By: Tim Flynn
Leaderboard
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Colorado School of Mines battled through the second round at the NCAA West/South Central Regional but didn't make headway on a hot and windy Friday at the Victoria Club.
Through 36 holes, the Orediggers are in 15th place at -9, and stand nine strokes back of the sixth-place nationals cutoff currently occupied by Midwestern State (-18). Colorado Christian leads at -34 followed by Oklahoma Christian at -29.
Colt Tenpenny continues to lead Mines at -6 to be in a tie for 14th. Tenpenny was one of three Orediggers to a shoot a one-under 71 on Friday to following his exception first-round 67.
Max Lange and
Lucas Schulte joined him at -1 on the day as Lange moved to -2 overall and T42, while Schulte is -1 and T54.
Theodore Reitter - who earned his Mines degree in civil engineering in absentia on Friday - shot a two-over 74 to fall back to even par and T63 in round two, while
Carter Lolli was the non-counting score with a 78 as he sits at +6.
St. Mary's Baptiste Touchard leads all individuals at -15 ahead of CCU's Xavier Bighaus at -13. Tenpenny, at -6, is four strokes off the final individual qualifying slot at -10 currently co-held by Chris Wardrup of Cal State San Bernardino, and Peter Donne-Yahr of Western Washington.
Saturday's tee times have yet to be set but will be available on the live scoring link above.