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KIAWAH ISLAND---What a difference a day makes. The Chattanooga Mocs golf team improved 24 strokes under calmer skies at Turtle Point Course at the Kiawah Island Resort.
 
Lake Johnson's 69 keyed a 3-under 285 for the Mocs. The 285 was the low round of the day. Johnson's 69 was supported by Luke Long with 70, Connor Nolan's 72 and Andrew Weathers' 74. Phillip Hickam (75) and Etienne Brault (80) turned in the drop scores.
 
The three individuals all turned in solid cards. Will Porter shot 71 with Oliver Simonsen right behind with 73. A.J. Lintunen added a 74.
 
Weather is tied for sixth overall at 3-over 147. Johnson moved into a tie for 10th just a shot behind his teammate at 4 over. A trio of golfers sit atop the leaderboard at 1-over 145.
 
No. 26 Tennessee is the team leader at 8-over 584. UTC is second with a total of 594, which is four clear of Jacksonville State and Rutgers knotted in third at 598.
 
Today's 285 is the low round of the season thus far for the Mocs and the third par or better.
 
LINEUP
T6) Andrew Weathers – 73-74=147 (+3)
T10) Lake Johnson – 79-69=148 (+4)
T22) Luke Long – 82-70=152 (+8)
T32) Oliver Simonsen (Ind.) – 82-73=155 (+11)
T32) Will Porter (Ind.) – 84-71=155 (+11)
T41) Etienne Brault – 76-80=156 (+12)
T41) Phillip Hickam – 81-75=156 (+12)
T41) A.J. Lintunen (Ind.) – 82-74=156 (+12)
T58) Connor Nolan – 88-72=160 (+16)
 
Complete results linked above.
 
3 NOTES TO KNOW

• Long's 10 birdies ties for the tournament lead with Coastal Carolina's Andrew Roy.
• Average score for the field in round two was 76.15. That's an improvement of 5.69 over yesterday's 18. The Mocs turned in 73.11 between all nine cards on site.
• UTC was 7 under combined on the par 4s (-1) and 5s (-6) today.

 
DATES/TEE TIMES (EDT) – ADMISSION IS FREE
Tuesday – 9 a.m. (Shotgun start – Begin on holes 1-3 playing with Tennessee & Jacksonville State)
 
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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).