Men's Golf Completes Second Round at NCAA Regionals Tuesday

Devereux leads Rider with four-over 76

NORMAN, OK – The Rider University men's golf team completed the second round at the NCAA Norman Regional Tuesday with a 311 team score at OU Jimmie Austin Golf Club. The performance drops Rider into 13^th of 13 teams with 18 holes left to play.

Austin Devereux (Brielle, NJ/Manasquan) led the Broncs, shooting four-over 76 for the second-straight day, while Rick van der Nat (Noordwijk, The Netherlands/Visser 't Hooft) and Jack Urban (Upper St. Clair, PA/Upper St. Clair) followed with a 77 and 78, respectively. Connor Bekefi (Toms River, NJ/Toms River North) and Louie Giovacchini (Windermere, FL/Windermere) rounded out the Broncs' competitors, shooting 80 and 81, respectively.

No. 18 Auburn (-20) took the team lead, shooting 12-under 276 today to push past host and nationally-ranked No. 1 Oklahoma, which shot three-under 285 and is -14 for the tournament. No. 7 Texas and No. 25 Ole Miss are tied for third at eight under, four strokes ahead of No. 50 Utah (-4). No. 24 South Carolina (-3), No. 36 Louisville (+5), No. 48 San Diego State (+7), Kansas State and No. 37 Missouri (+14), Kent State (+24) and UT Martin (+26) all lead the Broncs (+39).

QUOTES & NOTES
"Nobody gave up and that's great, but the rest of it was just horrible golf. We will play a good one tomorrow." – Rider Head Coach Jason Barry

- The Broncs are playing in their first-ever NCAA Regionals as a team, a year after Devereux, the 2021 MAAC Individual Champion, earned an automatic individual berth to play at the NCAA Kingston Springs Regional.
- Urban led the Broncs with four birdies on the day and has a team-high seven for the tournament. Devereux, Giovacchini and van der Nat had three birdies apiece on Tuesday's round.

UP NEXT
The Broncs wrap up play in the NCAA Normal Regional tomorrow morning.

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