Deacons In 12th Place After Two Rounds In Tennessee

Oct. 15, 2005

JONESBOROUGH (TN) - Eleventh-ranked Wake Forest, struggling after two rounds of play at The Ridges golf course, is in 12^th place out of 15 teams with 18 holes remaining in the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate.

The Demon Deacons, who are coming off a team and individual victory last week in Richmond, shot identical 11-over 299s in both rounds on Saturday. Wake Forest is 28 strokes off the pace, but just 11 strokes out of seventh place.

South Carolina leads the team race after shooting 6-under in 36 holes on Saturday. The Gamecocks are four strokes in front of second-place North Carolina. TCU (+1) is in third place, followed by East Tennessee State (+2) and Kent State (+8).

East Tennessee State's Rhys Davies shot a sizzling 68-69--137 (-7) to lead the individual race. Davies is two strokes in front of South Carolina's Florian Fritsch and three strokes ahead of a group of three golfers at 4-under par.

Wake Forest was led by junior Sean Moore, who is tied for 25^th after shooting 73-75--148 (+4). Senior All-American Kyle Reifers followed a morning 78 with a 1-under 71 in the afternoon and is tied for 36^th at 5-over par. Sophomore Webb Simpson shot a 76-74--150 (+6) and is tied for 45^th. Senior Doug Manchester followed a 73 with an 8-over 80 and is tied for 61^st. Marc Gladson, the only freshman on the Deacon roster, shot a 77-79--156 (+12).

The final 18 holes are scheduled for Sunday morning.

Team Leaders

1 South Carolina 286 284 570 −6

2 North Carolina 296 278 574 −2

3 TCU 284 293 577 +1

4 East Tennessee St. 293 285 578 +2

5 Kent State 298 286 584 +8

6 Auburn 300 285 585 +9

7 Florida State 290 297 587 +11

T8 Tennessee 295 294 589 +13

T8 Alabama 293 296 589 +13

10 Virginia Tech 294 296 590 +14

11 Northwestern 303 292 595 +19

12 Oklahoma 307 290 597 +21

13 Wake Forest 299 299 598 +22

T14 LSU 294 308 602 +26

T14 Virginia 302 300 602 +26

Individual Leaders

1 Rhys Davies East Tennessee St. 68 69 137 −7

2 Florian Fritsch South Carolina 71 68 139 −5

T3 Eirik Tage Johansen South Carolina 69 71 140 −4

T3 Drew Laning TCU 70 70 140 −4

T3 Robert Riesen North Carolina 72 68 140 −4

6 David Merkow Northwestern 72 70 142 −2

Wake Forest Individuals

T25 Sean Moore 73 75 148

T36 Kyle Reifers 78 71 149

T45 Webb Simpson 76 74 150

T61 Doug Manchester 73 80 153

T73 Marc Gladson 77 79 156

Wake Forest Athletics

Players Mentioned

Marc Gladson

Doug Manchester

Sean Moore

Kyle Reifers

Webb Simpson

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