Greenville, N.C. – Western Carolina sophomore Presten Richardson shot 1-over par 145 over the opening 36 holes of Monday's ECU Intercollegiate to pace the Catamounts to seventh place with a team score of 604 at the par-72, 6,830-yard Brook Valley Country Club.
 
Tied for 13th after the opening 18 holes, Richardson advanced five positions in the second round by improving on his 1-over par 73 in round one with an even-par 72 in the second. Richardson countered three bogeys with a pair of birdies in the first round before matching four bogeys with four birdies in the second go-round.
 
Freshman Jake Peacock was tied with Richardson after 18 holes with a first-round 1-over par 73 before sliding 14 spots into an eight-way tie for 27th with a two-round score of 151. Peacock posted three birdies on Monday. Senior Tumi Kúld carded five birdies, posting rounds of 77 and 76 for a total of 153 to sit tied for 39th overall.
 
Rounding out WCU's scoring five are senior Louis Theys (156) in a tie for 52nd and junior Magnus Pedersen (161) in a tie for 70th. Theys matched Kúld with five birdies on Monday. Pedersen posted a birdie in both rounds and played the first seven holes of the second round at even-par before his first bogey.
 
Southern Miss (574) turned in consecutive rounds of 287 to carry an 11-stroke lead over Francis Marion (585), which shared the lead after 18 holes, into Tuesday's final round. Gardner-Webb is third at 588 with Oakland (590) and hosts East Carolina (597) rounding out the top five.
 
Playing unattached as an individual, Max Green of West Virginia advanced two spots over the second round to sit atop the leaderboard with a 6-under par 138. Three golfers – Grant Sellers from Francis Marion, Southern Miss's Ryan Dupuy, and first-round leader Peech Bunnadodee of Gardner-Webb – sit amongst a three-way tie for the runner-up position three strokes in arrears at 141.
 
Paired with golfers from Presbyterian and IUPUI, Western Carolina's scoring five hits the course on the back nine with set tee times beginning at 8:27 a.m. Live scoring through GolfStat is available online through a link on CatamountSports.com.
 
7 – Western Carolina – 300 – 304 = 604 (+28)
T8 – Presten Richardson – 73 – 72 = 145 (+1)
T27 – Jake Peacock – 73 – 78 = 151 (+7)
T39 – Tumi Kúld – 77 – 76 = 153 (+9)
T52 – Louis Theys – 77 – 79 = 156 (+12)
T70 – Magnus Pedersen – 83 – 78 = 161 (+17)