Ben Sawaia

Men's Golf

Rebels Move Into 13th After Two Rounds At Season Opener

UNLV cards a nine-under-par 271 Saturday at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate hosted by Georgia State

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (UNLVRebels.com) –  The UNLV men's golf team shot a second-round 9-under-par 271 Saturday to move into 13th place (-8) at the season-opening Maui Jim Intercollegiate, which is being hosted by Georgia State at the Mirabel Golf Club.

Auburn improved its score from 22-under to 34-under to maintain the lead with Arizona State looming in second at 32-under after 36 holes. Florida State is in third at 29-under, followed by Tennessee in fourth (-27) and San Diego State (-22) and Oregon (-22) tied for fifth.

Junior Caden Fioroni leads the Rebels after he shot a second-round 3-under and is tied for 30th at 4-under for the tournament. Also shooting at par or better for the tournament for UNLV, junior Ben Sawaia (-1) shot a 1-under and junior Aaron Jarvis shot a 3-under as the duo finished the afternoon tied for 46th and 52nd, respectively.

Tennessee's Caleb Surratt (-13) took over the individual lead in the team tournament with a second-round 7-under-par 63. ASU's Michael Mjaaseth (-14) and Georgia Tech's Hiroshi Tai (-14) are tied for the top spot in the individual only-tournament at the Desert Mountain, Outlaw Course.

UP NEXT: The Rebels will conclude play at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate with the third round on Sunday, Sept. 11.

LIVE SCORING: Live scoring will be available at Golfstat.com, or by clicking here.

 
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Players Mentioned

Caden Fioroni

Caden Fioroni

5' 10"
Junior
TR
Aaron Jarvis

Aaron Jarvis

6' 0"
Sophomore
HS
Ben Sawaia

Ben Sawaia

5' 11"
Junior
1L

Players Mentioned

Caden Fioroni

Caden Fioroni

5' 10"
Junior
TR
Aaron Jarvis

Aaron Jarvis

6' 0"
Sophomore
HS
Ben Sawaia

Ben Sawaia

5' 11"
Junior
1L