PHOENIX, Ariz. – Mason Snyder leads all 64 players following two completed rounds at the Thunderbird Intercollegiate following his opening-round course record 9-under par. The sophomore opened the event with a 9-under first round and took an extra stroke off to sit in first at 10-under par.

Snyder's opening round included nine birdies and no rounds over par to shoot 62. His four additional birdies positions Snyder at a stroke ahead of the competition at 62-70-132.
Alejandro Alonso joins Snyder at under par after shooting 3-under, 68-71—139. Alonso recorded seven birdies of his own in the first round and followed with two more birdies in a par second round to sit in a tie for 22^nd.

Louie Liu opened with par before shooting 71-74—145, and Cade Anderson shot the opposite with a 74-71—145. Lie totaled eight birdies, whereas Anderson recorded four birdies with a team-high 25 par holes.

Closing out the five for LMU was the 73-74—147 for Trevor Algya.

Frank Vucic competed as an individual and shot 72-74—146.

As a team, LMU followed the opening round 10-under with a second round 2-over to shoot 274-286—560. The 41 combined birdies by the Lions are tied for the second most behind tournament host Arizona State's 43.

The final round will open with tee times beginning at 7:00 AM on Saturday morning. Snyder and Alonso will tee off from the 10^th hole at 7:06 AM with his teammates following.

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