Saturday, September 21
Olympia Fields - Olympia Fields, Illinois
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Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational
Rebels 14th After Second Round At Tough Olympia Fields Tournament
9/21/2019 5:27:00 PM | Men's Golf
Event hosted by Illinois features 11 top-25 teams.
OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. (UNLVRebels.com) - The UNLV men's golf team shot 20-over-par 300 Saturday during the second round of the tough OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational, which is being hosted by Illinois at Olympia Fields Country Club (par 70, 7,219 yards).Â
The tournament features 11 teams ranked in the top 25 among its field of 15.Â
No. 20 Baylor shot the low round of the day (1-over 281) to take over first place. The Bears hold a one-shot lead at 4-over 564. No. 3 Georgia Tech is second at 5-over, No. 10 Pepperdine is third at 7-over, No. 23 North Carolina is fourth at 13-over, while No. 19 Illinois rounds out the top five at 16-over. The Rebels are in 14th place with a 36-hole total of 32-over 592.
Individually, Oklahoma State's Austin Eckroat shot 3-under 67 during the second round and leads the field by a shot at 3-under 13. Baylor's Cooper Dossey is second at 2-under, while there is a four-way tie for third at 1-under.
UNLV junior Jack Trent was the Rebels' top performer during the second round with a 1-over 71. He is tied for 15th at 2-over 142 for the tournament. There are a total of 84 golfers competing.
NEXT FOR THE REBELS:Â The final round of the tournament will be played Sunday, September 22, starting at 7:30 a.m. CT. UNLV will be paired with Alabama and Indiana, teeing off the 10th hole at 8:30 a.m. CT.
LIVE SCORING: Live scoring of the tournament is available at UNLVRebels.com, courtesy of Golfstat, or by clicking here.
REBEL NOTES:Â
• This is the second tournament of the season for the Rebels and the second of the week in the Chicago area. UNLV tied for fourth in its season opener hosted by Northwestern.
• UNLV lost Mountain West Golfer of the Year and All-America Scholar Harry Hall to graduation following last season. He recently competed at the prestigious Walker Cup, becoming just the third Rebel in program history to be invited.Â
• The Rebels have welcomed four new players to this year's roster.
• Last year's team appeared in a NCAA-record 31st straight regional and advanced to the national finals where it finished in the top 20.
• Jack Trent and David Rauch are UNLV's returning All-Mountain West performers. Trent captured the individual title at the Southern Highlands Collegiate in March, which earned him an exemption into the PGA Tour's Shriners Hospitals for Children Open (will be played Oct. 3-6, at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas).
• Justin Kim, who turned in UNLV's best individual finish at the NCAA Finals last season, was also named an All-America Scholar.
• This year marks head coach Dwaine Knight's 33rd season leading the Rebel program.
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The tournament features 11 teams ranked in the top 25 among its field of 15.Â
No. 20 Baylor shot the low round of the day (1-over 281) to take over first place. The Bears hold a one-shot lead at 4-over 564. No. 3 Georgia Tech is second at 5-over, No. 10 Pepperdine is third at 7-over, No. 23 North Carolina is fourth at 13-over, while No. 19 Illinois rounds out the top five at 16-over. The Rebels are in 14th place with a 36-hole total of 32-over 592.
Individually, Oklahoma State's Austin Eckroat shot 3-under 67 during the second round and leads the field by a shot at 3-under 13. Baylor's Cooper Dossey is second at 2-under, while there is a four-way tie for third at 1-under.
UNLV junior Jack Trent was the Rebels' top performer during the second round with a 1-over 71. He is tied for 15th at 2-over 142 for the tournament. There are a total of 84 golfers competing.
NEXT FOR THE REBELS:Â The final round of the tournament will be played Sunday, September 22, starting at 7:30 a.m. CT. UNLV will be paired with Alabama and Indiana, teeing off the 10th hole at 8:30 a.m. CT.
LIVE SCORING: Live scoring of the tournament is available at UNLVRebels.com, courtesy of Golfstat, or by clicking here.
REBEL NOTES:Â
• This is the second tournament of the season for the Rebels and the second of the week in the Chicago area. UNLV tied for fourth in its season opener hosted by Northwestern.
• UNLV lost Mountain West Golfer of the Year and All-America Scholar Harry Hall to graduation following last season. He recently competed at the prestigious Walker Cup, becoming just the third Rebel in program history to be invited.Â
• The Rebels have welcomed four new players to this year's roster.
• Last year's team appeared in a NCAA-record 31st straight regional and advanced to the national finals where it finished in the top 20.
• Jack Trent and David Rauch are UNLV's returning All-Mountain West performers. Trent captured the individual title at the Southern Highlands Collegiate in March, which earned him an exemption into the PGA Tour's Shriners Hospitals for Children Open (will be played Oct. 3-6, at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas).
• Justin Kim, who turned in UNLV's best individual finish at the NCAA Finals last season, was also named an All-America Scholar.
• This year marks head coach Dwaine Knight's 33rd season leading the Rebel program.
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