Men's Golf | 2/20/2016 7:23:00 PM

Results | Rd 3 Pairings | Live scoring

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Georgia Southern men's golf team shot 282 in the second round to move up two spots and is seventh after the first two rounds of the SunTrust Gator Invitational Saturday at Mark Bostick Course.

Tournament host Florida (-10) leads the field, followed by South Florida (-9), Jacksonville (-8) and Vanderbilt (-2). The Eagles (+11) are 10 strokes behind Florida State (+1) in fifth, and four shots behind North Florida (+7) in sixth.

Steven Fisk carded even-par rounds of 70-70=140 and is tied for 15th, while Jake Storey shot 72-70=142 and is tied for 26th. Henry Mabbett shot 75-71=146, and Andrew Klasing finished with a 76-71=147. Jonas Vaisanen posted a 72-83=155.

The story – Rd 2
Fisk logged two birdies and two bogeys and scored par on eight straight holes to post a 70. Storey played his first 12 holes 2-under-par en route to a 70. Mabbett was 1-under-par on his final 16 holes to finish with a 71, and Klasing posted par or better on 15 straight holes to shoot a 71.

The story – Rd 1
Fisk got off to a rough start but finished strong and played his final 11 holes 3-under. The freshman, who teed off on hole 8, birdied holes 17 and 18 and holes 2 and 3 before posting par on three of his final four holes. Storey got off to a good start and was 1-under through his first seven holes. He was even through 13 holes but bogeyed two of his last five holes coming in. Vaisanen was 1-under through 12 holes after rolling in birdies on holes 1 and 2. He played holes 4-6 4-over before posting two pars and a birdie on his final three holes.

Quotables from coach Carter Collins
"We put together a very solid afternoon team score, especially with Andrew and Henry bouncing back with good rounds to help the team."

"The wind laid down most of today and made the course a little softer, but overall, this course is a tremendous challenge. I thought we hung in there very well in the morning round. Most of the team got off to slow starts, including Steven, who was 3-over quickly, but turned in a morning round of even."

"It will take more focus and better execution with the iron game for us to get to our goals, but we're looking forward to competing tomorrow. Thanks to our grind today, we have a chance to climb up the board and walk away with a descent finish in a strong event."

Next up
The Eagles tee off at 8 a.m. in tomorrow's final round and will be paired with College of Charleston and Liberty.

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