Cole Battles Through Round Two of National Championships

EUGENE, Ore. - James Madison men's golf junior Ryan Cole battled through the second round on Saturday to move to 8-over par overall at the 2016 Division I Men's Golf National Championships at the Par 70, 7,014-yard Eugene Country Club.

Through two rounds, Cole currently sits tied for 101st out of 156 golfers competing in the final collegiate tournament of the 2015-16 season. Tallying 12 pars on the day, the Mount Airy, Md. native's brightest moment came in the form of a birdie at the 17th hole.

Vanderbilt leads the 30-team field at 3-over par after carding an even 280 on Saturday. Southern California's Justin Suh sits atop the individual leaderboard at 5-under par after shooting a 3-under 68 in the second round.

As the fourth-best individual in terms of score entering the third round, Cole will begin the final round of the Championship at 2:12 pm PT or 5:12 pm ET with Texas A&M's Cameron Champ (+10) and UC Riverside's Matt Lutz (+13).

QUOTING COACH JEFF FORBES
"Unfortunately, Ryan just hasn't gotten the results he'd hoped for so far this weekend. He's playing hard and still has another round to improve."

TWEET OF THE DAY

Round two of the NCAA National Championship is underway! Beautiful day for some golf! #GoDukes pic.twitter.com/aY8jjFGklq
— JMU Men's Golf (@JMUMGolf) May 28, 2016

LIVE RESULTS
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FIRST ROUND RECAP
You can read up on how Cole faired in Friday's first round, here.

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