BURLINGTON, N.C. - After two rounds at the Phoenix Invitational, freshman
Chris Vahey (+3) rests t-43. Vahey carded a 77 after the first round of 18, but bounced back to shoot a 68 at the par-71, 6,871-yard Alamance Country Club. The Economics major tallied six birdies in his first two rounds for the Maroon and White.
Classmate
Valdemar Kofod-Olsen shot 145 (74-71) to join Vahey in a tie for 43rd. Kofod-Olsen racked up 10 birdies and an eagle over his 36 holes. Sophomore
Reed Theiss (+3) landed t-43 alongside Vahey and Theiss, carding rounds of 71 and 74.
Travis Robertson shot 147 to sit t-57 ahead of the final round. Harrison Dessel (+9) finds himself in 80th.
The Leopards carded a 581, ending the first of two days in 13th.
UNC-Wilmington shot a 21-under-par 547, pacing the 16-team field. Gardner-Webb's Jack Boyer and Elon's Landon Durham sit atop the individual leaderboard, with both golfers carding nine-under-par. Old Dominion's Cullen Campbell (134) remains one stroke behind with 18 holes left to play.
Lafayette retakes the course on Tuesday at 8 a.m.