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RICHMOND, Va.---The Chattanooga Mocs men's golf team is tied for fourth with Iowa State at the Janney VCU Shootout played on the Country Club of Virginia's Tuckahoe Creek Course. The squad opened with a 5-under par 283 before closing with 297.

The 4-over 580 total is 13 off the pace set by James Madison in first (-9). Host VCU and East Carolina are tied for second at E. UTC and ISU are three ahead of UNCG in sixth, four in front of Virginia Tech in seventh.

"It was a really nice start," coach Mark Guhne said. "That morning round should prove a lot to each of them as to what we are capable of doing. You need that low round and we got three very solid ones.

"We didn't get that in the afternoon and it showed. We could be in better position, but this group competed today and we're excited to get back out there tomorrow."

The star of the show was sophomore Stuart Thomas. Thomas carded back-to-back 70s for a 4-under 140. He's in third behind Maryland's Tom Harris (-9) and JMU's Ryan Cole (-5).

"I'm so proud of Stu," Guhne added. "It's nice to see hard work pay off. He got off to a tough start this season, but he flat got it done today."

Brooks Thomas got the Mocs going in the morning round with a 3-under 69. S. Thomas and Andrew Weathers each turned in 70s, while Wes Gosselin posted a 74 (+2).

Stu followed with another 70, but that was five better than the next best tally of 75 by Gosselin. Weathers and Lake Johnson rounded out the team score with twin 76s.

Weathers is also in the top 25 at 2-over 146. B. Thomas is one behind him at 147, while Gosselin totaled 149. Johnson shot 160. Kory Webb is at 154 playing as an individual.

The final round is an 8:45 a.m., shotgun start. Chattanooga takes tees 4-7 playing with Iowa State and UNCG. Scoring links are available on GoMocs.com and fans can follow @GoMocsMGLF on Twitter.

Janney VCU Shootout
Sept. 21-22 | CC of Va. Tuckahoe Creek Course | Richmond, Va.

1) James Madison	278-289	567 (-9)
2) East Carolina	287-289	576 (E)
tie) VCU	288-288	576 (E)
4) Chattanooga	283-297	580 (+4)
tie) Iowa State	289-291	580 (+4)
6) UNCG	293-290	583 (+7)
7) Virginia Tech	295-289	584 (+8)
8) Radford	285-302	587 (+11)
9) Old Dominion	298-290	588 (+12)
10) Maryland	294-295	589 (+13)
11) Francis Marion	294-301	595 (+19)
12) Elon	300-298	598 (+22)
13) George Mason	299-307	606 (+30)
MOCS:
3) Stuart Thomas	70-70	140 (-4)
T24) Andrew Weathers	70-76	146 (+2)
T31) Brooks Thomas	69-78	147 (+3)
T41) Wes Gosselin	74-75	149 (+5)
T79) Lake Johnson	84-76	160 (+16)
T66) Kory Webb (Ind.)	76-78	154 (+10)

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ABOUT CHATTANOOGA GOLF
The Chattanooga Mocs golf program has won six Southern Conference Championships (1987, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013) since joining the league in 1977-78. The Mocs have twice been ranked No. 1 in the nation during the falls of 2008 and 2009. It boasts:
- 4 NCAA Championships Appearances: 1993 (Individual-Neil Connolly), 2009, 2012, 2014 (Individual-Chris Robb).
- 3 All-Americans: Jonathan Hodge (2008), Stephan Jaeger (2012) and Chris Robb (2014).
- 1 NCAA Regional Team Tile: 2012 Bowling Green.
- 1 NCAA Regional Medalist: Stephan Jaeger (2012 Bowling Green).
- 2 Top 25 season-ending rankings: 2008 (12) and 2009 (25).
- 1 United States Amateur Champion: Steven Fox (2012).
- 1 Scottish Amateur Champion: Chris Robb (2014).
- 4 Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholars: Derek Rende (2009, 2010) and Jaeger (2011, 2012).
- 2 SoCon Champions: Donnie Green (1978) and Jaeger (2012).
- 5 SoCon Golfers of the Year: Hodge (2007, 2008) and Jaeger (2010, 2011, 2012).
- 3 SoCon Freshman of the Years – Rende (2007), Jaeger (2009) and Andrew Weathers (2015).