KAUAI, Hawaii – The Texas A&M men's golf team ascended three positions on the leaderboard at the Wailua Golf Course Thursday, ending the second day of the John Burns Intercollegiate in third place.
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The Aggies were led on the links by senior Adria Arnaus (73-69=142, -2) and sophomore Cameron Champ (74-69=143, -1), who each fired rounds of three-under par Thursday to earn shares of eighth and 11th place on the leaderboard.
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Overall in the team standings, Texas A&M (292-285=577, +1) saw an 11-stroke improvement from Wednesday's opening round to climb behind only Texas (-16) and Cal (-9) in the 17-team field.
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"Today was a good day," Texas A&M head coach J.T. Higgins said. "We had really strong rounds out of Adria and Cam who both shot 69 and were steady throughout. They made a bunch of birdies early to get off to a good start and then held it together against some tough conditions."
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Freshman Chandler Phillips (71-76=147, +3) ended the day with a share of 32nd in the player standings, while senior Ben Crancer (74-74=148, +4) was a shot back in 37th and Andrew Lister (79-73=152, +8) rounded out the A&M lineup in a tie for 59th.
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"The wind wasn't quite as strong as yesterday but still blew pretty hard with a couple morning showers," Higgins added. "The guys handled it great and that allowed us to move up the leaderboard a little bit. We play in the final group tomorrow alongside the leaders and we're hoping to have a great final round. I'm really pleased with how we played the par-5s today; that's something we talked about and it was good to see the guys respond."
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A trio of Aggies are competing in the field as individuals with Connor Black (78-73=151, +7), Jake Goodman (79-75=154, +10) and Dylan Siebenaler (79-85=164, +20) in 53rd, 78th and 96th, respectively.
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Texas A&M will paired alongside Cal, Texas and UNLV when the event's final round tees off at 8:30 a.m. local time Friday morning. Results can be found on golfstat.com as well as live updates via twitter at @aggiemensgolf.
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The Aggies were led on the links by senior Adria Arnaus (73-69=142, -2) and sophomore Cameron Champ (74-69=143, -1), who each fired rounds of three-under par Thursday to earn shares of eighth and 11th place on the leaderboard.
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Overall in the team standings, Texas A&M (292-285=577, +1) saw an 11-stroke improvement from Wednesday's opening round to climb behind only Texas (-16) and Cal (-9) in the 17-team field.
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"Today was a good day," Texas A&M head coach J.T. Higgins said. "We had really strong rounds out of Adria and Cam who both shot 69 and were steady throughout. They made a bunch of birdies early to get off to a good start and then held it together against some tough conditions."
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Freshman Chandler Phillips (71-76=147, +3) ended the day with a share of 32nd in the player standings, while senior Ben Crancer (74-74=148, +4) was a shot back in 37th and Andrew Lister (79-73=152, +8) rounded out the A&M lineup in a tie for 59th.
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"The wind wasn't quite as strong as yesterday but still blew pretty hard with a couple morning showers," Higgins added. "The guys handled it great and that allowed us to move up the leaderboard a little bit. We play in the final group tomorrow alongside the leaders and we're hoping to have a great final round. I'm really pleased with how we played the par-5s today; that's something we talked about and it was good to see the guys respond."
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A trio of Aggies are competing in the field as individuals with Connor Black (78-73=151, +7), Jake Goodman (79-75=154, +10) and Dylan Siebenaler (79-85=164, +20) in 53rd, 78th and 96th, respectively.
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Texas A&M will paired alongside Cal, Texas and UNLV when the event's final round tees off at 8:30 a.m. local time Friday morning. Results can be found on golfstat.com as well as live updates via twitter at @aggiemensgolf.