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Men's Golf 4/22/2022 3:42:00 PM by Rob Knox, Associate AD for Strategic Communications

Spartans Are Second After First Round of SoCon Championships

Men's Golf 4/22/2022 3:42:00 PM by Rob Knox, Associate AD for Strategic Communications

Spartans Are Second After First Round of SoCon Championships

GREENSBORO, Ga. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men's golf team is second after the first round of the 2022 Southern Conference Championships on Friday afternoon.

The Spartans had three players finish with under par rounds highlighted by Tommy Lamb and Symon Balbin each shooting a 69. The Spartans shot 280 in the first round. They trail 30th-ranked ETSU by five strokes.

Information
Course: Reynolds Lake Oconee (The Oconee)
Par/Yardage: 72/7,393 yards

How It Happened

Noah Connor and Lamb each eagled the par-5, 517-yard seventh hole.
They were the only golfers to eagle during the first round.
Fueled by three birdies, Balbin shot a three-under 33 on the front nine.
Balbin's round of 69 was highlighted by five birdies.
Lamb rebounded from a tough start to shoot a one-under 35 on the front nine.
Lamb's three birdies on the back nine was the centerpiece of his three-under 69 round.
He birdied the 10th, 14th and 18th holes.
This was Lamb's fifth round under 70 this season.
Lamb and Balbin are tied for fourth overall.
At three-under par, they are two strokes behind ETSU's Ben Carberry, who shot a five-under 67.
Connor enjoyed a two-under 70 performance.
Connor was four under on the front nine.
He birdied the first and sixth holes.
Connor, who is tied for seventh overall, had four birdies during the first round.
Nick Lyerly was one under par on the back nine which helped him finish with an even-par 72.
He birdied two of the last four holes.
Lyerly is tied for 18th overall.
Randall Hudson shot a five-over 77.
Lyerly and Hudson had a team-best 12 pars each.

Quotable
Connor on what worked for him during the first round.
"I trusted my process. I wasn't trying to hit anything close. I wasn't trying to make putts. I wasn't really trying to hit fairways. I was just trusting that my set-ups were good and the techniques I've been working on for the past two weeks were good. I set up every shot and just told myself to make a good swing and the ball goes where it goes. It went in the right spots today."

Connor on being in second place after the first round.
"It's more fun to be in the lead and to know that you've already set that precedent. I think we're in a good spot. I like where we are. I enjoy being in the hunt for it."

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