STOCKTON, Calif. – Following its best team round of the season, the Nevada men's golf team finds itself in second place with one round remaining at the Visit Stockton Pacific Invitational.
 
The 40^th ranked Wolf Pack posted the best round of the day with a massive 13-under par performance. The total team score from the second round of 271 is the Pack's best of the season and is tied for the fifth-lowest round in program history. Nevada used its strong play to move up three spots on the leaderboard into second place. At 16-under par for the tournament, the Pack will enter Saturday's final round just two shots behind No. 16 BYU for the lead.
 
Nevada was led by a pair of juniors in Sam Harned and newcomer Tony Gil. Harned torched the course today, notching a new career high with a 7-under 64, which is tied for the lowest round of the tournament and is tied for the second-best round in Wolf Pack history. The Rocklin, Calif. native played a perfect round of golf with seven birdies and no bogeys, including five birdies on the back nine. Combined with his 71 from yesterday, Harned is at 7-under for the tournament, just two shots back of the individual lead in a tie for third.
 
Tied with Harned at 7-under and in third place is Gil, who also carded a career low round on Friday, finishing the day with a 5-under 66. This is not just a career low for Gil at Nevada, but a collegiate career low with his previous best being a 69 at Houston. Gil started the day strong and ended strong, making four birdies on the front nine and two on the back side. His only blemish came with a bogey on the par 4 10^th.
 
Nevada got solid play from up and down its lineup as other members chipped in to the team's rise as well. Junior Stephen Osborne tied his career low with a 1-under 70 today. Osborne was balanced in his round, making three birdies, 13 pars and just two bogeys. He is currently tied for 47^th in the 90-player field. The other counted score of the day came from junior Sam Meek and his even par 71. Meek made five birdies today and is tied for 53^rd. Sophomore Joey Vrzich was unable to find many red numbers during his round, making just one birdie, but did manage 14 pars to turn in a 2-over 73. He is currently tied for 18^th.
 
Live scoring for the entire tournament will be available on GolfStat.com.
 
Nevada Players
T3. Tony Gil, 69-66=135 (-7)
T3. Sam Harned, 71-64=135 (-7)
T18. Joey Vrzich, 67-73=140 (-2)
T47. Stephen Osborne, 74-70=144 (+2)
T53. Sam Meek, 74-71=145 (+3)