By: KSU Sports Information
Team Results Rd.2 I
Individual Results Rd.2 I
Live Stats
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Kennesaw State men’s golf team currently sits in first place after the conclusion of the first two rounds of the Memphis Intercollegiate at the Colonial Country Club shooting a 593, +17 on Monday evening.
The Black and Gold shot a 299, +11 in the first round, and capped off the day shooting a 294, +6 in round two to overcome the first round leaders.
Junior Ben Greene was the low scorer for the Owls on Monday as he shot a combined 72-72= 144, E through 36 holes. The Duluth, Ga. native recorded three birdies in each of his first two rounds as he currently sits in a tie for second place.
Senior Matt Nagy also had a solid day for Kennesaw State as he finished the 36 holes tied for fourth place by posting a 76-69= 134, +1. His second round score of 69, -3 was the second best round of the day, behind only Vanderbilt’s Adam Hofmann’s 68, -4.
Other notable scores for the Black and Gold were Jimmy Beck (153, +9) to tie for 30th, while Peder Lunde Hermansson (155, +11) is tied for 36th and Jonathan Klotz (156, +12) is tied for 41st.
"I was really proud of the way the guys played on a tough and difficult course to score on in the afternoon," head coach Jay Moseley said. "We knew going in that the team with the most discipline and patience would have a really good chance to be at the top of the leaderboard, and we did all of those well. I am happy with our position heading in to the final round. We are going to get a goodnight sleep and go out and give it all we got tomorrow."
No. 42 ranked MTSU (596, +20) is second behind the Owls, with host-school No. 43 Memphis (599, +23), Vanderbilt, after their second round charge of 288, E to total a 599, +23 and Akron are all tied for third to round out the top five.
Kennesaw will tee off on Tuesday at 9 a.m. E.T., for the final round in a shotgun start, and will be paired with Middle Tennessee State University and UAB. Live stats of the tournament can be viewed at Golfstat.com. For updates throughout the round, you can follow the team on Twitter @KSUOwlsMensGolf.
