Deacs Shoot 7-Under-Par to Move Up Leaderboard

NORMAN, Okla. -- In the second round of the NCAA Regional in Norman, Okla., the Wake Forest men's golf team rose up the leaderboard with the help of a 7-under-par round.

Overall, the Demon Deacons were 13 strokes better from their opening round and were one stroke shy of the best round on the course. The round helped the Deacs move up two spots as they now are in ninth as a team and gained one stroke on the cutline.

Wake Forest had all five of its players finish par or better Tuesday with three players finishing below par. Senior Mark Power paced the Deacs as the first player on the course. He got off to a hot start with birdies on two of the first four holes and remained 2-under-par or better for the remainder of the day.

Power nearly went bogey free for the entire day with his only blemish coming on the par-4 17th hole. Only three other players in the field had a better score than the senior from Kilkenny, Ireland as he finished with a 68 (-4), elevating himself 22 spots on the individual leaderboard.

Right behind him on the course freshman Andrew McLauchlan put together a great round of his own. Like Power, McLauchlan tallied two birdies in the opening four holes and then entered the turn at even par. He found two more birdies on the back nine to finish 2-under-par.

Sophomore Scotty Kennon was the third Deacon to end the day in the red numbers. He was under par for much of his round after a birdie right before the turn put him under par.

For the final round of stroke play, the Demon Deacons will tee off Wednesday with LSU (-4) and Ole Miss (-3), with the first tee time set for 9:55 a.m. off No. 1.

From Coach Haas

"We played much better than we did yesterday and are playing better each and every nine holes that we play. We probably left a couple of shots out there today and will need another great round tomorrow. We will be off the first tee which is always better to start on that nine. Go Deacs!" - Head Coach Jerry Haas

Day Two Scores:

Team

Rank	Team	Round One	Round Two	Total
1	No. 17 Alabama	281	280	561 (-15)
2	No. 9 Oklahoma	279	284	563 (-13)
T3.	No. 5 Texas Tech	278	287	565 (-11)
T3.	Colorado	284	281	565 (-11)
5	No. 44 North Florida	285	281	566 (-10)
6	No. 32 Duke	283	285	568 (-8)
7	No. 41 LSU	292	280	572 (-4)
8	No. 20 Ole Miss	293	280	573 (-3)
9	No. 29 Wake Forest	294	281	575 (-1)
10	Kansas	288	289	577 (+1)
11	UNCW	296	282	578 (+2)
12	Louisiana	297	290	587 (+11)
13	Princeton	293	296	589 (+13)
14	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	313	307	620 (+44)

Wake Forest Team

Player	Rank	Round One	Round Two	Total
Michael Brennan	T26	71	72	143 (-1)
Boyd Owens	T26	71	72	143 (-1)
Mark Power	T41	77	68	145 (+1)
Andrew McLauchlan	T46	76	70	146 (+2)
Scotty Kennon	T50	76	71	147 (+3)

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Players Mentioned

Michael Brennan

Scotty Kennon

Andrew McLauchlan

Boyd Owens

Mark Power

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