Blue Devils 11th After Two Rounds At Bank of Tennessee

Saturday, October 17

Jonesborough, Tenn.

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Blue Devils 11th After Two Rounds At Bank of Tennessee

10/17/2009 8:30:00 PM | Men's Golf

By: Duke Sports Information

JONESBOROUGH, TENN -- Freshman Brinson Paolini fired an even-par 72 on Saturday as Duke shot an eight-over 296 in the second round of the Bank of Tennessee at the Ridges. The Blue Devils are 11th overall heading into the Sunday's final round with a 10-over 586.

"I was proud of how our guys played the last four or five holes, we played them better then yesterday," head coach Jamie Green said. "We just couldn't get a few scores going under-par. We are looking forward to one more day of competition; these guys are ready for it."

No. 13 Oregon State and No. 21 Tennessee finished the second day of action tied at the top with identical scores of 9-under 567. Virginia (No. 26) is third with a four-under 572, while Missouri (E, 576) and Virginia Tech (+1, 577) round out the top five.

Individually, the Beavers' Diego Velasquez leads the tournament with an eight-under 136, after carding a 2-under round of 70 on Saturday. He leads by three strokes over UNC Wilmington's Josh Brock and Tennessee's David Holmes.

Paolini carded 12 pars, three birdies and three bogeys en route to his even-par 72. The Virginia Beach, Va., native has now posted three rounds of even-par golf on the young fall season. He is tied for 40th with a four-over 148 through 36 holes of play.

"Brinson [Paolini] hung in there well and made some birdies coming in to shoot even-par," coach Green said. "On this course, anything even-par or better is good score."

Freshman Julian Suri delivered a two-over 74 in the second round. He carded 14 pars and two birdies (No. 6 & No. 11) on the day but also suffered a pair of bogeys and a double-bogey on No. 9. Suri, a native of St. Augustine, Fla., is tied for 44th with a five-over 149.

Senior Adam Long, junior Wes Roach and sophomore Spencer Anderson each posted three-over 75s on Saturday.

Long had a solid round derailed by a triple-bogey on No. 11, finished the day with two birdies, 13 pars and a pair of bogeys. St. Louis, Mo., native enters tomorrow's final round tied for 28th at two-over (146).

Roach had a pair of birdies and 11 pars but also suffered five bogeys after playing bogey-free golf in the opening round. He is tied for 18th overall with a one-under 141. The Knoxville, Tenn., native is seven shots off the pace for the individual lead, held by Diego Velasquez of Oregon State.

Anderson started and closed his day with birdies but had five bogeys in between en route to a 75. He is tied for 56th with an eight-over 152.

Duke begins final round action on Sunday at 9:20 am off No. 10 at the Ridges Golf Club. The Blue Devils are paired with North Carolina and Coastal Carolina for the third round. Live scoring, complete stats and tee times are available at www.golfstat.com.