Men’s Golf Climbs into Tie for Third Tuesday at ORU/SFA Spring Break Challenge

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IRVING, Texas – For the second-straight day, the Stephen F. Austin men's golf team shot a 7-over 291 at its own ORU/SFA Spring Break Challenge at the TPC Four Seasons Las Colinas in Irving, Texas. Owning a two-round total of 14-over 582, the Lumberjacks are now tied for third with Illinois State in the 16-team field.

SFA is just five strokes off of the lead as Rice sits atop the field with a two-day total of 9-over 577. North Texas stands in second place with a 12-over 580.

One day after tallying a season-best 4-under 67, the fourth-lowest single round score in school history, and leading all 90 golfers, senior Blake Stock (Hewitt, Texas) slid into a tie for third place on the individual leaderboard Tuesday with a second-round showing of 3-over 74. With a two-round total of 1-under 141, Stock is just one-stroke off of the lead, which is held by Rice's Mitchell Meissner and Mario Carmona at 2-under 140.

Freshman Andy Lopez (Dallas, Texas) jumped into the top 10 and now sits tied for seventh after registering an even-par 71 in the second round, climbing 13 spots on the leaderboard with a two-day total of 2-over 144. Junior Angelo Leyvani (San Antonio, Texas) shot a 3-over 74 in round two Tuesday but moved four spots up on the leaderboard and is tied for 15th with a 5-over 147.

Etching five strokes off of his first-round performance, junior Jake Hendrix (Austin, Texas) posted a 1-over 73 on the par-71, 6,791-yard course to stand tied for 35th with a cumulative score of 9-over 151. Likewise, freshman Steven Fabik (Carrollton, Texas) knocked seven strokes off of his opening 18-hole score, tallying a 1-over 73 in the second round to tie for 47th.

The three-day, 54-hole tournament wraps up Wednesday, March 14 for the final round of the event with an 8 a.m. double tee off of holes No. 1 and No. 10. The 'Jacks are paired with the top two teams in the field, Rice and North Texas, for Wednesday's third round of play and will tee off from 9:40-10:20 a.m. Fabik will tee off first for SFA at 9:40 a.m., followed by Hendrix at 9:50 a.m., Leyvani at 10 a.m., Lopez at 10:10 a.m. and Stock at 10:20 a.m.

Live scoring of the ORU/SFA Spring Break Challenge can be followed at BirdieFire.com. A tournament central page with complete event information, including pairings and results, is available at SFAJacks.com.

Stay tuned to SFAJacks.com, as well as SFA's social media platforms, for complete coverage of Lumberjack golf throughout the 2017-18 season.

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Men’s Golf Climbs into Tie for Third Tuesday at ORU/SFA Spring Break Challenge

Players Mentioned

Steven Fabik

Jake Hendrix

Angelo Leyvani

Andy Lopez

Blake Stock

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