Round #1-2 Standings (.pdf)
COLUMBIA, Mo. - The IUPUI men's golf team got off to a rough start, but began working back up the leaderboard during the afternoon and sit in second-place through 36 holes at the COG Mizzou Intercollegiate, being played at the par 72 Old Hawthorne Golf Course this week. Host Missouri leads the 15-team field with a 12-under 564 while IUPUI is second at 584 (298-286).
Austin Peay (586), Iowa State (588) and Northern Illinois (589) round out the top third of the field entering Tuesday's final 18 holes.
"The guys did a good job in the afternoon," head coach
John Andrews said. "I'm not sure what to attribute it to in terms of the bad start, but it's a habit. And it's a habit that needs to change.
"We need (Missouri's) help to catch them. I'm not going to hold my breath, but it's been done before in college golf."
For the most part, IUPUI started slowly before finally gaining traction early in the second round. Sophomore
Rob van de Vin had back to back double bogeys on Nos. 3 and 4 while classmate
Jose Pablo Segurola made five straight bogeys before making triple on No. 18. Segurola's big number came after he witnessed teammate
Ben Engle taking a nine on the par-4 17th.
"Negative vibes can feed off each other, just like positive vibes can when you're making birdies," Andrews said.
Senior
Michael Davan attributed the early struggles to the speed of the greens.
"I think it was a big adjustment to switch from the green speeds at IU to here," Davan said. "They're a lot faster here. At IU, (putts) would break a lot right at the hole and here, they don't break much at all."
Davan led the Jaguars at 1-under 143 (74-69) on Monday, including finishing his day with three birdies on his final four holes. The Illinois-native is in eighth place, six shots back of Missouri's Ryan Zech who ended the day at 7-under.
"The last 16 holes, I played really well," Davan said. "I missed a lot of good birdie opportunities, but you can't get too greedy."
Senior
Michael Powell was the exception to the IUPUI rule on Monday, starting at 4-under through eight holes before double bogeying his final hole to finish with a 2-under 70. In the afternoon, he shot 75 to finish his day 1-over. van de Vin is at 147 (74-73) and Segurola finished at 150 (80-70).
"Rob was very uncomfortable with the golf course early," Andrews said. "He's not like (Michael) Powell; he's a very conservative player. He gets a feel for the course first before he goes for it.
"Jose played really well in the afternoon."
Engle capped the Jaguars' lineup with a 155 (81-74) on Monday including avenging his earlier big number on No. 17 with a birdie in the afternoon.
"He and Davan feed off one another," Andrews said. "They've been around each other so much that they sort of set the tone, or the attitude, of the team. They've been around each other a lot."
While IUPUI is no stranger to a double-digit comeback, trailing a top 100 team by 20 shots could be an insurmountable obstacle to overcome.
"We're 20 shots behind so it doesn't matter what they're shooting - we've got to go out and play the golf course," Davan said. "We're going to have to have four scores in the sixties tomorrow.
"We're looking forward to it."
Live scoring will be available during Tuesday's final round on both Golfstat.com and IUPUIJags.com.
Team Standings
1. Missouri - 275-289=564 (-12)
2. IUPUI - 298-286=584 (+8)
3. Austin Peay - 294-292=586 (+10)
4. Iowa State - 288-300=588 (+12)
5. Northern Illinois - 295-294=589 (+13)
t-6. Purdue - 300-295=595 (+19)
t-6. Nebraska - 299-296=595 (+19)
8. Wisconsin - 294-302=596 (+20)
9. Oral Roberts - 302-299=601 (+25)
10. Binghamton - 301-303=604 (+28)
11. Belmont - 308-306=614 (+38)
12. Creighton - 304-312=616 (+40)
t-13. Northern Iowa - 302-316=618 (+42)
t-13. South Dakota State - 316-302=618 (+42)
15. Cincinnati - 317-310=627 (+51)
Individual Standings
8.
Michael Davan - 74-69=143 (-1)
11.
Michael Powell - 70-75=145 (+1)
t-15.
Rob van de Vin - 74-73=147 (+3)
t-28.
Jose Pablo Segurola - 80-70=150 (+6)
t-53.
Ben Engle - 81-74=155 (+11)
