Mercer Fifth after Round Two at Martin Downs

PALM CITY, Fla. – Mercer climbed one spot to fifth place at the UNCG Martin Downs Collegiate after posting a second round score of 2-under-par 286 on Monday at the Martin Downs Golf Club.

Brennan Bogdanovich shot a scorching 5-under-par 67 to pull to even for the tournament while jumping 33 spots into a tie for 11th individually. Stanton Schorr (1-over-par) and Spencer Ball (1-over-par) both remained inside the top 10 individually despite falling four spots apiece.

Mercer Scorecard

5.	Mercer	292	286	+2	578
T-7	Stanton Schorr	68	73	-3	141
T-9	Spencer Ball	70	73	-1	143
T-11	Brennan Bogdanovich	77	67	E	144
T-39	Kiko Rosete	78	73	+7	151
T-39	Tyler Copp (Individual)	77	74	+7	151
T-45	Jerry Ren	77	75	+8	152
T-55	Nolan Miller (Individual)	80	75	+11	155

Mercer on the Team Leaderboard
Despite making a six-shot improvement on Sunday's four-over-par 292, Mercer jumped only one spot to fifth in the team standings. The Bears flipped with James Madison, which dropped to sixth with a seven-over-par 295.

Mercer sits 10 shots off co-leaders UNCG and Seton Hall (8-under-par), but only six shots off Elon in third place (4-under-par).

Mercer on the Individual Leaderboard
Bogdanovich had it rolling Monday, notching seven birdies over an outstanding 18 holes of play as he improved 33 spots for a tie of 11th place. The Bears have a shot at three players ranking inside the top 10 individually as Schorr and Ball are tied for seventh and ninth, respectively. Schorr is five shots off clubhouse leader Gregor Tait (8-under-par) of Seton Hall.

Kiko Rosete shot 1-over-par 73 Monday to jump 11 spots individually into a tie for 39th place as well.

Coach Kayden's Take
"We had a good team effort today…the guys came out and played well," said head coach Kirk Kayden. "Stanton, Spencer and Kiko all posted 73's while Brennan Bogdanovich really came through for us with a five-under-par 67. He was pretty flawless for us.

"When you have that one low score, your team score really gets helped out. I'm very encouraged by our team score and efforts today, but on the other hand, we have to keep our foot on the gas pedal because there were some other really good team scores today."

Tuesday's Pairings
Mercer's five will all tee off on No. 1 between 7:30-8:10 a.m. Tuesday in Palm City. Individuals Nolan Miller (9 a.m.) and Tyler Copp (8:50 a.m.) will tee off on hole No. 10.

Jerry Ren: 7:30 a.m.
Kiko Rosete: 7:40 a.m.
Brennan Bogdanovich: 7:50 a.m.
Spencer Ball: 8 a.m.
Stanton Schorr: 8:10 a.m.

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Players Mentioned

Spencer Ball

Brennan Bogdanovich

Tyler Copp

Nolan Miller

Jerry Ren

Kiko Rosete

Stanton Schorr

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