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Men's Golf Team Takes Lead After 36 Holes At The Carpet Capital Collegiate

ATLANTA – The Georgia Tech men’s golf team rallied from an eight-stroke deficit and turned in a solid team effort en route to claiming the team lead after 36 holes of play at the Carpet Capital Collegiate. The 54-hole event is being contested at the 6,906-yard, par-72 layout of The Farm in Rocky Face, Ga.

After a 2-under-par opening round of 286, the Yellow Jackets put together an impressive 8-under-par effort on the second day of play, posting a 280 in blustery conditions to stand at 10-under-par 286-280-566 after two rounds. Tech leads first round leader and top-ranked Georgia (278-291-569) by three strokes entering the final round of play.

Tech was led in the individual standings for the second day by senior Bryce Molder (Conway, Ark.), who fired a 4-under-par round of 68 and is tied with Kyle Thompson of South Carolina in second place at 6-under-par 70-68-138. Both Molder and Thompson trail individual leader Nick Cassini of Georgia by one stroke entering the final day. Cassini finished the second round at 7-under-par 65-72-137.

Following Molder in the individual standings is junior Kris Mikkelsen (Woodstock, Ga.), who improved his play from day one in carding a 2-under-par 70 on Saturday and is one of four players tied for 12th place at 1-under-par 73-70-143. Right behind Mikkelsen in the field is fellow third-year player Matt Weibring (Plano, Texas), who is part of a six-way logjam in 16th place at even-par 71-73-144.

Sophomore Troy Matteson (Plano, Texas) is part of a four player tie for 25th at 2-over-par, 77-69-146, following a 3-under-par 69 in the second round. Rounding out the Yellow Jacket contingent in the field is senior Wes Latimer (Woodstock, Ga.), who is one of seven players tied for 29th place at 3-over-par, 72-75-147.

The Carpet Capital Collegiate will conclude tomorrow with the final round of play. Georgia Tech will begin its third round at 9:28 a.m., in threesomes with Georgia and Clemson.

 TEAM SCORES AFTER 18 HOLES1.  Georgia Tech                286-280-566 2.  Georgia                     278-291-569 3.  Clemson                     283-287-570 4.  UCLA                        281-297-578 5.  Florida                     292-288-580 6.  Tennessee                   292-291-583 7.  South Carolina              296-288-584 8.  East Tennessee State        292-293-585 9.  Arizona State               294-293-587 10. Wake Forest                 299-292-591     Augusta State               294-297-591 12. Auburn                      294-301-595 13. Virginia                    293-304-598 14. North Carolina              304-296-600 15. NC State                    299-303-602  TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS, GEORGIA TECH PLAYERS1.  Nick Cassini, Georgia       65-72-137 2.  Bryce Molder, Georgia Tech  70-68-138     Kyle Thompson, S. Carolina  69-69-138 4.  Camilo Villegas, Florida    72-67-139     Lucas Glover, Clemson       68-71-139 6.  D.J. Trahan, Clemson        69-71-140     Michael Webb, Augusta State 72-68-140 8.  Nick Gilliam, Florida       71-71-142     Ryan Hybl, Georgia          67-75-142     Cortand Lowe, Wake Forest   75-67-142     Cameron Yancey, Virginia    69-73-142 GEORGIA TECH INDIVIDUALSt-12.   Kris Mikkelsen          73-70-142 t-16.   Matt Weibring           71-73-144 t-25.   Troy Matteson           77-69-146 t-29.   Wes Latimer             72-75-147 Carpet Capital Collegiate     The Farm - Rock Face, GA  Tournament Dates: 10/06 - 10/08Par:        72                Yardage:  6906                 Fin Team                     Scores     1 Georgia Tech             286  280    566   -10    2 Georgia, U. of           278  291    569    -7    3 Clemson University       283  287    570    -6    4 UCLA                     281  297    578    +2    5 Florida, U. of           292  288    580    +4    6 Tennessee, Univ. of      292  291    583    +7    7 South Carolina           296  288    584    +8    8 East Tennessee St.       292  293    585    +9    9 Arizona State U.         294  293    587   +11   10 Wake Forest Univ.        299  292    591   +15      Augusta State U.         294  297    591   +15   12 Auburn University        294  301    595   +19   13 Virginia, U. of          294  304    598   +22   14 North Carolina, U of     304  296    600   +24   15 North Carolina State     299  303    602   +26             Fin  Name                  School       Scores     1  Nick Cassini          Georgia      65  72 137   -7   2  Bryce Molder          Ga. Tech     70  68 138   -6      Kyle Thompson         S Carolina   69  69 138   -6   4  Camilo Villegas       Florida      72  67 139   -5      Lucas Glover          Clemson      68  71 139   -5   6  D.J. Trahan           Clemson      69  71 140   -4      Michael Webb          Augusta St   72  68 140   -4   8  Nick Gilliam          Florida      71  71 142   -2      Ryan Hybl             Georgia      67  75 142   -2      Cortland Lowe         Wk. Forest   75  67 142   -2      Cameron Yancey        Virginia     69  73 142   -2  12  Paul Casey            Arizona St   70  73 143   -1      Steve Conway          UCLA         70  73 143   -1      Kris Mikkelsen        Ga. Tech     73  70 143   -1      David Miller          Georgia      72  71 143   -1  16  Jeff Quinney          Arizona St   77  67 144    E      Johan Kok             S Carolina   74  70 144    E      Thomas Lee            E Tenn. St   72  72 144    E      Matt Weibring         Ga. Tech     71  73 144    E      Chris Wisler          E Tenn. St   70  74 144    E      Simon Fitton          Tennessee    72  72 144    E  22  David Sanchez         NC State     69  76 145   +1      Andrew Pratt          Tennessee    73  72 145   +1      John Merrich          UCLA         71  74 145   +1  25  John Engler           Clemson      76  70 146   +2      Dustin Bray           N Carolina   72  74 146   +2      Troy Matteson         Ga. Tech     77  69 146   +2      J.T. Kohut            UCLA         73  73 146   +2  29  Andy Brimer           Tennessee    72  75 147   +3      Camilo Benedetti      Florida      75  72 147   +3      Travis Johnson        UCLA         70  77 147   +3      John Bloomfield       S Carolina   76  71 147   +3      Wes Latimer           Ga. Tech     72  75 147   +3      Ben Duncan            Clemson      71  76 147   +3      Bryant Odom           Georgia      74  73 147   +3  36  Jamie Elson           Augusta St   72  76 148   +4      Chris Mundorf         NC State     72  76 148   +4      Kevin Haefner         Auburn       71  77 148   +4  36  Bill Haas             Wk. Forest   74  74 148   +4      Adam Riddering        E Tenn. St   73  75 148   +4  41  Parker McLachlin      UCLA         70  79 149   +5      Ian Parnaby           Tennessee    77  72 149   +5      John Little           Auburn       79  70 149   +5      Pat Beste             E Tenn. St   77  72 149   +5      Ramon Bescansa        N Carolina   77  72 149   +5  46  Chad Wilfong          Wk. Forest   76  74 150   +6      Gregg Jones           Clemson      75  75 150   +6  48  Erik Compton          Georgia      76  75 151   +7      Oliver Wilson         Augusta St   74  77 151   +7      Will Swift            Auburn       73  78 151   +7      Justin Goodhue        Virginia     74  77 151   +7      Brady Stockton        Arizona St   74  77 151   +7  53  Rusty Kennedy         Virginia     75  77 152   +8      Jin Park              Arizona St   76  76 152   +8      Lee Williams          Auburn       76  76 152   +8      Robert Duck           Augusta St   76  76 152   +8      Whitten Meares        N Carolina   75  77 152   +8      Ryan Whitaker         Arizona St   74  78 152   +8  59  John Carter           NC State     78  75 153   +9      Brandon Skeen         Tennessee    75  78 153   +9      Ben Banks             Florida      74  79 153   +9      Jordan Code           Florida      75  78 153   +9      Jay Mundy             Auburn       74  79 153   +9  64  Brent Wanner          Wk. Forest   77  77 154  +10  65  Jay Morgan            Wk. Forest   74  81 155  +11      Richard Treis         N Carolina   81  74 155  +11      Ernie Rose            S Carolina   77  78 155  +11  68  Rob Simmons           N Carolina   80  76 156  +12      Mike Mitchell         Virginia     79  77 156  +12      Mark Tullo            NC State     80  76 156  +12      Anders Hofvander      E Tenn. St   79  77 156  +12  72  Steve Marino          Virginia     76  82 158  +14  73  Ross Godwin           NC State     80  79 159  +15  74  Jayce Stepp           Augusta St   80  80 160  +16  75  Omar Halldorsson      S Carolina   82  80 162  +18

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