Baylor
National Invitational
Men's Golf Tied for Eighth at NIT
3/22/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
March 22, 2009
First/Second Round National Invitational Tournament Results in PDF Format 
TUCSON, Ariz. - The Baylor men's golf shot a 5-over 581 and is tied for eighth place after two rounds of the National Invitational Tournament Sunday. Baylor's in a three-way tie for eighth with Colorado State and Arizona's "B" team.
New Mexico leads the field after shooting a 16-under 560, three strokes ahead of second-place UNLV (13-under 563). Host Arizona and TCU are tied for third at 8-under 568, followed by Kent State in fifth at 4-under 572.
New Mexico's Nick Geyer and Arizona's Philip Bagdade share the lead after two rounds with a 7-under 137.
Sophomore Cody Paladino and freshman Morten Bergan are tied for the team lead in 34th place at 1-over 145. Both Paladino and Bergan shot a 1-under 71 in the first round, but finished 2-over in the second round. Senior Bill Allcorn and freshman Joakim Mikkelsen are tied for 46th overall at 3-over 147.
Allcorn shot a 3-over 75 in the first round before firing an even-par 72 in the second round to finish three shots over par. Mikkelsen, who struggled in the first round with a 4-over 76, rebounded in the second round with a 1-under 71. Redshirt freshman Lorenzo Scotto is also tied for 46th overall with Allcorn and Mikkelsen.
The final round of the National Invitational Tournament will begin Monday at 9:30 a.m. CDT. Live scoring will be available at GolfStat.com.
| INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS (BAYLOR) | |||
| t34 | Cody Paladino | 71-74=145 | +1 |
| t34 | Morten Bergan | 71-74=145 | +1 |
| t46 | Bill Allcorn | 75-72=147 | +3 |
| t46 | Joakim Mikkelsen | 76-71=147 | +3 |
| t46 | Lorenzo Scotto | 74-73=147 | +3 |
| TEAM STANDINGS | |||
| 1 | New Mexico | 280-280-560 | -16 |
| 2 | UNLV | 286-277=563 | -13 |
| t3 | Arizona "A" | 289-279=568 | -8 |
| t3 | TCU | 285-283=568 | -8 |
| 5 | Kent State | 289-283=572 | -4 |
| 6 | Texas | 282-293=575 | -1 |
| 7 | California | 283-293=576 | E |
| t8 | BAYLOR | 291-290=581 | +5 |
| t8 | Colorado State | 283-293=581 | +5 |
| t8 | Arizona "B" | 290-291=581 | +5 |
| 11 | Tulsa | 290-296=586 | +10 |
| 12 | SMU | 290-297=587 | +11 |
| 13 | UTEP | 297-293=590 | +14 |
| 14 | Houston | 301-295=596 | +20 |
| 15 | Wyoming | 310-294=604 | +28 |
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