Spartans fifth after two rounds at Tunica National Intercollegiate

TUNICA, Miss. – All five golfers sit in the Top 40 after two rounds to put UNC Greensboro in fifth place at the Tunica National Intercollegiate men’s golf tournament.

J.D. Bass, a junior from Fairview, NC, sits atop the Spartan line-up in a tie for 20th place, firing a 77 in the morning and a 76 in the afternoon on Monday. Nathan Stamey, a sophomore from Canton, NC, sits one shot behind Bass in a tie for 25th place, shooting 76 in the morning and 78 in the afternoon.

UNCG is 13 shots back in the team standings. SMU sits atop the team leaderboard, having shot 602 on Monday. UAB is second, four shots off of the pace.

Mississippi State’s Logan Young, playing as an individual, is in the individual leader. He fired a red-hot 67 in the morning, but cooled off to a 76 in the afternoon to hold a one-shot lead over Colorado’s Edward McGlasson, who fired a pair of even-par 72’s on Monday.

The third round will be played on Tuesday morning.

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TEAM STANDINGS: SMU 602, UAB 606, Kent State 611, Mississippi State 613, UNC Greensboro 615, Belmont 616, Colorado 618, Mississippi 620, Tulane 621, South Alabama 623, Lamar 623, North Florida 628, LSU 636, Guilford 641, Jackson State 653.

TOP 10: 1. Logan Young (Mississippi State) 67-76=143, 2. Edward McGlasson (Colorado) 72-72=144, 3. Michael Thompson (Tulane) 71-76=147, T-4. Daniel Burns (South Alabama) 71-77=148, T-4. Kyle Ellis (Mississippi State) 72-76=148, T-6. Dawie VanDerWalt (Lamar) 71-78=149, T-6. Michael Giammaresi (North Florida) 74-75=149, T-6. Clark Brown (UAB) 73-76=149, T-6. Ryan Yip (Kent State) 72-77=149, T-10. Will Dodson (SMU) 76-74=150, T-10. Colt Knost (SMU) 78-72=150, T-10. Matt Fast (Mississippi State) 78-72=150,

OTHER UNCG GOLFERS: T-20. J.D. Bass 77-76=153, T-25. Nathan Stamey 76-78=154, T-32. Kent Copeland 78-78=156, T-38. Ryan Heisey 78-79=157, T-40. Jake Lowder 84-74=158.

– UNCG –