Feb. 29, 2016
Tucson, Ariz. - Freshman Kevin Velo climbed up to a 11th place tie with a five-under 67 in the second round of the National Invitational Tournament on Monday. Velo is three-under 141 for the tournament, eight shots behind leader Nick Voke of Iowa State.
San José State moved up one spot in the team standings to 13th place after shooting a five-over 293 on the par-72, 7,200-yard Catalina course at Omni Tucson National.
Starting the second round on the 10th tee, Velo shot six-under in the first 11 holes with two eagles and two birdies. The eagles came on the par-5, 511-yard 10th and par-5, 535-yard second hole. The Danville, Calif. native's, momentum was halted on the third hole with a bogey but he made pars the rest of the round.
Senior Taylor Bromley, the low scorer for the Spartans in the first round, shot one-over 73 on Monday but remains under par for the tournament and sits in a 19th place tie at one-under 143.
Redshirt sophomore Scott Munger played the first 12 holes at one-under par until quadruple bogeying the par-3, 170-yard fourth hole. Munger added a birdie to finish his day at two-over 74 and is two-over 146 for the tournament in a 30th place tie.
Underclassmen Bradley Keyer, Matthew Murray and Brett Thawley are in 72nd tie, 76th tie and 80th place, respectively.
Santa Clara remained atop the team standings at 11-under 565, five shots ahead of first round co-leader Nevada.
The Spartans will tee off their final round off the 10th hole again starting with Thawley at 8:53 a.m. MST, Keyer at 9:03 a.m., Munger at 9:14 a.m., Bromley at 9:24 a.m., Velo at 9:35 a.m. and Murray, who is playing as an individual at 9:56 a.m.
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2016 National Invitational Tournament Omni Tucson National, Tucson, Ariz. Par 72, 7,200-yards February 29, 2016 | ||||
TEAM STANDINGS | ||||
POS | SCHOOL | TO PAR | RD1-RD2-TOTAL | |
1. | Santa Clara | -11 | 278-287-565 | |
2. | Nevada | -6 | 278-292-570 | |
3. | New Mexico | -4 | 287-285-572 | |
T4. | Iowa State | -3 | 288-285-573 | |
T4. | Wyoming | -3 | 282-291-573 | |
T6. | UTEP | -1 | 291-284-575 | |
T6. | Arizona | -1 | 285-290-575 | |
8. | Colorado State | E | 286-290-576 | |
9. | New Mexico State | +1 | 288-289-577 | |
10. | UC Davis | +2 | 288-290-578 | |
11. | Stephen F. Austin | +4 | 290-290-580 | |
12. | Notre Dame | +8 | 289-295-584 | |
13. | San José State | +9 | 292-293-585 | |
14. | Utah | +14 | 292-298-590 | |
INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS (I) Indicates a player participating as an individual. | ||||
POS | PLAYER, SCHOOL | TO PAR | RD1-RD2-TOTAL | |
1. | Nick Voke, Iowa State | -11 | 68-65-133 | |
2. | Hayden Shieh, Santa Clara | -10 | 62-72-134 | |
3. | Frederik Dreier, UTEP | -8 | 69-67-136 | |
T4. | Nick Fuller, Nevada | -7 | 67-70-137 | |
T4. | Gustavo Morantes | -7 | 67-70-137 | |
SAN JOSÉ STATE RESULTS | ||||
POS | PLAYER | TO PAR | RD1-RD2-TOTAL | |
T11. | -3 | 74-67-141 | ||
T19. | -1 | 70-73-143 | ||
T30. | +2 | 72-74-146 | ||
T72. | +11 | 76-79-155 | ||
T76. | Matthew Murray (I) | +15 | 79-80-159 | |
80. | +16 | 79-81-160 | ||