Georgia Southern Leads After Day One at Mizuno Savannah Intercollegiate

POOLER, Ga. – Georgia Southern took a 10-stroke lead after the opening round and enters the final 18 holes with a five-stroke lead over Furman in opening day action at the Mizuno Savannah Intercollegiate Monday (Oct. 6). The Intercollegiate is being played at the Savannah Quarters Country Club.

The final 18 holes will take place on Tuesday morning (Oct. 7).

The Eagles shot an impressive opening round of 10-under 278, and followed with a 292. Furman stands five strokes back at 1-under 575. Kennesaw State had the low score in round two with a 281, jumping up to overall a 3-over 579.

Francis Marion (+16), Old Dominion (+20), Armstrong Atlantic (+22), Western Carolina (+27), Troy (+29), Jacksonville (+30), Elon (+33), Davidson (+33), Winthrop (+39) and Samford (+46) round out the field.

There were eight individuals that carded an under-par in round one, four of which were Georgia Southern Eagles.

Eagles’ sophomore Logan Blondell shot an opening round 67 and leads after round two shooting a 5-under 139 on the day. Teammate Spencer Fulford shot identical rounds of 71 to finish 2-under and second individually.

Kennesaw State’s Michael Tulacz (70-73), Armstrong Atlantic’s Chris Wolfe (70-73), Furman’s Anthony Aloi (70-73) and Georgia Southern’s Drew Lethem (70-73) are all tied for third carding a 1-under 143.

“We played solid today, 10-under was a great round this morning. Heading into the event I didn’t necessarily see a 10-under able to be carded on this course,” said Eagles’ head coach Larry Mays. “We gave up some of our lead in round two, credit Furman they played consistent today. We are going to have to come out tomorrow and play well if we expect to win.

“I was really proud of Logan (Blondell), 67 was a great round of golf this morning. Spencer (Fulford) and Drew (Lethem) both played solid all day long. We are going to need to get a little bit more out of Jordan (Johnstun) and Ryan (LeFevre) if we are going to win the title,” stated Mays. “The course was in great shape today and the weather was perfect. All in all it was a great day of golf.”

Mizuno Savannah Intercollegiate

Par 72  -  Yardage 7,016

1. Georgia Southern (278-292) 570  -6

2. Furman (288-287) 575  -1

3. Kennesaw State (298-281) 579  +3

4. Francis Marion (290-302) 592  +16

5. Old Dominion (299-297) 596  +20

6. Armstrong Atlantic (298-300) 598  +22

7. Western Carolina (303-300) 603  +27

8. Troy (306-299) 605  +29

9. Jacksonville (305-301) 606  +30

T-10. Elon (301-308) 609  +33

T-10. Davidson (304-305) 609  +33

12. Winthrop (316-299) 615  +39

13. Samford (308-314) 622  +46

‘Top 20’ Individuals

1. Logan Blondell, Georgia Southern (67-72) 139  -5

2. Spencer Fulford, Georgia Southern (71-71) 142  -2

T-3. Michael Tulacz, Kennesaw State (71-72) 143  -1

T-3. Chris Wolfe, AASU (70-73) 143  -1

T-3. Anthony Aloi, Furman (70-73) 143  -1

T-3. Drew Lethem, Georgia Southern (70-73) 143  -1

T-7. Jackson Taylor, Davidson (73-71) 144  E

T-7. Daniel Bowden, Furman (75-69) 144  E

9. Matt Hayes, Furman (72-73) 145  +1

T-10. J.B. Murphy, Furman (74-72) 146  +2

T-10. J.P. Putnam, Kennesaw State (78-68) 146  +2

T-12. Matt Motes, AASU (75-72) 147  +3

T-12. Jeff Karlsson, Kennesaw State (78-69) 147  +3

T-12. Michael McGrady, Troy (74-73) 147  +3

T-12. Keith Crowley, Francis Marion (68-79) 147  +3

T-12. *Bobby Baird, Samford (75-72) 147  +3

T-17. Peter McGibney, Francis Marion (77-71) 148  +4

T-17. Matt Nagy, Kennesaw State (76-72) 148  +4

T-17. Jay Harris, Troy (74-74) 148  +4

T-17. Tom Wilde, Old Dominion (74-74) 148  +4

T-17. Neil Henderson, Old Dominion (74-74) 148  +4

T-17. Jonathan Bowden, Furman (72-76) 148  +4

* Competing as an individual, does not count in team scoring

Category: Golf

Published on Monday, 06 October 2008 00:15