. Auburn, 845 (-19)
T3. Virginia, 845 (-19)
5. Vanderbilt, 850 (-14)
T6. Georgia, 853 (-11)
T6. SMU, 853 (-11)
8. Tennessee, 854 (-10)
9. TCU, 859 (-5)
10. Mississippi State, 864 (+E)
11. LSU, 867 (+3)
12. Clemson, 868 (+4)
T13. UTSA, 891 (+27)
T13. ETSU, 891 (+27)
15. North Florida, 902 (+38)
INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD
T5. Lance Simpson, 69-72-69—210 (-6)
T5. Evan Woosley-Reed, 69-76-69—210 (-6)
T24. Josh Hill, 71-70-74—215 (-1)
T58. Bruce Murphy, 75-72-74—221 (+5)
T74. Jackson Herrington, 73-79-74—226 (+10)
T79. Pearce Lewin, 73-80-74—227 (+11) (I)
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