TAZEWELL, Tenn. – After Monday's first two rounds of the State Farm Intercollegiate at Woodlake Golf Club in Tazewell, Tenn., the Carson-Newman men's golf team is two strokes off the lead and is second on the leaderboard.
Senior Andrew Hall (Knoxville, Tenn.) is in third-place at five-under and senior Jace Devault (Bluff City, Tenn.) is at even-par and in a tie for 10th-place.
The Eagles' team had the second-best score of any team in the tournament on par-threes at two-over and led the field on par-fours at seven-over.
"We played an ok first round and a really strong second round today. The guys did a nice job still throwing out rounds like 74, which is a good sign. We will need to play really well to beat LMU on their own course tomorrow," coach Randy Wylie said.
Hall shot a round outside of the 60s for the first time in seven rounds with an even-par 72 during the first round, but the senior rebounded with a five-under 67 during the afternoon round for his third-place standing. Hall finished one-under on the day on par-threes, which was tied for the third-lowest average. The senior carded the third-most birdies with nine.
Devault finished at even-par after scores of 73 and 71 on Monday and is tied for 10th. The senior finished even-par on par-threes and four-under on par-fives on the day and recorded seven birdies.
Junior Dalton Reese (Warrenton, Ga.) shot a round of one-under 71 during his first round and followed that with a two-over 74 to finish the day in a tie for 17th at one-over 145. Reese's two rounds were highlighted by 24 pars and seven birdies.
Freshman Jake Headrick (Maryville, Tenn.) is tied with Reese at one-over 145 for 17th. Headrick had the Eagles' third-lowest average on par-fours by finishing at one-over during the 36 holes and averaged 4.05 strokes.
Senior Nicklaus Kennedy (London, Ontario, Canada) rounded out the Carson-Newman team in a tied for 26th at three-over 147. Kennedy recorded rounds of 74 and 73 on Monday. He led the team with 27 pars and had the second-lowest score of par-fours by shooting even par.
Freshmen Alex Hutson (Newport, Tenn.) and Anthony Marcinelli (Knoxville, Tenn.) and senior Nathan Hodge (Jefferson City, Tenn.) all competed as individuals. Hutson and Marcinelli are tied for 30th and Hodge is tied for 62nd on the leaderboard.
Hutson shot an one-under 71 during the first round and a 77 during the second round for a four-over 148 two-round total. Hutson is tied for the tournament lead on par-threes with a score of two-under and 2.75 average stroke.
Marcinelli turned in rounds of 75 and 73 for his four-over 148. The Knoxville-native recorded Carson-Newman's lone eagle on Monday in his collegiate debut.
Hodge carded rounds of 78 and 80 in his senior year debut. The Jefferson City-native played par-fives at two-under and averaged 2.75 strokes. His two rounds included five birdies and 19 pars.
Host Lincoln Memorial leads Carson-Newman by two strokes and Queens (N.C.) is third. Tusculum's Brad Hawkins leads the field by two strokes over LMU's Sam Broadhurst and Hall is six strokes off Hawkins.
Tuesday's round starts at 8:30 a.m. in Tazewell with a shotgun start.
2 Carson-Newman 290-282 572
3 Andrew Hall 72-67 139 (-5)
T10 Jace Devault 73-71 144 (E)
T17 Dalton Reese 71-74 145 (+1)
T17 Jake Headrick 74-71 145 (+1)
T26 Nicklaus Kennedy 74-73 147 (+3)
T30 Alex Hutson 71-77 148 (+4)
T30 Anthony Marcinelli 75-73 148 (+4)
T62 Nathan Hodge 78-80 158 (+14)
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