March 17, 2008

2008 Pinehurst Intercollegiate Leaderboard (PDF)

MILWAUKEE - The Marquette University men's golf team shaved 10 strokes off their opening round score to post a 304 Monday during second-round action at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate by Gatorade held at the Centennial No. 8 Course in Pinehurst, N.C. Currently tied for 13th, the Golden Eagles will play their final round on Tuesday.

Indiana still leads the 19-team field with a 578 (286-292). Marquette is knotted with Toledo at 618, but leads Miami (Ohio), Hartford, Western Illinois, Marshall, and IUPUI heading into the final round and is within striking distance of at least a handful of teams, including ninth-place Wisconsin at 612 (308-304).

MU junior Mike Van Sickle posted the team's best score of the day, shooting an even-par 72. Van Sickle has now carded par-or-better in 17 of his 22 rounds played this season and is on pace to break his own single-season record of 20 rounds of par-or-better established in 2006-07.

Van Sickle is tied with teammate Mike Bielawski for 23rd overall. Bielawski has been MU's most consistent performer for the tournament. The senior carded back-to-back rounds of 77 and 75, respectively. Bielawski's five birdies is also most among the squad.

Tuesday's third round at the 7,092-yard No. 8 Course will be a shotgun start beginning at 8 a.m. CT. Live scoring of the tournament is available at golfstat.com.

2008 Pinehurst Intercollegiate by Gatorade
Monday, March 17, 2008 (Round Two)
Pinehurst, N.C.
Pinehurst Course No. 8
Par 72 / 7,092 yards

MU Individuals
T23) Mike Van Sickle 152 (80-72)
T23) Mike Bielawski 152 (77-75)
T41) Ted Gray 154 (76-78)
T78) Mike McDonald (160 (81-79)
90) Kelly Kretz 164 (82-82)

Team Scores
1) Indiana 578 (286-292)
2) Eastern Kentucky 602 (304-298)
3) VCU 603 (303-300)
T4) Western Carolina 606 (307-299)
T4) Penn State 606 (312-294)
6) Ball State 607 (303-304)
7) San Francisco 609 (308-301)
8) UNC Greensboro 610 (305-305)
9) Wisconsin 612 (308-304)
10) East Carolina 614 (311-303)
11) St. Mary's (Calif.) 616 (309-307)
12) UNC Wilmington 617 (306-311)
T13) Marquette 618 (314-304)
T13) Toledo 618 (311-307)
15) Miami (Ohio) 621 (316-305)
16) Hartford 622 (316-306)
17) Western Illinois 630 (322-308)
18) Marshall 635 (315-320)
19) IUPUI 650 (333-317)