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Monday, September 16
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Day Two
Men’s Golf Improves in Round Two at Golfweek Conference Challenge
9/16/2019 7:26:00 PM | Men's Golf
The final round will be a shotgun start Tuesday at 10 a.m. eastern, 9 a.m. local time
Round Two Results & Overall (PDF)
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The Marshall men's golf team moved up the leaderboard on Monday in the second round of the Golfweek Conference Challenge, played at Cedar Rapids Country Club.
The Thundering Herd was sitting in 16th place after the first round, and now the team is 14th after the second.
"We played better today," Herd head coach Matt Grobe said. "I thought we looked a lot better tee to green. I was a little disappointed with our putting. We had too many three-putts and missed a lot of short putts. I think the guys were so focused on making birdies that maybe we were too aggressive. Hopefully we get some putts to drop tomorrow in the final round.
"We are looking forward to tomorrow and a chance to get better."
Redshirt senior Ben Roeder is still the leader for the Herd after scoring a 2-over 74 in round two, as he is tied for 29th. Again Roeder came through with two birdies coming down through his final holes to move back up. Sophomore Kyle Mitchell recorded three birdies for the day and also scored a 2-over 74. Freshman Tyler Jones birdied his third to last hole (No. 7) and finished with a 2-over 74 as well and saw a three-stoke improvement from round one.
The Ball State Cardinals look to be running away on the team side. Ball State is 16-under after two rounds and has an 11-stroke lead over Arkansas State. David Perkins of Illinois State jumped over Zan Luka Stirn to take the lead after scoring a 5-under 67 on Monday and is now 9-under overall. He is now two shots ahead of Stirn who finished at 1-under in round two and is now 7-under for the event.
FROM THE LEADERBOARD: 16 teams, 93 golfers
14 – Marshall University – 297+298=595
T29 – Ben Roeder – 72+74=146
T45 – Kyle Mitchell – 75+74=149
T66 – Tyler Jones – 77+74=151
T66 – Matt Hoffman – 75+76=151
T72 – Will Straub – 75+77=152
T89 – Brad Plaziak* - 76+82=158
*playing as an individual
The third and final round will get started Tuesday with a shotgun start at 10 a.m. eastern, 9 a.m. local time. Live scoring is provided through GolfStat.com.
For all of the latest information on the Marshall men's golf team, follow the Herd on Twitter @HerdMGolf, Facebook at Marshall University Athletics and on www.herdzone.com.
To follow all Thundering Herd sports and get live stats, schedules, and free live audio, download the Marshall Athletics App for iOS or Android!
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The Marshall men's golf team moved up the leaderboard on Monday in the second round of the Golfweek Conference Challenge, played at Cedar Rapids Country Club.
The Thundering Herd was sitting in 16th place after the first round, and now the team is 14th after the second.
"We played better today," Herd head coach Matt Grobe said. "I thought we looked a lot better tee to green. I was a little disappointed with our putting. We had too many three-putts and missed a lot of short putts. I think the guys were so focused on making birdies that maybe we were too aggressive. Hopefully we get some putts to drop tomorrow in the final round.
"We are looking forward to tomorrow and a chance to get better."
Redshirt senior Ben Roeder is still the leader for the Herd after scoring a 2-over 74 in round two, as he is tied for 29th. Again Roeder came through with two birdies coming down through his final holes to move back up. Sophomore Kyle Mitchell recorded three birdies for the day and also scored a 2-over 74. Freshman Tyler Jones birdied his third to last hole (No. 7) and finished with a 2-over 74 as well and saw a three-stoke improvement from round one.
The Ball State Cardinals look to be running away on the team side. Ball State is 16-under after two rounds and has an 11-stroke lead over Arkansas State. David Perkins of Illinois State jumped over Zan Luka Stirn to take the lead after scoring a 5-under 67 on Monday and is now 9-under overall. He is now two shots ahead of Stirn who finished at 1-under in round two and is now 7-under for the event.
FROM THE LEADERBOARD: 16 teams, 93 golfers
14 – Marshall University – 297+298=595
T29 – Ben Roeder – 72+74=146
T45 – Kyle Mitchell – 75+74=149
T66 – Tyler Jones – 77+74=151
T66 – Matt Hoffman – 75+76=151
T72 – Will Straub – 75+77=152
T89 – Brad Plaziak* - 76+82=158
*playing as an individual
The third and final round will get started Tuesday with a shotgun start at 10 a.m. eastern, 9 a.m. local time. Live scoring is provided through GolfStat.com.
For all of the latest information on the Marshall men's golf team, follow the Herd on Twitter @HerdMGolf, Facebook at Marshall University Athletics and on www.herdzone.com.
To follow all Thundering Herd sports and get live stats, schedules, and free live audio, download the Marshall Athletics App for iOS or Android!
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