Men's Golf | 4/25/2016 5:24:00 PM
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DESTIN, Fla. – Sophomore
Archer Price carded an even-par 71 and is tied for seventh, but the Georgia Southern men's golf team fell two spots in the team standings in the second round of the Sun Belt Championship at Raven Golf Club Monday.
Price (-2) is five strokes behind the leader, J.J. Grey of Georgia State. Junior
Cody O'Toole shot a 72 for the Eagles, and freshman
Steven Fisk finished with a 76. Sophomore
Jonas Vaisanen shot a 77, and senior
Henry Mabbett posted a 78.
Georgia Southern (+21) is in 10th place, 17 strokes behind fourth-place Troy (+4).The top four teams after 54 holes of stroke play advance to match play Wednesday.
Georgia State (-7) fired a 279 and leads the field by five strokes over Arkansas State (-2). Texas State (+3) is in third. The team champion and individual medalist receive the Sun Belt's automatic bid to the NCAA Regionals May 16-18.
The story
Four teams shot par or better today, and five more were within three strokes of par. On a day when the course was gettable, the Eagles struggled off the tee and were left scrambling for par instead of putting for birdie.
Price rolled in a team-high four birdies and was 2-under through his first 10 holes. He is second in the field in par-4 scoring and tied for fifth in birdies.
O'Toole was 1-under through his first 12 holes and played his final three 1-under. Vaisanen was 2-under on his last nine holes and played his final five holes 1-under. Fisk logged seven straight pars as he made the turn, and Mabbett made six straight during his round.
Quotables from coach Carter Collins
"Although Archer and Cody put together solid rounds today, we are disappointed in our team results. We couldn't keep the ball in play off the tee enough to play competitively and our results reflect that."
"Our backs are obviously against the wall, but my hope is that we'll rise to the challenge, put a great round together tomorrow and see where we land."
Next up for the Eagles
Georgia Southern is paired with Appalachian State in tomorrow's final stroke-play round. The Eagles tee off hole 10 at 7:30 a.m. CT.
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