RAMS 10TH AFTER DAY ONE OF VERIZON WIRELESS VCU SHOOTOUT; UNCW LEADS
FULL RESULTS AND LIVE SCORING (Golfstat.com)
MANAKIN-SABOT, Va. – Behind a blistering second round, including a hole-in-one from Josh Brock, UNC Wilmington raced out to a seven-stroke lead on the first day of the rain-soaked Verizon Wireless VCU Shootout Monday at the Hermitage Country Club.
The Pirates are second at 5-under par. UNCW, East Carolina and Wake Forest, which is tied for third with Richmond at 2-under, will play in the lead group during Tuesday's final round. The shotgun start is slated to commence at 8:45 a.m.
Iowa State's Nate McCoy (69-68=137) and ECU's Harold Varner (70-67=137) are tied for the individual lead at 7-under. Varner placed fourth at this event a year ago.
Host VCU thrust itself back into the mix with a 2-over 290 in the second round. The Rams, who were 11-over after 18 holes, are sitting in 10th place, one stroke behind Iowa State (+12) and two behind Liberty (+10).
Junior Chase Sargent (Orlando, Fla.) leads VCU at
even-par after carding 73 and 71 in the first and second rounds,
respectively on the 6,955-yard, par-72 Manakin Course. He is tied
for 16th place. Senior Mark Jargren
(Helsingborg, Sweden) is 1-over and tied for
19th place after 36 holes.VCU SHOOTOUT (Through 36 of 54 Holes)
Hermitage Country Club (Manakin-Sabot, Va.)
Manakin Course, Par 72, 6,955 Yards
TEAM STANDINGS
1-UNCW (-12)
2-East Carolina (-5)
T3-Richmond (-2)
T3-Wake Forest (-2)
T5-Charlotte (+7)
T5-UNCG (+7)
7-Virginia Tech (+8)
8-Liberty (+10)
9-Iowa State (+12)
10-VCU (+13)
11-James Madison (+16)
12-Mercer (+26)
T13-Wichita State (+28)
T13-Old Dominion (+28)
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
T1-Nate McCoy, Iowa State, (-7) 69-68=137
T1-Harold Varner, East Carolina (-7) 70-67=137
3-Thomas Bass, UNCW, (-5) 70-69=139
4-Sam Beach, Richmond (-4) 70-70=140|
5-Three tied (-3)
T16-Chase Sargent 73-71=144
T19-Mark Jargren 73-72=145
T57-Matt Smith 78-74=152
T57-Rocky Khara 75-77=152
T63-Matt Ball, Jr. 80 -73=153
