Lake Buena Vista, Fla. – Senior Magnus Pedersen climbed 14 spots into a tie for 12th and graduate transfer Adam Hooker advanced 24 spots into a tie for 21st as Western Carolina moved into sixth place after 36 holes at the Mickey Mouse Intercollegiate, hosted by Bellarmine at Disney's par-72, 6,870-yard Palm Golf Course. WCU followed Sunday's 292 with a score of 294 for a two-day total of 586, just four strokes outside of the Top Five.
 
Paired with golfers from Belmont, Univ. of St. Thomas, and UT-Martin, WCU's scoring five opens Tuesday's final round on the back nine with tee times beginning at 8:30 a.m. Live scoring through GolfStat is available online through a link at CatamountSports.com.
 
Opening on the back nine, Pedersen countered a bogey on the par-5 11th with a pair of birdies to make the turn at 1-under par. A third birdie on the par-5 seventh left him at 2-under for the day before a second bogey on the par-3 eighth left him at 1-under, 71, and a two-round score of even-par 144. Hooker carded a pair of birdies through his first five holes before being relegated back to even-par at the turn with bogeys on No. 16 and No. 18. He came to the clubhouse with eight pars and a third birdie for a 71 and a two-day total of 2-over par 146.
 
Redshirt junior transfer Pablo Hernandez shot 4-over par 76, carding 14 pars with four bogeys for a two-day score of 147, sliding into a tie for 27th overall.
 
Rounding out WCU's scoring five are redshirt freshman Josh Lendach (149) in a tie for 40th after a second-round 76 and fifth-year senior Louis Theys (154) in a tie for 73rd after shooting 79 on Monday. Both Lendach and Theys carded a pair of birdies over the second 18 holes.
 
Playing unattached as an individual, senior Quinton Metz sits in 90th, trimming three strokes off his opening-round 83 by shooting 80 in Monday's second round.
 
All told, WCU leads the field with 120 total pars and is third in par-4 scoring through 36 of the scheduled 54 holes.
 
Wofford continues to pace the field through two rounds, leading IUPUI – which climbed 11 spots in the standings on Monday – by eight strokes, 568-to-576. Queens University of Charlotte moved four spots into third at 577 with host Bellarmine (579) and Belmont (582) rounding out the top five.
 
Matthew Larkin from Wofford posted a second-straight round of 68 for a two-day score of 136 to lead the individual field by three strokes over a three-way tie for second between teammate Harry Jones, Sam McWilliams of IUPUI, and Taylor Gardner of IUPUI at 5-under par 139.
 
Results and a recap of Monday's second round will be posted after play.
 
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6 – Western Carolina – 292 – 294 = 586
T12 – Magnus Pedersen (2) – 73 – 71 = 144
T21 – Adam Hooker (3) – 75 – 71 = 146
T27 – Pablo Hernandez (1) – 71 – 76 = 147
T40 – Josh Lendach (5) – 73 – 76 = 149
T73 – Louis Theys (4) – 75 – 79 = 154
90 – Quinton Metz (ind.) – 83 – 80 = 163