No. 7 West Florida Jumps Three Spots on Second Day of NCAA Regional

May 8, 2012

Rodriguez Shoots 71 in Second Round

Carlos Rodriguez (Photo by Bill Stockland)

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CONOVER, N.C. – The No. 7 West Florida men’s golf team improved its team score by five strokes and jumped three spots in Tuesday’s second round of the NCAA Division II South/Southeast Regional hosted by Lenior-Rhyne. The Argos (298-293 - 591) finished the second round 15-over par for the tournament and tied for 10th, 11 strokes behind new leader No. 16 Georgia College (291-289 - 580).

Senior Carlos Rodriguez (Cali, Colombia/Austin Peay) posted the team’s top score in Tuesday’s second round, carding 71. Rodriguez (74-71 - 145) had a consistent round, tallying 15 pars with two birdies and one bogey. The senior is tied for 17th individually at 1-over par for the tournament.

After his 71 in Monday’s first round, freshman Adam Whipp (Sydney, Australia/Pittwater HS) posted a 76 on Tuesday to fall from 10th to 27th. Whipp (71-76 - 147) is now 3-over par. The rest of the Argonaut lineup posted 74s on Tuesday. Ryan Black (Port St. Lucie, Fla./Lincoln Park Academy) is tied for 39th at 5-over (75-74 - 149), while Thomas Guste-Pedersen (Helle, Norway/Frank Phillips) is 8-over (78-74 - 152) and Juan Miguel Heredia (Cuenca, Ecuador/Jacksonville State) is 9-over (79-74 - 153).

Georgia College took over the team lead after finishing the first day tied for fourth, moving ahead of round one leader Florida Tech (286-295 - 581). A trio of teams are tied for third, including No. 1 Barry (295-289 - 584), No. 8 UNC Pembroke (296-288 - 584) and No. 13 USC Aiken (294-290 - 584).

Jeff Evanier of Eckerd fired the second 68 of the tournament on Tuesday to take over the individual lead at 6-under par (70-68 - 138), passing round one leader J.P. Griffin (68-72 - 140) of No. 19 Georgia Southwestern. Griffin is tied with Matt Atkins (70-70 - 140) of USC Aiken for second place.

The third and final round will tee off on Wednesday morning at Rock Barn Golf and Spa in Conover, N.C., and the Argos will look to earn their ninth trip to the NCAA Championships. Five teams and two individuals on non-advancing teams will advance to the national tournament on May 15-19 in Louisville, Ky.

Fans can follow the final round with live scoring on www.GolfStat.com. For information on all UWF Athletics, visit www.GoArgos.com.

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1 Georgia Coll. & State 291-289 - 580 +4
2 Florida Tech           286-295 - 581 +5
T3 UNC Pembroke           296-288 - 584 +8
T3 Barry                  295-289 - 584 +8
T3 S. Carolina-Aiken      294-290 - 584 +8
6 Lynn                   288-298 - 586 +10
T7 Florida Southern       297-293 - 590 +14
T7 Eckerd College         295-295 - 590 +14
T7 Barton College         290-300 - 590 +14
T10 West Florida           298-293 - 591 +15
T10 North Alabama          298-293 - 591 +15
T12 Rollins College        291-301 - 592 +16
T12 Armstrong Atlantic     297-295 - 592 +16
14 Nova Southeastern      298-297 - 595 +19
T15 Columbus State         301-297 - 598 +22
T15 Coker College          301-297 - 598 +22
T17 Georgia Southwestern   298-302 - 600 +24
T17 Carson-Newman          296-304 - 600 +24
19 Wingate University     299-307 - 606 +30
20 Valdosta State         309-307 - 616 +40

T17 Carlos Rodriguez         74-71 - 145 +1
T27 Adam Whipp               71-76 - 147 +3
T39 Ryan Black               75-74 - 149 +5
T68 Thomas Guste-Pedersen    78-74 - 152 +8
T73 Juan Miguel Heredia      79-74 - 153 +9