Deacons Improve By 12 Strokes But Remain In 13th Place

March 11, 2006

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Wake Forest improved by 12 shots in the second round of the Southern Highlands Collegiate here Saturday, but the Deacons remain in 13^th place out of 15 teams. The final 18 holes are scheduled for Sunday at the par 72, 7,510-yard Southern Highlands Golf Club.

The 14^th-ranked Demon Deacons shot a cumulative 303, 15-over par today, but could not make any ground of the rest of the stellar field that includes 13 nationally-ranked teams. Wake Forest is within eight shots of the top 10.

Defending NCAA champion and No. 1-ranked Georgia and tournament host UNLV are tied for the team lead with a 36-hole total of 13-over par. UCLA is two strokes back in third place and Oklahoma State is three shots out in fourth place.

Deacon senior Kyle Reifers shot a 5-over par 77 today. Through 36 holes, Reifers is 9-over par and tied for 39^th place. Senior Doug Manchester fired and even-par 72 today, improving 10 strokes from Friday. Sophomore Webb Simpson, who shot a 76 today, is tied with Manchester for 47^th place at 10-over. Junior Sean Moore is 13-over through 36 holes and is tied for 36^th. Sophomore Chad Wilcox shot a 79 today and is 18-over for the tournament.

Georgia's Chris Kirk fired a 5-under par 67 today to take the overall individual lead with a cumulative 4-under par score. UCLA's Daniel Im, the only other player in the tournament under par, is two strokes back at 2-under.

TEAM STANDINGS

T1 UNLV 295 294 589 +13

T1 Georgia 295 294 589 +13

3 UCLA 304 287 591 +15

4 Oklahoma State 299 293 592 +16

5 Georgia Tech 297 296 593 +17

6 Clemson 301 294 595 +19

T7 Arizona State 311 288 599 +23

T7 Florida 305 294 599 +23

9 Texas A&M 303 300 603 +27

10 New Mexico 316 294 610 +34

11 Washington 309 302 611 +35

12 Duke 310 304 614 +38

13 Wake Forest 315 303 618 +42

14 Texas 311 317 628 +52

15 Arizona 322 309 631 +55

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

1 Chris Kirk Georgia 73 67 140 −4

2 Daniel Im UCLA 69 73 142 −2

T3 Vince Hatfield Clemson 72 72 144 E

T3 Pablo Martin Oklahoma State 73 71 144 E

5 Matt Kinsinger UNLV 76 69 145 +1

WAKE FOREST SCORES

T39 Kyle Reifers 76 77 153 +9

T47 Doug Manchester 82 72 154 +10

T47 Webb Simpson 78 76 154 +10

T63 Sean Moore 79 78 157 +13

T74 Chad Wilcox 83 79 162 +18

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Deacons Improve By 12 Strokes But Remain In 13th Place

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