HOWIE-IN-THE-HILLS, FL – Toledo stands in fourth place following the opening 36 holes at the Mission Inn Spring Spectacular on Saturday. The two-day tournament is taking place at the El Campeón Course (Par-72, 6,966 Yards) at the Mission Inn Golf and Tennis Resort and hosted by George Mason University.

The Rockets fired solid rounds of 294 and 290 and trail frontrunner No. 18 South Florida (288-280=568) by 16 strokes, second place Texas Tech (295-286=581) by three and third place Old Dominion (296-286=582) by two.

Sophomore Stephen Watts is leading UT at two-under par 142 (70-72) and is tied for fifth place. The Larne, Northern Ireland native recorded 10 birdies over the course of today's first two rounds and sits in a two-way tie for the fifth spot.

Senior Otto Black is two strokes behind Watts and tied for ninth place at even-par 144 (70-74), while sophomore Colin Joseph is tied for the 23^rd spot at three-over par 147 (78-69). Joseph recorded UT's best score of the day, firing a three-under par 69 in the second round.

The Rockets are one of only two teams to have two players in the Top 10 after 36 holes of competition.

Rounding out Toledo's lineup is senior Thomas Shindler tied for 39^th place at seven-over par 151 (76-75). Freshman Spencer Shoemaker also tallied a nine-over par 81 in the first round but was forced to withdraw from the event in the second round.

In addition, freshmen Jamie Knipe and Cameron Mills are competing as individuals in this weekend's event and currently stand at 16-over par 160 (76-84) and 19-over par 163 (82-81), respectively.

Individually, USF's Chase Koepka (70-67) sits atop the leaderboard at seven-under par 137, followed closely by Richmond's Matthew Lowe (72-67) and Alabama State's Branson Ferrier (70-69) at five-under par 139.

The third and final round will take place on Sunday with 18 holes of competition in a shotgun start.

TEAM STANDINGS
1. South Florida 288-280=568 (-8); 2. Texas Tech 295-286=581 (+5); 3. Old Dominion 296-286=582 (+6); 4. TOLEDO 294-290=584 (+8); 5. Campbell 295-292=587 (+11); 6. USC Upstate 296-294=590 (+14); 7. Richmond 301-291=592 (+16); 8. Bethune-Cookman 300-298=598 (+22); 9. Lipscomb 304-298=602 (+26); 10. IPFW 306-300=606 (+30); 11. Alabama State 297-310=607 (+31); T12. Ohio 308-303=611 (+35); T12. George Mason 312-299=611 (+35); 14. SIU Edwardsville 310-306=616 (+40); 15. Florida A&M 306-317=623 (+47); 16. Florida Atlantic 321-303=624 (+48); 17. Hartford 309-318=627 (+51); 18. South Dakota 314-326=640 (+64)

TOP FIVE INDIVIDUALS
1. Chase Koepka (USF) 70-67=137 (-7); T2. Matthew Lowe (UR) 72-67=139 (-5); T2. Branson Ferrier (ASU) 70-69=139 (-5); 4. Federico Zucchetti (TTU) 73-67=140 (-4); T5. STEPHEN WATTS (UT) 70-72=142 (-2); T5. David Langley (ODU) 74-68=142 (-2)

TOLEDO INDIVIDUALS
T5. Stephen Watts 70-72=142 (-2); T9. Otto Black 70-74=144 (E); T23. Colin Joseph 78-69=147 (+3); T39. Thomas Shindler 76-75=151 (+7); 101. Spencer Shoemaker 81-WD=WD (WD)

ROCKETS COMPETING AS INDIVIDUALS
T74. Jamie Knipe 76-84=160 (+16)
T86. Cameron Mills 82-81=163 (+19)