SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. – Five Loyola University Maryland players are in the top 20 individually after two rounds at the Ross College Classic, and the Greyhounds have a 10-shot lead going into Tuesday's final round at Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club.
 
Mike Crowley, Carlo Pizzano and James Rico all shot 4-under 68 in the second round after Matt Malits opened the day with a team-leading 5-under 67 in the first.
 
Pizzano is tied for third overall at 6-under, while Crowley is seventh two shots back. Malits and Rico are amongst players tied for 14^th at 2-under, and Gustavo Rangel had rounds of 73-70 to tie for 18^th after the first day at 1-under.
 
Malits led the way in the first round as the Greyhounds were tied with South Florida following the opening 18 at 6-under 282. Malits rolled in three birdies over the last four holes to get to 5-under, his best round as a collegiate player.
 
 Pizzano shot 2-under, and Crowley was at even-par 72 after the first round.
 
The Greyhounds started the second with a slew of red numbers on the scoreboard on the par-72 course's front nine. Led by six from Crowley and five by Pizzano, Loyola had 17 birdies on the front nine of the course, a total of 45 combined holes.
 
Crowley dipped to 7-under with a birdie on 10, his fourth in a row to match a streak put together by Pizzano on holes four through seven. Pizzano also birdied the ninth and had two more on the 14^th and 15^th to give him seven for the round.
 
Rico had two birdies on both the front and back nine and otherwise had a bogey-free second round with 14 pars.
 
Rangel had a bogey four on the 13^th hole, but he rebounded two holes later with an eagle on the 542-yard, par-5 15^th hole.
 
Loyola finished at 14-under 274 in the second round, a score tied for the sixth-best in school single-round history.
 
Overall, the Greyhounds are 20-under through 36 holes at 556, tied for the fourth-best 36-hole total in school history.
 
South Florida is 10 shots back at 10-under, and Elon is one back at 9-under. Those two teams, along with the Greyhounds, were the only ones of 18 to finish Monday under par.
 
Play will conclude at the event on Tuesday with 18 holes.