NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Georgia Southern men's golf team played its final five holes 6-under to post a 278 team score Tuesday, and the Eagles are tied for third after 36 holes of the NCAA Championship New Haven Regional at Yale Golf Course.

Georgia Southern (-12) is tied with North Florida, two strokes ahead of No. 8 Texas Tech (-10) in fifth place. Illinois (-5), ranked 20th in the country, is sixth, followed by Virginia (-4) and UCF (-2).

Fifth-ranked North Carolina (-20) shot 13-under today to move three spots up the leaderboard into second and trails No. 17 Wake Forest (-21) by a stroke. The top-5 teams and top individual not on those teams from each of the six regionals will advance to the finals, which will be played May 27-June 1 at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona.

The Eagles came to the 14th hole 4-over as a team, but the four counters each played 14, 15, 16 and 18 1-under as a group and played the 17th hole 2-under to finish 2-under for the day. 

Senior Ben Carr made five birdies in the round to lead the Eagles with a 67, and classmate Mason Williams birdied four of his last five holes to post a 68. Freshman Hogan Ingram played his final five holes 1-under to shoot a 71, and classmate Brantley Baker birdied 18 to finish with a 72 for the final counting score.

The field features eight teams ranked nationally in the top-50, including Georgia Southern, and 15 individuals ranked in the top-100.

Results
Team – 270-278=548 (-12), T3
Mason Williams – 65-68=133 (-7), T3
Ben Carr – 71-67=138 (-2), T16
Wilson Andress – 66-75=141 (+1), T37
Brantley Baker – 69-72=141 (+1), T37
Hogan Ingram – 70-71=141 (+1), T37

Next up
Georgia Southern is paired with Texas Tech and Illinois in Wednesday's final round and will tee off the 10th hole at 7:50 a.m.