Maricopa, Ariz. – Darkness halted Tuesday's second round at the Wyoming Cowboy Classic with teams roughly halfway through the second 18-hole round at the par-72, 7,338-yard AK-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Course. Tenth through the first round with a score of 283, Western Carolina is in the clubhouse in a 10th-place tie midway through its second 18 holes.
Round two is scheduled to resume at 7:15 a.m. MST / 10:15 a.m. EST on Wednesday, with the field moving directly into the final round upon its completion. Live scoring for each round is available
online through the Scoreboard app, powered by Clippd.
Through 18 holes on Tuesday, the Catamount scoring five was paced by redshirt sophomore transfer
Tyler Jones, who posted his 12th seasonal round in the 60s with a 5-under par 67. The Jacksonville, N.C., product carded five birdies in a bogey-free round to sit tied for sixth in the loaded individual field.
Junior
Jace Butcher was tied for 27th overall with his seventh-straight seasonal round carded at even-par 72-or-better, turning to the second round with a 2-under par 70. Butcher was tied for 27th, overcoming a double-bogey on his third hole of the day with five birdies over his next seven holes. A bogey on the par-3 17th left him at 2-under, where he played even over the final seven holes of his first round.
Senior
Ivan Ninkovic rebounded from a 3-over par start to the day, just six holes into his round, to record an even-par round of 72. He charted five birdies on the day, tied for 56th after the opening 18. Rounding out WCU's scoring five are junior
Andrew Korytoski in a tie for 86th with a 2-over par 74, and freshman
Connor Williams at 5-over par 77, tied for 111th.
Midway through the second round, four of WCU's five golfers have improved upon their standings, each with at least six holes remaining to finish to get through 36 complete.
Through 18 holes, No. 28 Southern California and Iowa State stood tied atop the team leaderboard with matching team scores of 272, a stroke ahead of No. 46 Arkansas State in third at 273. The leaders were two clear of fourth-place Grand Canyon (274), with No. 42 San Diego in fifth place, five strokes off the pace at 277.
When the teams were chased from the course by darkness, USC held a three-stroke lead over a two-way tie between Arkansas State and Grand Canyon, with Iowa State slipping to fourth and UTEP undermining San Diego into fifth.
Matthew Diehl of GCU and ISU's Paul Beauvy (#144) were tied for the lead through 18 holes with matching scores of 8-under par 64, with GCU's Nixon Lauritzen a stroke back in third as the Lopes occupied two-thirds of the podium.
In the middle of the second round, four individuals held the top spot, with Diehl and Beauvy joined by USC's Luke Stock and Bryson Barnes of CSU Northridge.
Competition concludes on Wednesday with the completion of the second round, followed by the third 18-hole round in Arizona.
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