BATON ROUGE, La.---Chattanooga junior golfer Stephan Jaeger (Munich, Germany) had a career-best day in taking the lead at the LSU National Invitational through 36 holes at the University Club. Jaeger fired rounds of 70 (-2) and 67 (-5) to pace the field heading into Sunday's final round.
Jaeger's seven-under par 137 leads Alexander Sitompul of Michigan (141) by four. LSU's John Peterson and Iowa's Vince India are tied for third at minus two (142).
His seven-under par 137 total is one shot better than his previous best of 138 (-6) for 36 holes. Jaeger's posted 138 three times including at the Linger Longer Invitational earlier in the week.
As a team, the Mocs are in fourth at 595 trailing Michigan by eight shots at 587. No. 12 Iowa is second at 588, while No. 9 LSU is third with a total of 589.
Freshman Chris Robb (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) bounced back from a 79 (+7) in the morning round to shoot 73 (+1) in the afternoon. He is tied for 28th at 152 (+8). Sophomore Steven Fox (Hendersonville, Tenn.) is just two shots behind him tied for 35th at 154 (+10).
The freshman duo of Davis Bunn (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Benni Weilguni (Langelois, Austria) are tied for 42nd at 156 (+12). The Mocs are one of just three teams to place all five team members in the top 42.
Chattanooga is off hole No. 1 early at 8:10 a.m., central time. Weilguni leads off followed by Bunn (8:20), Fox (8:30), Robb (8:40) and Jaeger (8:50).
LEADERBOARD
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1) Michigan |
296-291 |
587 (+11) |
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2) No. 12 Iowa |
295-293 |
588 (+12) |
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3) No. 9 LSU |
295-294 |
589 (+13) |
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4) Chattanooga |
297-298 |
595 (+19) |
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5) VCU |
302-300 |
602 (+26) |
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6) Minnesota |
295-308 |
603 (+27) |
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T7) Iowa State |
307-300 |
607 (+31) |
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T7) Notre Dame |
311-296 |
607 (+31) |
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9) Penn State |
305-305 |
610 (+34) |
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10) Louisiana-Lafayette |
306-305 |
611 (+35) |
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11) Boston College |
318-321 |
639 (+63) |
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12) Centenary |
332-320 |
652 (+76) |
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Mocs: |
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70-67 |
137 (-7) |
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T28) Chris Robb |
79-73 |
152 (+8) |
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T35) Steven Fox |
76-78 |
154 (+10) |
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T42) Davis Bunn |
76-80 |
156 (+12) |
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T42) Benni Weilguni |
75-81 |
156 (+12) |
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