Oct. 24, 2011
LAS CRUCES, N.M. -- Kevin Lucas and Gavin Kwon each shot 67 in the second round of the Herb Wimberly Intercollegiate and Nevada moved all the way into fifth place heading into Tuesday's final round.
Nevada shot 9-over 293 as a team in the first round on Monday but blistered NMSU's University Golf Course in the afternoon with a 9-under 275 to sit at even par after 36 holes of the three-round tournament. Kevin Lucas opened with a 72 and then shot 67 in the afternoon and the senior is tied for seventh going into the final 18 holes.
Gavin Kwon also shot 67 in the second round, after a 74 in round one, and he is tied for 13th moving into the final round. Gustavo Chuang leads Nevada's trio of freshman with a 143 (T-25th) while Taylor Knoll (146; T-32nd) and Zak Griffiths (147; T-36th) also fared well.
UNLV leads the team race at 25-under after the two rounds. The final 18 holes will be played on Tuesday.
NEVADA RESULTS
T 7 Kevin Lucas 72 67 139
T 13 Gavin Kwon 74 67 141
T 25 Gustavo Chuang 73 70 143
T 32 Taylor Knoll 74 72 146
T 36 Zak Griffiths 76 71 147
TEAM RESULTS
1 UNLV 272 271 543 -25
2 Wichita State Univ. 283 271 554 -14
3 New Mexico State U. 282 277 559 -9
4 Kansas 287 277 564 -4
5 Nevada, Univ. of 293 275 568 E
6 San Jose State 292 282 574 +6
Idaho, Univ. of 290 284 574 +6
8 Texas State Univer. 291 289 580 +12
9 Texas El Paso, U. of 292 295 587 +19
10 Northern Colorado 303 288 591 +23
11 Weber State Univ. 297 298 595 +27
Western New Mexico 306 289 595 +27
13 Nebraska 295 302 597 +29
14 Rice 302 296 598 +30
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