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CHATTANOOGA---Luke Long led the Chattanooga Mocs to a 588 start at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate. Long's 4-under 140 is tied for fourth through 36 holes at Lonnie Poole Golf Club.
 
A tough opening 18 was followed with a lackluster 11 holes. The squad turned in 302 over that first round and was 5-over in the second when the birdies came in bunches.
 
The counting cards played those final holes at 7 under for a season-best 286. They recorded eight birdies over that stretch to put themselves in position for a solid finish on Tuesday.
 
The 588 total is 10th one behind USC Upstate in ninth and one ahead of George Washington in 11th. It was powered four par or better scores with two coming from Long.
 
He was 2 over through 12 holes. Long played 6 under over his remaining 24 with nine birdies. He and Etienne Brault combined for 13 birdies during the afternoon 18.
 
Brault and Phillip Hickam, playing as an individual, are tied for 25th. The duo is an even-par 144. Lake Johnson shot 6-over 150 ahead of Will Porter (156) and Connor Nolan (158).
 
North Carolina and N.C. State are atop the leaderboard at 560. Campbell is six back in third at 566. The Pack's Stephen Franklin shot 66-65 for a 13-under total of 131 to lead individually.
 
LINEUP
T4) Luke Long: 72-68=140 (-4)
T25) Etienne Brault: 75-69=144 (E)
T25) Phillip Hickam (Indiv.): 68-76=144 (E)
T45) Lake Johnson: 78-72=150 (+6)
T63) Will Porter: 79-77=156 (+12)
T68) Connor Nolan: 77-81=158 (+14)
 
3 NOTES TO KNOW

• Long's 140 is the best 36-hole score his season by a Moc.
• UTC played the front side 8 over in round one but was 4 under in the afternoon.
• The Mocs had seven birdies on the first 18 then 20 over the second. Most birdies in a round since 20 in the final round of the 2012 Brickyard Collegiate.

 
DATES/TEE TIMES (EDT) – ADMISSION IS FREE
Tuesday, Oct. 3 – 8 a.m., off the 10th hole. Playing with George Washington and Francis Marion. Nolan leads off with Porter (8:09), Johnson (8:18), Brault (8:27) and Long (8:36) not far behind. Hickam opens at 9:03 a.m., also on the 10th tee.
 
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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 Regionals Team Title: 2012 Bowling Green.
- 1 NCAA Regionals Medalist: Stephan Jaeger (2012 Bowling Green).
- 8 NCAA Regionals Team Appearances: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
- 3 NCAA Regionals Individual Appearances: Neil Connolly (1992, 1993) and Wes Gosselin (2016).
- 2 Top 25 season-ending rankings: 2008 (12) and 2009 (25).
- 1 PGA TOUR Member: Stephan Jaeger (2018).
- 1 United States Amateur Champion: Steven Fox (2012).
- 1 Scottish Amateur Champion: Chris Robb (2014).
- 8 Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholars: Derek Rende (2009, 2010), Jaeger (2011, 2012), Gosselin (2016, 2017), Phillip Hickam (2017) and Stuart Thomas (2017).
- 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).