WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – David Lafreniere continued a strong run of golf to open the Golden Horseshoe Intercollegiate, and the Lancer men finished the day in the top five with one round to play.
 
Lafreniere is in sole possession of third in the 86-player field, and the team is in fourth out of 12 teams at the Golden Horseshoe Golf Club.
 
NOTABLE RESULTS:
 
The Lancer men are two shots back of Villanova in third and six back of Navy in second. Longwood carded a 286-290—576 (+8) on the day over the course of two rounds.
 
Lafreniere was incredibly sharp to start the day, carding a team-best 67 while posting six birdies in his first 18 holes.
 
He added three more birdies in his second round after the wind picked up and made scoring much tougher. For the day, he posted a 67-72—139 (-3), and he is three shots off the tournament leader.
 
Matthew Hartley battled his way to an impressive 71-71—142 (E). He had a pair of birdies in the first round before posting four birdies in round two. The freshman is tied for 13^th.
 
Cameron Hardison also carded an even-par 71 in the second round, and he finished the day with a 74-71—145 (+3). He had six birdies and an eagle while ending the day tied for 26^th.
 
Matthew Lyons is tied for 31^st after two rounds while playing as an independent with a 72-74—146 (+4). He carded eight birdies on the day.
 
Hunter Swidzinski had an eagle and three birdies to finish the day tied for 48^th with a 74-77—151 (+9), and Josh Cummins is tied for 58^th with a 77-76—153 (+11) after having a pair of birdies.
 
WHAT THEY SAID:
 
"After a couple fairly benign hours to start play this morning, scoring definitely got much more difficult as the day went on," said Longwood Head Coach Kevin Fillman. "Once the winds kicked up midway through the early round, the holes that played into it became really tough, so it was extremely important to take advantage of the downwind holes in order to score. While a few of us did a pretty good job on those holes, which kept us within shouting distance of the lead, we weren't fully able to do so."
 
"David played a great round this morning, and what Cam and Matt [Hartley] did in the afternoon are the reason we're still hanging around with a chance," Fillman added. "Our main goal for tomorrow is to do a better job of keeping everybody involved the entire round. When that happens, I think it'll be interesting to see how they add up in the end."
 
FULL RESULTS:
 
1. William & Mary: 278-286—564 (-4)
2. Navy: 282-288—570 (+2)
3. Villanova: 285-289—574 (+6)
4. Longwood: 286-290—576 (+8)
5. Georgetown: 284-296—580 (+12)
6. Saint Joseph's (PA): 290-293—583 (+15)
7. Lafayette College: 292-294—586 (+18)
8. Towson: 291-296—587 (+19)
9. Delaware: 298-293—591 (+23)
10. St. Bonaventure: 293-307—600 (+32)
11. Robert Morris: 300-301—601 (+33)
12. North Carolina Central: 308-301—609 (+41)
 
3. David Lafreniere: 67-72—139 (-3)
T13. Matthew Hartley: 71-71—142 (E)
T26. Cameron Hardison: 74-71—145 (+3)
*T31. Matthew Lyons: 72-74—146 (+4)
T48. Hunter Swidzinski: 74-77—151 (+9)
T58. Josh Cummins: 77-76—153 (+11)
*Competed as an individual
 
UP NEXT:
 
The team tees off for the final round tomorrow morning. Live scoring is available on Scoreboard.
 
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