Mississippi State
Mobile Bay Intercollegiate
Rowland Three Shots Back Of First, Johnson Leads Individual Event
February 21, 2012 | Men's Golf
Rowland is currently tied for fourth with Tyler Klava from South Alabama after turning in a 2-under-par 142. The duo trails Andrew Cho of Middle Tennessee State following his 5-under-par 139 in Monday's first two rounds.
"Alex had a solid day," MSU coach Clay Homan said. "He has the opportunity to win his first collegiate event tomorrow with a solid round."
The Bulldogs' 293-290 earned them an eighth-place sitting with 18 holes remaining, trailing No. 22 Illinois, who is currently fifth, by just five strokes.
Middle Tennessee State tops the leaderboard after finishing with a solid 6-under-par 570.
Chad Ramey chased Rowland into the clubhouse with a 1-over-par 145, earning a tie for 24th. John Darden and Clay Bounds each turned in a 4-over-par 148, while redshirt freshman Tyler Smith rounded out the MSU leaderboard with a 156.
"We had a perfect day for scoring," Homan said. "We just left too many shots out there, particularly on the greens. Tee-to-green we weren't any different from the tournament leader, but we have to putt better. It's as simple as that."
In the USA Individual Tournament, freshman Fletcher Johnson holds a one-stroke lead after firing a 1-over-par 72. Alex Hoffman of Memphis and Will Snipes of Vanderbilt each turned in 2-overs.
Barrett Edens and Mike Genovese are each in the Top 10 in the individual event as well. Edens is in fourth after a 3-over-par and Genovese is tied for sixth after his 76.
The individual tournament is running concurrent with the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate. While the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate is a team event played on the Crossings Course at Magnolia Grove, the USA Individual Tournament is played on the Falls Course.
Final-round action begins 8 a.m. CST on Tuesday. Live stats for the team event will be available through HailState.com.
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Mobile Bay IntercollegiateSecond Round - February 20, 2011
TEAM RESULTS
1. Middle
Tennessee State (288+282=570, -6); T2. South Alabama (292+283=575, -1); T2.
Wake Forest (288+287=575, -1); 4. Memphis (295+282=577, +1); 5. Illinois
(290+288=578, +2); 6. Mercer (290+289=579, +3); 7. Vanderbilt (290+290=580,
+4); 8. Mississippi State (293+290=583,
+7); 9. Louisiana Lafayette (295+293=588, +12); 10. Southern Miss
(302+289=591, +15); 11. Kentucky (299+295=594, +18); 12. Akron (301+296=597,
+21); 13. Illinois State (303+297=600, +24); 14. Toledo (310+298=608, +32); 15.
Arkansas State (311+298=609, +33).
MSU INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
T4. Alex Rowland 71+71=142, -2
T14. Chad Ramey 73+72=145, +1
T37. John Darden 75+73=148,
+4
T37. Clay Bounds 74+74=148,
+4
T71. Tyler Smith 79+77=156, +12
USA Individual Tournament
First Round Round - February 20, 2011
MSU RESULTS
1. Fletcher Johnson 72=72, +1
4. Barrett Edens 74=74, +3
T6. Mike Genovese 76=76, +5
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