Sophomore golfer Zach Egermayer.

Men's Golf

Golf in 10th Place After 36 Holes at Turning Stone

Sept. 6, 2015

VERONA, N.Y. - The Villanova men's golf team currently sits in 10th place at the Turning Stone Tiger Intercollegiate, a tournament hosted by the University of Missouri at the Turning Stone Resort in Verona, N.Y.

Villanova turned in a first round score of 305, and a second round score of 294 on Sunday. The Wildcats' two-round score is 599 (+23) heading into Monday's final 18 holes.

Junior Lucas Trim (Tampa, Fla./Jesuit) led the Wildcats with rounds of 73 and 72 for a 36-hole score of 145 (+1).

Sophomore Zach Egermayer (Ridgewood, N.J./Bergen Catholic) finished with a two-round total of 149 (+5) via rounds of 81 and 68. Egermayer turned in the lowest round thus far for Villanova with a round of 68 in the second set of 18 holes on Sunday.

Senior Luke Waggoner (Crystal Lake, Ill./Marian Central Catholic) went 76-76-152 (+8), and sophomore Andy Butler (Oakmont, Pa./Manheim Township) went +11 in the first two rounds, carding a 77-78--155.

Trim (T-13), Egermayer (T-32), and Waggoner (T-40) all rank in the top-50 of the 87 man field.

Freshman Andrew Bowyer (Summit, N.J./ Summit), who is competing as an individual, turned in rounds of 79 and 78 for a two-round total of 157 (+13).

Freshman Peter Richards (Westport, Conn./Staples) carded a 79-84-163 (+19).

Villanova trails Seton Hall (594, +18) and West Virginia (594, +18) by five strokes. The Wildcats are in front of Alabama State (601, +25) and Grand Canyon (602, +26) by two and three strokes respectively.

Missouri leads the field with a combined two-round score of 571 (-5). Boston College trails Missouri by seven strokes. Missouri's Wilson Sundvold is in first place after 36 holes with two-round cards of 137 (-7).

The 15-team field rounds out with Cleveland State in third, Xavier in fourth and Northern Kentucky, Hartford, West Virginia, Seton Hall, Binghamton, Villanova, Alabama State, Grand Canyon, Loyola-Chicago, Sacred Heart and Saint Peter's rounding out the fifth to 15th place finishes.

Play resumes tomorrow at 8:00 a.m.

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Players Mentioned

Andrew Bowyer

Andrew Bowyer

Freshman
Andy Butler

Andy Butler

Freshman
Zach Egermayer

Zach Egermayer

Freshman
Lucas Trim

Lucas Trim

Sophomore
Luke Waggoner

Luke Waggoner

Junior

Players Mentioned

Andrew Bowyer

Andrew Bowyer

Freshman
Andy Butler

Andy Butler

Freshman
Zach Egermayer

Zach Egermayer

Freshman
Lucas Trim

Lucas Trim

Sophomore
Luke Waggoner

Luke Waggoner

Junior