Strong Second Round Highlights First Day of SoCon Championship Action for Mercer

Sunday, April 23

Pinehurst, N.C.

Mercer University

Southern Conference Championship

Strong Second Round Highlights First Day of SoCon Championship Action for Mercer

4/23/2017 8:17:00 PM | Men's Golf

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By: Patrick T. Walsh

PINEHURST, N.C. – Mercer improved its team score by 12 strokes between rounds of a challenging day of play at the 2017 Southern Conference Men's Golf Championship at Pinehurst No. 9. The day, originally set for 18 holes, was changed to 36-hole in an effort to avoid inclement weather.

The field played through intermittent rain and temperatures in the high 50s Sunday as senior Justin Connelly led the Bears with a 10-over-par score through two rounds, just 10 strokes behind the leader and six strokes behind a top-five finish in a tight individual race.

MERCER SCORECARD

8.	Mercer	317	305	+46	622
T-21.	Justin Connelly	77	77	+10	154
T-29.	Stanton Schorr	81	76	+13	157
T-29.	Brennan Bogdanovich	83	74	+13	157
T-29.	Hayes Rule	79	78	+13	157
T-34.	Kiko Rosete	80	79	+15	159

MERCER ON THE TEAM LEADERBOARD
The Bears finished the day at 46-over-par 622 and in eighth place, just two strokes behind Samford (+44). Furman is in sixth place at 36-over-par. ETSU leads the team scoring at 16-over-par while Chattanooga and UNCG are tied for second at 22-over-par.

MERCER ON THE INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD
Justin Connelly leads the Bears on the individual leaderboard at 10-over-par and is within 10 strokes of the leader, ETSU's Geuntae Kim whose hole-in-one on the day helped buoy his even-par round. Stanton Schorr, Brennan Bogdanovich and Hayes Rule are all tied for 29^th at 13-over-par.

FINAL ROUND PAIRINGS
The final round, weather permitting, will tee off starting at 9 a.m. on Monday morning with tee times set at nine minute intervals. The Bears will tee off Hole No. 1 and will be paired with Samford in the final round.

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