Men's Golf | 9/12/2016 8:39:00 PM
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Rd 3 Pairings
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. – Archer Price shot 71-71=142 to lead the Georgia Southern men's golf into a tie for seventh after the first two rounds of The Invitational at The Ocean Course Monday.
All of the Eagle counters shot par or better as Georgia Southern posted a 6-under 282 in the afternoon, which tied for the fifth-lowest score of the second round. The Eagles (-5) are tied with Maryland, two strokes behind West Virginia (-7) in sixth and seven behind College of Charleston (-12) in fifth.
Middle Tennessee State (-20) fired a 275 in the afternoon to jump ahead of Georgia State (-17), which tallied a 270 in the morning. Ole Miss (-15) is tied for third with Augusta.
Price is tied for 23rd (-2) on the individual leaderboard, while
Steven Fisk (76-68=144 E),
Jake Storey (73-71=144 E) and
Alexander DeRosa (69-75=144 E) are tied for 36th.
Brett Barron finished with a 78-72=150, and individuals
Cody O'Toole (78-78) and
Jonas Vaisanen (80-76) each carded a 156.
The story – Rd.2
Fisk led the team with six birdies in the round and birdied three of his final four holes to post a 68, the low round of the day for the Eagles. Storey had just two blemishes on his card and played the first 11 holes 3-under on his way to a 71. Price birdied three of his first four holes en route to a 71, and Barron played his final 11 holes 3-under.
The story – Rd.1
DeRosa began his day on the ninth hole and posted three birdies on the back nine to make the turn at 3-under. The freshman birdied hole 3 to move to 4-under par and finished with a 69, the team low for the first round. Price had just one blemish on his card and logged two birdies for a 71. The junior played his first 11 holes 1-under par and was 1-under on the last six holes of the round. Storey got off to a great start with three birdies on his first seven holes of the day. The junior was 2-under through 16 before giving a few strokes back on his final two holes.
Quotable from Coach Carter Collins
"Jake and Archer were solid all day, and Steven birdied three of his last four holes to lead us in the second round. I'm very proud of the freshmen. For Alexander to shoot a 69 at The Ocean Course in his first collegiate round is pretty impressive, and Brett put up a solid 72 in the second round when the course played a little tougher."
"We executed a lot of what we've been working on since we got back to school. It was a very solid performance and a nice start to the year. We were missing that fourth score this morning, and we got it this afternoon. We're in a good position and if we play well tomorrow, we can move up the leaderboard pretty quickly."
Next up
The Eagles will tee off in a shotgun start on holes 13-16 at 7:30 a.m. in tomorrow's final round. Georgia Southern is paired with West Virginia, Maryland and College of Charleston.
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