MONTGOMERY – A six-stroke improvement on Monday afternoon has the East Texas A&M University men's golf team in fifth place at the Bentwater Collegiate to begin the spring season at the Bentwater Country Club.
 
The Lions shot a 295 in the morning, following it up with a score of 284 in the second round. Central Arkansas is three shots ahead of the Lions, while Sam Houston holds a five-stroke lead in its home tournament over VCU.
 
Individually for the Lions, Cooper Watt (Rockford, Ill.) is tied for 16^th with a score of 145 (74-71). Matt Walters (Ballito, South Africa) is tied for 28^th, just two strokes back of Watt with a score of 147 (78-69). Walters' score of 69 was tied for the third lowest in the second round among all 81 golfers.
 
Davis Seybert (Trinity Midland) shot eight strokes better than in the afternoon and is tied for 33^rd with a score of 148 (78-70). Janis Erll (Lich, Germany) is tied for 40^th with a score of 149 (71-78), and Nicke Kaajavirta (Kaajani, Finland) is tied for 48^th with a score of 150 (71-79).
 
Ohio's Nathaniel Gray Lamont is leading the tournament with a score of 137, one stroke better than Sam Houston's Jack Hymer.
 
The third round is set for a shotgun start at 8 a.m. on Monday. Live scoring can be found HERE.
 

Pos.	Team	Round 1	Round 2	Total
1	Sam Houston	284	288	572
2	VCU	295	282	577
3	Ohio	290	288	578
4	Central Arkansas	295	284	579
5	EAST TEXAS A&M	294	288	582
6	HCU	289	294	583
T7	UIW	298	289	587
T7	Baylor	298	289	587
9	Tarleton	292	297	589
10	Oakland	294	299	593
11	Prairie View A&M	288	308	596
12	Southeastern	294	303	597
13	Southern	297	305	602
14	Texas Southern	308	304	612