NINETY-SIX, S.C. – Senior Nick Contini carded a one-over par 73 to climb into the top 20 on the individual leaderboard on day two of the Big South Championship Saturday at the 7,120-yard, par 72 The Patriot Club at Grand Harbor.
 
Contini climbed six spots on the individual leaderboard, moving to T-20 overall with his one-over par round. The senior played his first nine at even par before playing his back nine at one-over to post his seventh round of 73 or better this spring.
 
Longwood posted a team total of 305 (+17) on the second day of the tournament, as the Lancers are eighth-place overall with a 36-hole score of 298-305—603 (+27). Liberty (-4, 572) carded the best round of the tournament with a 15-under 273 Saturday to take the 36 hole lead while Charleston Southern (E, 576), Campbell (+5, 581), Gardner-Webb (+6, 582) and High Point (+7, 583) round out the top five.
 
"As the scoring shows, the golf course was much more getable today," said Longwood head coach Kevin Fillman. "We had a chance to be one of the teams that put up a good number, and, from what I saw for most of the round, it looked like we would do so.  Unfortunately, we were just bad over the final few holes. There's no excuse, we did it to ourselves."
 
Brandon Weaver posted a five-over par 77 highlighted by three birdies, as he's the second Lancer to finish the day among the field's top 25. Weaver looks to solidify his sixth consecutive top 30 finish in Sunday's final round.
 
Highlighted by a team-best four birdies, Teagan Stephenson posted Longwood's second-best round of the day with a four-over 76 to climb the individual leaderboard. Stephenson played his front nine at one-under par, as he secured his fifth score of 76 or better in his last six rounds.
 
Jordan Boulton turned in a seven-over par 79 highlighted by an eagle on the par-5 fifth to finish the day T32 overall while Adam Szwed posted an eight-over 80 to enter the final round 31st overall.
 
"We have to keep our heads up and go show what we're made of tomorrow," Fillman said.
 
Longwood looks to make a final round charge on the leaderboard, as third round play is set to begin at 8:30 a.m.
 
Longwood Leaderboard
T20       Nick Contini                  76-73--149 (+5)
T25       Brandon Weaver            74-77--151 (+7)
31         Adam Szwed                 73-80--153 (+9)
T32       Jordan Boulton                         75-79--154 (+10)
44         Teagan Stephenson       88-76--164 (+20)
 
Team Leaderboard
1          Liberty                        299-273--572 (-4)
2          Charleston So.           293-283--576 (E)
3          Campbell                    293-288--581 (+5)
4          Gardner-Webb          291-291--582 (+6)
5          High Point                  298-285--583 (+7)
6          Radford                      303-292--595 (+19)
7          Presbyterian                          302-299--601 (+25)
8          Longwood                  298-305--603 (+27)
9          Winthrop                   308-297--605 (+29)
 
Top 10 Individual Leaderboard
1          Brendan MacDougall          High Point                 73-63--136 (-8)
2          Jacques Wilson                   Charleston So.         67-70--137 (-7)
3          Alec Weary                            High Point                 72-67--139 (-5)
4          Aaron Thomas                      Gardner-Webb          71-69--140 (-4)
5          Alexandre Fuchs                 Liberty                        74-68--142 (-2)
T6        Mickey DeMorat                   Liberty                        76-67--143 (-1)
T6        Amarin (Ray) Kraivixien     Campbell                   75-68--143 (-1)
T6        Sawyer Mills                                     Winthrop                    74-69--143 (-1)
T9        Ervin Chang                                     Liberty                        75-69--144 (E)
T9        Elliot Gothe                           Charleston So.         74-70--144 (E)
T9        Pontus Nyholm                    Campbell                   74-70--144 (E)
T9        Weston Sanders                  Presbyterian                         73-71--144 (E)