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Frittelli, Hakula pace Men's Golf in round two at NCAA Championships
06.01.2011 | Men's Golf
June 1, 2011
STILLWATER, Okla. - Texas junior Dylan Frittelli and freshman Toni Hakula each shot a 1-over 73 to lead the Longhorns Wednesday in round two of the 2011 NCAA Championships at Oklahoma State's Karsten Creek Golf Club.
Texas shot a 13-over 301 in Wednesday's second round and ended the day tied for 19th place at 24-over par for the tournament. Georgia Tech leads the event at 3-under par, and UCLA sits in second at 2-under par. Illinois holds third place at 2-over par, and Georgia is in fourth place at 3-over par. Alabama rounds out the top-five at 4-over par. Individually, LSU's John Peterson leads at 5-under par and holds a one-shot lead over Georgia Tech's James White.
The top-eight teams after Thursday's third and final round of stroke play will advance to the match-play rounds on Friday. The national champion will be crowned on Sunday, June 5 when the match pitting the final two teams is decided. The NCAA individual champion will be crowned on Thursday pending the conclusion of the final stroke-play round.
Starting from the 10th tee, Frittelli (Pretoria, South Africa) played a spotless opening nine holes highlighted by birdies at the 14th and 18th holes. Frittelli took a 1-over 73 into the clubhouse and ended the day tied for 46th place at 4-over par.
Hakula (Espoo, Finland) matched his 73 from the opening round and endured a roller coaster round that featured only four par scores. The 2011 Big 12 Conference Newcomer of the Year eagled the 14th hole, a par-five, and scattered birdies at the 12th, 15th, 18th, first, fifth and ninth holes. At two-over par for the tournament, Hakula is UT's low scorer heading into the final round of stroke play. He sits in a tie for 28th place.
Sophomore Cody Gribble (Dallas, Texas) carded a triple bogey on his first hole but maintained a solid round the rest of the way, as sank a birdie at the sixth hole and finished with a 5-over 77 on the day. Gribble is tied for 79th place heading into round three. Sophomore Julio Vegas (Maturin, Venezuela) carded birdies at the 16th and eighth holes and finished with a 6-over 78 in round two. Vegas is tied for 93rd place heading into round three.
Senior Bobby Hudson (Memphis, Tenn.) matched Vegas' six-over 78 and sank one birdie on the round at the fourth hole. Hudson is tied for 105th place with one round remaining.
Texas tees off in the third and final stroke-play round on Thursday at 7:30 a.m. Central from the first tee.
2011 NCAA Championships - Karsten Creek Golf Club
Team Standings (Through 2nd of 3 rounds)
1 Georgia Tech 283-290-573 (-3)
2 UCLA 286-288-574 (-2)
3 Illinois 291-287-578 (+2)
4 Georgia 291-288-579 (+3)
5 Alabama 288-292-580 (+4)
6 Oklahoma State 292-293-585 (+9)
7 Augusta State 294-294-588 (+12)
T8 Texas A&M 289-301-590 (+14)
T8 Ohio State 291-299-590 (+14)
10 USC 303-289-592 (+16)
11 Arkansas 296-298-594 (+18)
T12 Duke 303-293-596 (+20)
T12 Arizona State 303-293-596 (+20)
T12 Iowa 304-292-596 (+20)
T12 San Diego State 295-301-596 (+20)
T16 Florida 300-299-599 (+23)
T16 California 300-299-599 (+23)
T16 Michigan 307-292-599 (+23)
T19 TEXAS 299-301-600 (+24)
T19 LSU 306-294-600 (+24)
21 Northwestern 306-296-602 (+26)
22 San Diego 300-304-604 (+28)
23 Kent State 304-302-606 (+30)
T24 Tennessee 308-299-607 (+31)
T24 Kennesaw State 295-312-607 (+31)
26 Arizona 302-308-610 (+34)
27 Oklahoma 313-304-617 (+41)
28 North Carolina State 310-308-618 (+42)
29 Pepperdine 309-310-619 (+43)
30 Colorado State 307-323-630 (+54)
Texas Players
T28 Toni Hakula 73-73-146 (+2)
T46 Dylan Frittelli 75-73-148 (+4)
T79 Cody Gribble 75-77-152 (+8)
T93 Julio Vegas 76-78-154 (+10)
T105 Bobby Hudson 77-78-155 (+11)
POST-ROUND COMMENTS
Texas head coach John Fields
On the round
"We had an unfortunate finish to the round. We thought we would finish quite a bit better. We've put ourselves in a position where we'll tee off early tomorrow, which is okay. We need a great round tomorrow and need to find our way into that final top-eight. There will be some teams fighting hard tomorrow, and we need to be one of those teams hitting a lot of fairways, a lot of greens and making some putts.
"There was more of a breeze today, but it was a breeze; it wasn't windy. It was coming out of the southeast, which in some cases made a few of the par-fours little stronger. I heard (Cody) Gribble got off into the wind on 10 and got off to a bad start with a triple, but he really came back and played some solid golf. We can't cry over spilled milk. We need to play good golf tomorrow."
On the rounds from Dylan Frittelli and Toni Hakula
"They both played well. I'm sure they feel like they left some shots out there too. Dylan closed with three bogeys in the last five holes, and I'm sure he's not happy about that. Toni Hakula on the other hand, just had a real up-and-down round. The good news with him is he made a lot of birdies and was able to put up a good number."
