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JURUPA VALLEY, CA – Coming off his first career tournament victory,
Gavin Cohen holds a two-stroke lead on the 85-player field after the first day of competition at The Joust at Goose Creek. As a team, LMU has jumped into the top position late in the second round, before darkness caused Monday's round to come to a close before completion.
The Lions opened the day with a first-round 300, tied for third, before climbing to the top with a 1-over through 16-18 in the second round. LMU holds a five-stroke lead on second place Idaho at the time the round was called. The Lions lead the tournament with 26 birdies on the day.
With one hole remaining in his second round, and recording four birdies in his last six holes, Cohen leads the field. At even overall, and 1-under in the second round, Cohen enters the final day with a chance to pick up his second-straight tournament. Cohen leads all golfers with nine birdies.
Cameron Meeks is tied for fourth individually after improving on his opening round 75 with a 1-under second round through 17. Meeks birdied his final two holes of the night to make him 4-over and four strokes back of his teammate Cohen.
Freshman
Riley Lewis is tied for 16
th with a 76 and 2-over through 16 holes in the second round, while his classmate
Caden McMackin is at 78 in the opening round and 1-over through 17 in the second round to tie for 24
th.
Kyle Kinnane closes out the LMU five with his 80-77—157 after completing both his rounds.
The Joust will not only award a team and individual champion, but also an All-Five Team Champion will be crowned. Most tournaments allow five golfers to compete, with only four counting scores going towards the team score. The third champion will have to count all five player scores to see who will be crowned the All-Five Team Champion.
Play will resume at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday and transition right into the final round.