GASPERINI, DUNCAN LEAD HIGHLANDERS ON OPENING DAY OF PHOENIX INVITATIONAL

Monday, October 14

Burlington, N.C.

Radford University

Phoenix Invitational

GASPERINI, DUNCAN LEAD HIGHLANDERS ON OPENING DAY OF PHOENIX INVITATIONAL

10/14/2019 8:40:00 PM | Men's Golf

BURLINGTON, N.C. – The Radford men's golf team completed the first two rounds of the Phoenix Invitational Monday at Alamance Country Club. The Highlanders sit in 12th place after shooting a 287 (3-over) in the first round and a 288 (4-over) in the second round.

Peter Gasperini led the Highlanders on the opening day with a pair of rounds under par to place in a tie for ninth. The redshirt senior opened the day with a 3-under 68 in the first round, then followed that with a 1-under 70 in round two.

Hunter Duncan had identical rounds of even-par 71 to place inside the top 30 for Radford, while Tyler Hull had a 1-under 70 in the second round to move up into a tie for 44th after being outside the top 75 following the first round.

Overall, Drexel leads the field at 13-under and has a one-shot lead over Gardner-Webb. The Runnin' Bulldogs surged up the leaderboard with a second-round score of 15-under. Gardner-Webb's Jake Scruggs is the individual leader at 13-under, following a second round where he shot a 10-under 61.

RADFORD LINEUP
T9 • Peter Gasperini | 68-70 (138, -4)
T26 • Hunter Duncan | 71-71 (142, E)
T44 • Tyler Hull | 74-70 (144, +2)
T79 • Patrick Gareiss | 74-77 (151, +9)
T92 • Andrew Kennedy | 77-77 (154, +12)

UP NEXT
Radford takes part in the final round of the Phoenix Intercollegiate on Tuesday.

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