Second round complete at Graeme McDowell Invitational

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 Rodriguez and Romashkin post identical scores

 ONEONTA, Ala. – After shooting identical scores in the first round of the Graeme McDowell Invitational, the duo of Andres Rodriguez and Daniil Romashkin did so once again in Monday’s second round to pace the University of Evansville men’s golf team.

Rodriguez and Romashkin both recorded scores of 75 to open the event on Sunday and came back in the second 18 holes to post rounds of 71, one under par.  Both are tied for the 40th position at Limestone Springs.

Omar Khalid made a nice improvement in the second 18 holes.  The freshman began the weekend with a 78 before lowering his score by five shots to a 2-over 74.  He is tied for 66th on the individual leaderboard.

Eli Rohleder and Julian Kiessling completed the scoring for the Purple Aces.  Rohleder remains fourth on the team with a 158.  Both of his rounds finished at 7-over.  Kiessling made the largest jump for UE.  After carding a score of 85 on Sunday, the freshman completed Monday’s round with a 5-over 77.

Evansville remains in 12th place in the team standings while the top of the standings see the top three teams separated by just one stroke.  North Alabama heads into Tuesday’s final round at 21-under with Lipscomb and UL Monroe tied for second, just one off the pace.

Yixiang Wang from Memphis and Louis Anceaux of ULM are tied atop the individual standings.  Both have scores of 131, 11 under par.  Xing Luo of UNA is one stroke behind in third place.