TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Ben Carr fired a 69, and the Georgia Southern men's golf team played its final nine holes of the second round 4-under to move into eighth Tuesday at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional at Seminole Legacy Golf Club.

The Eagles (E) are seven strokes behind Ohio State (-7), which sits in fifth place. The low five teams and the low individual not on those teams from each regional will advance to the finals, which will be played May 28-June 2 at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Regional host Florida State (-24) leads the field, and Liberty (-16) shot the best round of the day to move into second. Georgia Tech (-13) is in third, and Georgia (-9) is in fourth place. TCU (-3) is in sixth and Kansas (-2) is in seventh. LSU (+4) and Indiana are four back of Georgia Southern.

Carr is 13th on the individual leaderboard at 4-under for the tournament. Jake Maples shot 70 and moved into a tie for 29th, and Mason Williams carded a 71. Brett Barron posted a 75, and Luke Dasher finished with a 79.

For the second straight day, Georgia Southern started the round on the back nine, and the Eagle counters were 1-over when they made the turn. GS combined to make nine birdies on the front nine to get back to even for the tournament. The Eagle counters played the four par-5 holes 5-under today, and Georgia Southern ranks second in the tournament with 113 pars.

Carr played the back nine clean with birdies at 11 and 14 and added birdies at holes 2 and 4 to get to 4-under. Maples made consecutive birdies on 18 and 1 and on 4 and 5 before finishing his round with four straight pars. Williams birdied 18 to make the turn at even-par and added birdies at 2 and 4 to play his final eight holes 2-under.

Scoring
Team – 291-285=576 (E), 8
Ben Carr – 71-69=140 (-4), 13
Jake Maples – 75-70=145 (+1), T29
Mason Williams – 76-71=147 (+3), T42
Brett Barron – 72-75=147 (+3), T42
Luke Dasher – 73-79=152 (+8), T63

Quotables from Coach Carter Collins
"It was another solid day. We're continuing to learn the course, getting comfortable on it, and I'm really proud of the guys for hanging in there. Starting on the back 9 has some difficulty to it because it is such a more difficult nine than the front 9 so you kind of have to hang in there in the first two or three hours of the round. The guys did a vey good job of that and made the turn and got some birdies to drop. So, it was a good day overall."

Next up
The Eagles are paired with LSU and Kansas in tomorrow's final round and will tee off the first hole at 8:55 a.m.