Monday, March 8
Dallas, Texas
University of North Texas
vs
Trinity Forest Invitational
Freshmen Again Lead The Way For Mean Green
3/8/2021 4:11:00 PM | Men's Golf
DALLAS - The North Texas men's golf team followed a hot start to Monday's second round of play at the Trinity Forest Invitational with some trouble on the back-nine, but is still good in position heading into Tuesday's final round thanks to a couple of freshmen.
Nikhil Gopal, playing in his first collegiate tournament after enrolling in January, is still leading the way for the Mean Green on the overall leaderboard at 2-over and is tied for 11th place, while fellow freshman Vicente Marzilio, who is playing in just his second collegiate tournament, had the Mean Green's best round of the day with his 1-over 72 and is currently tied for 18th with teammate Lenny Bergsson.
The Mean Green, ranked 18th in the country, dropped three spots to fifth place at 17-over, just four shots off the second-place number. No. 13 SMU, playing on its home course, is leading the tournament at 4-under par.
"We had a great start today but lost some momentum on the back side," UNT head coach Brad Stracke said. "I hope to regain that momentum tomorrow in some challenging high winds."
The Mean Green will be paired on Tuesday with Sam Houston and No. 38 TCU, with the threesomes' tee times beginning at 8:35 a.m. and running through 9:11 from the first tee.
Fans are not allowed in attendance due to COVID-19 protocols, but they can follow the tournament on GolfStat and can follow the Mean Green on Twitter and Facebook while also getting daily recaps at MeanGreenSports.com.
Team Leaderboard
1. No. 13 SMU (-4)
2. UT San Antonio (+13)
3. Little Rock (+14)
4. Sam Houston (+15)
5. No. 18Â North Texas (+17)
6. No. 38 TCU (+18)
7. Missouri-Kansas City (+21)
8. No. 37 Louisville (+22)
9. Abilene Christian (+28)
10. Lamar (+29)
T11. Florida Atlantic (+33)
T11. SMU B (+33)
13. Rice (+34)
14. UT-Arlington (+36)
15. Ball State (+38)
Player Leaderboard
T11. Nikhil Gopal (+2)
T18. Lenny Bergsson (+4)
T18. Vicente Marzilio (+4)
T32. Viktor Forslund (+7)
T51. Diego Prone (+10)
Nikhil Gopal, playing in his first collegiate tournament after enrolling in January, is still leading the way for the Mean Green on the overall leaderboard at 2-over and is tied for 11th place, while fellow freshman Vicente Marzilio, who is playing in just his second collegiate tournament, had the Mean Green's best round of the day with his 1-over 72 and is currently tied for 18th with teammate Lenny Bergsson.
The Mean Green, ranked 18th in the country, dropped three spots to fifth place at 17-over, just four shots off the second-place number. No. 13 SMU, playing on its home course, is leading the tournament at 4-under par.
"We had a great start today but lost some momentum on the back side," UNT head coach Brad Stracke said. "I hope to regain that momentum tomorrow in some challenging high winds."
The Mean Green will be paired on Tuesday with Sam Houston and No. 38 TCU, with the threesomes' tee times beginning at 8:35 a.m. and running through 9:11 from the first tee.
Fans are not allowed in attendance due to COVID-19 protocols, but they can follow the tournament on GolfStat and can follow the Mean Green on Twitter and Facebook while also getting daily recaps at MeanGreenSports.com.
Team Leaderboard
1. No. 13 SMU (-4)
2. UT San Antonio (+13)
3. Little Rock (+14)
4. Sam Houston (+15)
5. No. 18Â North Texas (+17)
6. No. 38 TCU (+18)
7. Missouri-Kansas City (+21)
8. No. 37 Louisville (+22)
9. Abilene Christian (+28)
10. Lamar (+29)
T11. Florida Atlantic (+33)
T11. SMU B (+33)
13. Rice (+34)
14. UT-Arlington (+36)
15. Ball State (+38)
Player Leaderboard
T11. Nikhil Gopal (+2)
T18. Lenny Bergsson (+4)
T18. Vicente Marzilio (+4)
T32. Viktor Forslund (+7)
T51. Diego Prone (+10)
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