Temple University Athletics
Golf Moves Into Seventh After Two Rounds At A-10s
5.3.08 | Men's Golf
May 3, 2008
WINTER GREEN, FL - Temple shot its second lowest round of the 2007-08 season with a two-over 290 to move into seventh place after 36 holes at the Atlantic 10 Championship on Saturday at Orange County National Golf Center. Sophomore Eric Plisko recovered from a first round 82 by shooting a two-under 70 to lead the Owls.
The Owls have fired a team-total of 290 four times this season, including twice at the Bucknell Fall Invitational in September. Temple's best score came on September 22 at The McLaughlin with a 289. The two-over score was the third best round on Saturday, behind tournament leader Charlotte (274) and Xavier (289).
Junior Paul Amess continued his consistent play by shooting a 71 (-1) to move into a tie for 13th place in the 60-player field. He is one-over for the tournament (74-71=145).
Freshman Andrew Mason shot his second straight 74 (+2) and is tied for 27th with a 74-74=148 (+4). Redshirt freshman Sasha Bozic also matched his Friday total with a 75 and is tied for 33rd (75-75=150, +6).
Plisko is tied for 38th (82-70=152, +8) and junior Kevin Busteed (77-81=158, +14) rounds out the TU lineup in 50th.
Two-time defending champion Charlotte grabbed a commanding 20-stroke lead in the 12-team field. The 49ers shot a 14-under 274 for a two-day total of 552 on the 6,849-yard Panther Lake course to capture a 20-stroke lead over Dayton, who entered the clubhouse with a 293 on day two for a four-under total.
Rhode Island fell to third place with a 295 on the afternoon for a total of 573 stokes. Xavier is fourth at 581 and Richmond is in fifth at 583. St. Bonaventure (585), Temple (590), George Washington (591), Saint Joseph's (601), Fordham (297), Duquesne (616) and La Salle (626) round out the field.
Charlotte senior Jonas Enander Hedin took the individual lead after two rounds at 8-under after scoring a two-under par 70, while teammate Corey Nagy set the pace for the afternoon with the day's low total of 66.
Dayton junior Rob Chappell is tied with Nagy for second place (137), while senior Jordan Utley of Richmond and Charlotte junior Stefan Wiedergruen both share fourth place (139).
In all, 12 golfers are at or below par for two rounds.
Final round of play of the 54-hole event commences on Sunday beginning at 7:30 am.
