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‘Jacks Tied for Fourth, Two Golfers in Top 10 Through Two Rounds of LaTour Intercollegiate
2/18/2019 8:12:00 PM | Men's Golf
Men’s golf leads 12-team tournament after opening 18 holes, sit eight strokes back from leader through two rounds
MATTHEWS, La. – Following the opening 18 holes of play at the LaTour Golf Club in Matthews, Louisiana, the SFA men's golf team led the LaTour Intercollegiate after shooting a 6-over 294 in the first round. The Lumberjacks sit tied for fourth among the tournament's 12-team field and are only eight strokes off the lead (13-over 589) after carding a 7-over 295 in the second round Monday afternoon.
Teeing off its spring championship season on the par-72, 7,170-yard course, SFA saw its two seniors turn in first and second round score cards worthy of the two-day, 54-hole tournament's top 10. Among 67 total golfers, both Angelo Leyvani and Jake Hendrix are tied for seventh in the individual standings with two-round scores at even-par 144.
After shooting a 1-over 73 in the morning's opening round, Leyvani notched a 1-under 71 on the second 18 holes of play, while Hendrix chipped off four strokes between his first and second rounds with scores of 2-over 74 and 2-under 70.
Sophomore Steven Fabik is tied for 25th following the first 36 holes of play with a 6-over 150, which includes an even-par 72 first round, as freshmen Johannes Gudmundsson and individual competitor Alec Brown are tied for 28th at 7-over 151. Brown improved his round one score by nine strokes, carding a 1-under 71 on the second 18 holes.
Every Lumberjack sits within the top 35 as freshman Isiah Henderson recorded a 10-over 154 in the first two rounds to stand tied for 35th.
With a heavy Southland Conference flavor and hosted by fellow league member Nicholls, SFA owns a tie through the first 36 holes with the University of the Incarnate Word. The 'Jacks and Cardinals are four strokes behind Southeastern Louisiana and Samford, who are tied for second with two-round totals of 9-over 585. Texas-Rio Grande Valley registered a 2-under 286 on the second 18 holes of play to take the LaTour Intercollegiate lead at 5-over 581.
Leyvani and Hendrix sit only four strokes behind tournament leader Harlan Winn of Samford, who owns a 36-hole tally of 4-under 140 after carding back-to-back 2-under 70 rounds.
The third and final round concludes the LaTour Intercollegiate Tuesday morning with teams teeing off at 8 a.m. in a shotgun start. SFA is paired with Texas-Rio Grande Valley, Southeastern Louisiana and Samford for the final 18 holes with Hendrix beginning on hole one, Leyvani on hole two, Fabik hole three, Gudmundsson hole four and Henderson hole five. Teeing off with individuals from Central Arkansas, Nicholls and Houston Baptist, Brown will get started off of hole 16.
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