STILLWATER, Okla. -- Augusta State posted a 6-over 294 for the second straight day Wednesday in the second round of the NCAA Championships at Karsten Creek Golf Club.
The defending National Champion Jaguars improved two spots and moved into solo seventh place. At 12-over 588, ASU is 15 shots back of leader Georgia Tech., but two shots clear of Texas A&M and Ohio State. The Aggies, who posted a 13-over 301, and the Buckeyes, who carded an 11-over 299, are tied for eighth at 14-over 590.
The fourth-ranked Yellow Jackets managed a 2-over 290 and saw their lead shrink from three shots to just a single stroke over No. 2 UCLA. The Bruins turned in an even-par 288 and at 2-under 574, own a four-shot edge on Illinois. The Fighting Illini combined for the lone sub-par round of the day -- a 1-under 287 -- and are alone in third at 2-over 578.
Georgia booked an even-par 288 to pull into fourth and No. 3 Alabama slipped from third to fifth with a 4-over 292. The top eight teams at the end of Thursday's 54 holes of stroke play will advance to match play beginning on Friday, June 3.
The sixth-ranked Jaguars were led by senior Henrik Norlander's 3-under 69. Junior Patrick Reed, who paced ASU with a 69 in Tuesday's opening round, signed for one of three 3-over 75's, along with seniors Carter Newman and Olle Bengtsson. Senior Mitch Krywulycz, who opened with a 1-under 71 Tuesday, notched an 81 for the day's non-counting score.
Reed slipped from third into a tie for 15th place at even-par 144, while Norlander, who suffered just his third round in the 80's in his collegiate career on Tuesday, climbed into a tie for 53rd and joined Newman at 5-over 149. Krywulycz played his last seven holes in 1-under-par and is tied for 78th, while Bengtsson had an 11-shot improvement and is tied for 139th.
LSU's John Peterson fired a 7-under 65 to move in front in the individual leg of the NCAA Championship. He owns a one-shot advantage on Georgia Tech's James White, while UCLA's Patrick Cantlay, Georgia's Harris English and Luke Guthrie of Illinois are third, just two strokes back.
The Jags will be paired with Texas A&M and Ohio State in Thursday's third and final round of stroke play. Bengtsson will lead off for ASU at 12:50 p.m. (CST), followed by Krywulycz at 1:00, Norlander at 1:10, Newman at 1:20 and Reed at 1:30.
ASU is making its 12th appearance in the NCAA Championships in the last 19 years. Only a dozen other men's college golf programs in the nation can claim more appearances in that span than the Jags.
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Augusta State captured the 2010 National Championship at The Honors Course in Ooltewah, Tenn., in an epic final match with 10-time National Champion Oklahoma State. The Jaguars defeated the top three seeds in match play on consecutive days, dispatching Georgia Tech (3-2), Florida State (4-1) and OSU (3-1-1).
ASU's Mitch Krywulycz rallied for a 4-down deficit to stun the Cowboys' Kevin Tway in 19 holes and win the clinching point for the Jags. Henrik Norlander and Patrick Reed accounted for ASU's other points in the championship match and earned the Jags their first national title in any varsity sport.
NOTEWORTHY … Henrik Norlander made seven birdies on the day tallied his eighth round in the 60's, which ranks second to only Patrick Reed's 11 … Norlander notched his 20th round of par or better this season (out of 35 total rounds) and extended his school record for rounds of par or better to 76 (out of 133) … Bengtsson, playing in his first NCAA Championships, came up big for the Jags when he rallied from a tough start … After a double bogey at the par-4 16th put him at +5 on the day through seven holes, he bounced back with birdies at the 17th and 18th and played his final 11 holes in 2-under-par with four birdies … All five Jags birdied the par-5, 551-yard 18th … Krywulycz, Norlander and Bengtsson hit close wedge shots to set up their birdies while Newman and Reed found the right greenside bunker with their second shots and got up and down for birdie … ASU stood in a tie for seventh place at the first round of the 2010 NCAA Championships and was fourth through two rounds last season at The Honors Course … The ASU lineup of Krywulycz, Newman, Bengtsson, Reed and Norlander is playing together for just second time this season (NCAA Regionals was the other … Bengtsson played in four regular-season events, and was in the lineup on three occasions (Gifford Collegiate Championship, Battle at the Beach and Western Intercollegiate) … He played as an individual in the Insperity ASU Invitational (the Jags' home event), where he finished runnerup.
AMONG THE NATION'S ELITE ... Augusta State is the defending National Champion, but prior to their victory last June in the NCAA Championships, the Jaguars had made 11 appearances in the NCAA Championships in the last 18
years and was firmly established as one the nation's premiere college golf programs ... Since 1993 -- over the last 19 seasons -- only a dozen program nationwide can claim more trips to collegiate golf's grandest stage than ASU ... The Jags have qualified for the NCAA Regionals in 13 of the last 15 and 16 of the last 19 years ... This season, ASU made its fifth straight Regionals appearance ... The Jags enjoyed a stretch of eight consecutive trips to the NCAA Regionals from 1998-2005 ... From 2001 to 2005, the Jags registered four top-10 showings at the NCAA Championships -- seventh, fifth, seventh and 10th ... Prior to 2010, the Jags' fifth-place showing at Ohio State Golf Club's Scarlet Course in 2002 was the highest finish in school history at the NCAA Championships.
FOUR ... AND COUNTING ... Senior Henrik Norlander registered his fourth collegiate victory in the General Hackler Championship on March 14, 2011 at TPC Myrtle Beach in Murrells Inlet, S.C. ... Norlander fired a final-round, 5-under 67 as the Jaguars rallied from a 14-shot deficit to post a three-stroke win over Virginia ... As a junior, Norlander won the Jags' home event, the Administaff Augusta State Invitational, on April 4, 2010, with a 15-under 201 that included a final-round, 7-under 65, at Forest Hills Golf Club ... He captured two individual titles as a freshman in 2007-08.
IN THE BIG DANCE ... The Jaguars are making their 12th appearance in the NCAA Championships in the last 19 years, including its seventh in the last 11 years ... Only a dozen college golf programs have made more NCAA Championships appearances than ASU since 1993 ... The Jags' low team round in the NCAA Championships was a final-round, 3-under 281 in 2002 at Ohio State's Scarlet Course ... The best round by an ASU individual at the NCAA Championships has been a pair of 65's ... Sophomore Major Manning fired a 5-under 65 in the first round of the 2005 tourney at Caves Valley Golf Club ... Junior Jamie Elson shot a 7-under 65 in the second round of the 2001 Championships at Duke University Golf Club ... ASU's best individual finish was Elson's tie for second in 2001.
WHO EXACTLY IS AUGUSTA STATE? … ASU competes at the Division I level in men's and women's golf and participates at the Division II level in its nine other sports (men's and women's cross country, volleyball. men's and women's basketball, men's and women's tennis, softball and baseball) … ASU competed at the Division II level for 10 years, beginning in 1974, before joining the Big South Conference and gaining Division I status in the Fall of 1984 … The men's golf program has competed at the Division I level since then … When ASU returned to Division II and joined the Peach Belt Conference in the Fall of 1991, the men's golf program continued to compete at the Division I level as an independent under NCAA Bylaw 20.4.1.3 … The ASU women's golf program, which recently completed its 10th season with its second trip to the NCAA Regionals, competes in Division I as an independent as well.
UNDER JOSH GREGORY … ASU won the 2010 NCAA National Championship at The Honors Course in Ooltewah, Tenn. … ASU has advanced to eight NCAA Regionals and five NCAA Championships … ASU has claimed 17 tournament titles -- the most under one coach in school history … ASU set a new school record for lowest stroke average (286.76) in 2009-10 … ASU has been ranked as high as No. 2 during the 2002-03 and 2009-10 seasons … ASU has produced 10 All-Americans, 14 All-South Region selections, seven Palmer Cup picks, five Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars, two Walker Cup and one Ryder Cup picks.
VETERANS OF THE POSTSEASON ... ASU's NCAA Championships lineup has a combined 73 rounds of postseason experience ... Henrik Norlander has played 22 total rounds at the NCAA Regionals and Championships, while Mitch Krywulycz has logged 21 rounds, Carter Newman has 15, Patrick Reed has 12 and Olle Bengtsson made his postseason debut at the NCAA Southeast Regional in Ocala, Fla.
NORLANDER NAMED TO EUROPEAN PALMER CUP SQUAD ... ASU's Henrik Norlander was selected on April 20 to play for represent Sweden and play for Team Europe in the 2011 Palmer Cup ... The selection marks the third straight for Norlander ... The annual Ryder Cup-style competition between collegiate golfers from the U.S., and their counterparts from Europe will be played June 9-11 at The Stanwich Club in Greenwich, Conn. ... With a 13-11 victory last summer at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Portrush, Northern Ireland, the U.S. took a 7-6-1 lead in the all-time series ... A senior from Danderyd, Sweden, and the No. 14-ranked individual in the nation entering the postseason according to Golfweek, Norlander leads ASU with a 71.4 stroke average in 30 rounds over 10 tournaments ... He has tallied one victory this season at the General Hackler Championship on March 14 and has five top-10 and six top-20 finishes ... In 10 regular-season events (including the Western Refining College All-America Classic), his worst finish has been 25th ... With his selection, he is the seventh player to represent ASU in international amateur competition ... Previously, Robert Duck (England), Jamie Elson (England), Oliver Wilson (England), Kalle Edberg (Sweden), Scott Jamieson (Scotland) and Wallace Booth (Scotland) played for either Europe and/or Great Britain/Ireland in the Palmer Cup or Walker Cup.
INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR ... The Jaguars have a history of excelling with a combination of American and international standouts and this season is certainly no exception ... Of the Jags' 11-man roster, five players hail from outside the U.S. ... ASU has four Swedes (Olle Bengtsson, Jacob Carlsson, Henrik Norlander and Alex Wennstam) and an Aussie (Mitch Krywulycz) ... ASU's lineup for the NCAA Championships consists of two Georgians (Carter Newman and Patrick Reed), an Aussie (Krywulycz) and a pair of Swedes (Norlander and Bengtsson) ... In fact, of the six-pack of Americans on the Jags' roster, all six call the state of Georgia home.
JAGUARS ON TOUR ... ASU boasts an impressive collection of former players who are competing professionally around the world ... Most notably among the Jaguar alums are the PGA Tour's Vaughn Taylor and the European Tour's Oliver Wilson ... Taylor, a two-time winner on the Tour, was a member of the 2006 U.S. Ryder Cup team while Wilson made the European Ryder Cup squad in 2008 ... Wilson capped his amateur career by helping lead GB&I to victory in the 2003 Walker Cup at Ganton Golf Club in North Yorkshire, England ... ASU's first All-American, Richard Johnson, was a rookie on the PGA Tour in 2008 after graduating from the Nationwide Tour and winning the 2007 money title ... Former All-Americans Jamie Elson and Scott Jamieson are on the European Tour while another former All-American, Major Manning, is in his second season on the Nationwide Tour ... James Heath, Kalle Edberg and Wallace Booth compete on the European Challenge Tour.
113TH ANNUAL
NCAA DIVISION I
MEN'S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS
Karsten Creek Golf Club
Stillwater, Okla.
Hosted by Oklahoma State University
May 31-June 5, 2011
TEAMS
(Seeded by the NCAA in the following order)
1. Oklahoma State
2. UCLA
3. Alabama
4. Georgia Tech
5. Florida
6. AUGUSTA STATE
7. San Diego State
8. Texas A&M
9. Illinois
10. LSU
11. Texas
12. Georgia
13. Iowa
14. Duke
15. Michigan
16. Southern California
17. Arkansas
18. California
19. San Diego
20. North Carolina State
21. Oklahoma
22. Arizona State
23. Ohio State
24. Tennessee
25. Kent State
26. Kennesaw State
27. Pepperdine
28. Northwestern
29. Arizona
30. Colorado State
INDIVIDUALS
1. Jason Millard, Middle Tennessee State
2. Jace Long, Missouri
3. Lee Bedford, Wake Forest
4. Geoff Gonzalez, Cal Poly
5. Sebastian Soderberg, Coastal Carolina
6. Matt Hansen, UC Davis
Complete Results
Second Round Team Results
Second Round Player Results
Second Round Combo Results
Second Round Course Stats
Second Round Top 20
Third Round Tee Times
