JONESBOROUGH, Tenn.. --- The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men's golf team recorded its second-best round of the season to move into a tie for fourth at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate at the Ridges Golf and Country Club Saturday.  Chattanooga's 283 is the lowest against par thus far at five under.

The Mocs are tied with No. 24 Wake Forest at 582 (+6).  The duo leads Missouri (584) by two, North Carolina (585) by three and Tennessee (589) by seven.

Benni Weilguni (Langelois, Austria) topped his effort yesterday (71) with a three-under par 69 today.  He is tied for fourth overall at minus four, 140.  Three other UTC golfers posted par or better rounds, following his lead.

Stephan Jaeger (Munich, Germany) was just one shot off Weilguni's pace with a two-under par 70.  He is tied for 11th at 143 (-1).  Davis Bunn (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Steven Fox (Hendersonville Tenn.) each carded level par 72s. 

Bunn moved up into a tie for 29th at 148 (+4), while Fox is now tied for 42nd at 151 (+7).  Chris Robb (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) had the drop score of 77 and is now at 156 (+12).

Kent State is in first ahead of No. 25 Virginia by four shots.  The Golden Flashes are five under (571) after today's 280 (-8).  The Cavaliers made the big move with a 278 (-10) for a 36-hole total of 575 (-1).

Kent's Mackenzie Hughes' 66 (-6) pushed him into a tie for first with Missouri's Jace Long at 138 (-6).  Long shot 67 (-5) to keep pace with Hughes.  Michigan's Joey Garber is in third at 139 (-5).  Weilguni is tied with first round leader John Hahn (Kent) at 140 (-4).

The Mocs head off of No. 1 tomorrow morning at 9:20 a.m., led by Robb.  He is followed by Fox (9:30), Bunn (9:40), Jaeger (9:50) and Weilguni (10:00).  Chattanooga will play with Wake Forest and Mizzou.

LEADERBOARD

NOTES:

>The Mocs played with Tennessee and UNCW...Beat the Vols by 7 shots.

>First year in the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate for the Mocs...Hosted by former SoCon rival East Tennessee State.

>Today is the first time is the Mocs had four or more par or better rounds since Oct. 11, 2009 at the Brickyard Collegiate...Team shot 285 (-3) that day with Jaeger, Fredrik Qvicker and Derek Rende shooting 71 (-1) with a level par round of 72 by Fox.

>The 283 is the second lowest round by Chattanooga this season behind a second round 282 (-2) at the Mason Rudolph Intercollegiate...The -5 total is the low for the year.

>Front Nine (Counters by Round):  +14 (+14/-2/-)...Bunn and Weilguni each carded two birdies and a bogey to shooting -1 on the front nine today...Jaeger and Fox shared team-low honors at even par through 36 holes.

 >Back Nine:  -6 (-3/-3/-)...Weilguni and Jaeger each fired two-under par 34 on the back side...Weilguni is -5 for the tourney on this side with seven of his 10 thus far.

>UTC was -4 on its counting cards on the Par 5s today and is -1 for the tourney...-1 on the Par 4s today and even on the Par 3s.

>After six total holes with double bogey or higher in round one, the counters had zero in round two...Counters had 12 birdies, 53 pars and seven bogeys.

>The Mocs scored par or better on 65 of 72 holes among the counters...53 pars is a new season high (48 - Mason Rudolph 3rd Round).

>Weilguni fired his first collegiate round in the 60's today with his 69...shot his 3rd par or better round of the season...He has 10 birdies through 36 holes this week, had 21 through 162 entering...He is shooting -3 on the par 5s, -2 on the Par 3s and +1 on Par 4s.

>Jaeger's 70 is his 2nd lowest round this year...5th par or better round thus far...Has 34 in his career which is 6th all-time at UTC...10th round shooting 74 or better in 11 chances...Counted in all 11 rounds he's played this season.

>Fox has a team-high 8 par or better rounds now this season...18th of his career...16 pars is a new season high for Fox.

>Bunn stays one behind Fox on the par or better list recording his 7th today.

>Eagles (Counters by Rounds):  0 (0/-/-). 

>Birdies (Counters by Rounds):  26 (14/12/-).  Weilguni 10 (5/5/-), Jaeger 7 (4/3/-), Bunn 7 (4/3/-), Robb 5 (4/1/-), Fox 2 (1/1/-).

>Pars (Counters by Rounds):  89 (36/53/-). Fox 26 (10/16/-), Jaeger 24 (10/14/-), Robb 22 (9/13/-), Weilguni 20 (9/11/-), Bunn 20 (8/12/-).