DORADO, P.R. –
Jackson Roman had six birdies on Monday and shot a team-best 4-under par 68, leading the Loyola University Maryland golf team during the second round of the Dorado Beach Collegiate.
Roman is tied for seventh out of 102 players through 36 holes heading into Tuesday's final round, and the Greyhounds moved up a spot and into a tie for fourth as a team.
Gustavo Rangel and
Dustin Stocksdale also shot under-par rounds on Monday, and a total of four Loyola golfers are in red numbers for the tournament.
Roman started the day at 2-under, but he dropped a shot with a bogey on his second hole, the par-3 eighth hole. He immediately got to even for the day with a birdie on the next, and by the time he wrapped around to the course's first hole – his 13
th of the day – he had birdied three other holes.
He birdied the first hole to get to 5-under for the day and 7-under for the tournament, but a bogey his final hole, the fifth, moved him back a stroke where he will open the final round.
Stocksdale opened his round with two eagles on the TPC Dorado Beach Sugarcane Course's front-nine par fives. He put two circles around threes on the sixth and ninth holes and was 4-under through four holes. Stocksdale would finish at 1-under and move up to a tie for 17
th at 3-under for the tournament.
Rangel joined him at that spot on the leaderboard after a 1-under round, as well.
Mike Crowley had 13 pars on Monday and shot 1-over to enter Tuesday at 1-under and in a tie for 24
th.
Eli Spaulding shot 4-over on Monday and is tied for 62
nd, while
Matt Carpentier is tied for 77
th as an individual.