The Middlebury men's golf team lowered their score by six strokes during round two on Wednesday at the NCAA Tournament, finishing in a tie for 28th place out of 43 teams competing with a two-day score of 608 (307-301). Each of the first two days of the tournament followed a shotgun start format and the top-18 teams made the cut and advanced to the final two rounds of play.
 
TOURNAMENT INFO

• Location: Nicholasville, Kentucky
• Host: Transylvania University
• Course: Keene Trace Golf Club
• Par: 72
• Yards: 6,974
• Place: T28th/43 

HIGHLIGHTS

• Colin McCaigue fired the best round of the day for the Panthers with an even-par 72. He birdied his first two holes starting his round on the par-four 16th. Later in his day, McCaigue posted identical scores of three on the third, ninth and 13th holes to finish with five birdies and a two-day total of 148.
• After his opening-round 69, Sean McGarrity backed up that performance with a strong 76 on Wednesday. He birdied holes eight and nine to finish in a tie for 25th place as an individual with a combined score of 145.
• Hogan Beazley bettered his day one score by five strokes, posting a score of four-over 76. Highlighting the round was an eagle on the par-five, 543-yard eighth hole and birdies on his first (17th) and last (16th) holes of the day.
• One stroke behind Beazley was Anthony King who finished with a 158 (81-77). In Wednesday's action, King recorded a four on the par-five eighth hole and a three on the par-four 14th hole. 
• Charlie Schulman rounded out the competitors for Middlebury, finishing his first NCAA Championship with a 79 and a two-day effort of 161 (82-79). He parred seven of the nine holes on the front side and birdied the par-four 16th en route to Wednesday's 79.

NOTES

• McGarrity's score of one-over 145 made the cut individually. He will continue his championship representing the Panthers in the third and fourth rounds on Thursday and Friday.
• Methodist and Piedmont are tied atop the team leaderboard after the second day of play with matching scores of 573, while Carnegie Mellon (577), Christopher Newport (577) and St. John's (Minn.) (577) round out the top-five places.
• There is a four-way tie for the top spot on the individual leaderboard. On Wednesday, Carnegie Mellon's Henry Scavone tallied a tournament-low 67 with seven birdies to move into a tie with three others. 
• Prior to Wednesday's second round, the tournament paused to pay its respects to fallen soldiers as part of the Folds of Honor program. Folds of Honor is a nonprofit organization that provides educational scholarships to the spouses and children of military members who have fallen or been disabled while serving in the United States Armed Forces. 
• Folds of Honor signs were located at each tee box on both courses and American pin flags will be located on various holes throughout the courses. Middlebury played in honor of Army Staff Sergeant George Alexander, who paid the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq on October 1, 2005.

The Panthers wrap up their 2022-23 season as a team with many highlights, including the program's 10th NESCAC Championship in head coach Bill Beaney's final year.