UVa Men's Golfers Grab First-Day Lead at DICK's Sports Goods Challenge Cup

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Sept. 25, 2015

Nashville, Tenn. – The Virginia men’s golf team finished the first day of play at the DICK’S Sporting Goods Challenge Cup in first place. The Cavaliers posted rounds of 4-under 280 and 3-under 281 to stand at 7-under 561 after 36 holes of play. Vanderbilt is in second place at 1-under 567. The 12-team event is taking place at the par-71 Golf Club of Tennessee in Nashville.

UVa was led by junior Jimmy Stanger (Tampa, Fla.), who had scores of 67 and 71 to finish the second round tied for third place at 4-under 138. Junior Derek Bard (New Hartford, N.Y.), sophomore Danny Walker (Bradenton, Fla.) and freshman Thomas Walsh (High Point, N.C.) all shot 1-under 141 to be tied for 13th place. Senior Nick McLaughlin (New Castle, N.H.) is in 53rd place at 153.

Alabama’s Robby Shelton leads the field at 8-under 134. Florida State’s Hank Lebioda is in second place at 137.

The stroke play portion of the tournament will conclude Saturday. The Conference Challenge will take place on Sunday, with teams from the ACC playing 18-hole matches against their similarly ranked opponent from the SEC. The conference that accumulates the most points on Sunday will be crowned the 2015 Collegiate Challenge Cup Champion.

Live scoring is online at Golfstat.com.

DICK’S Sporting Goods Challenge Cup
The Golf Club of Tennessee
Nashville, Tenn.
Par-71, 7,184 yards
Second Round Results

Team Results 1. Virginia       280-281-561 2. Vanderbilt     279-288-567 3. Duke           294-274-568 4. Florida State  279-290-569 5. Florida        291-281-572 5. Georgia        290-282-572 7. Georgia Tech   287-286-573 8. Alabama        288-288-576 8. Kentucky       281-295-57610. Clemson        291-290-58111. Tennessee      288-297-58512. Louisville     297-292-589  
Individual Leaders1. Robby Shelton, Alabama       67-67-1342. Hank Lebioda, Florida State  68-69-1373. Jimmy Stanger, Virginia      67-71-1383. Ryan Orr, Florida            70-68-1383. Jack Maguire, Florida State  68-70-138
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