Ducks Improve Standings After Second Round In Hawaii

KOHALA COAST, Hawaii – The Oregon men's golf team wrapped up the second round of play at the Amer Ari Intercollegiate on Friday with three Ducks under par in the tournament. Oregon ended the day 15 strokes under par and T13 in the team standings, three spots up from the first-round results.

How It Happened
Senior transfer Casper Nerpin carded Oregon's best round of the day and the lowest round of his career with a 5-under 67. Sitting at 6-under across both rounds.

Nerpin carded his third eagle of the week on hole No. 15, the most by any player in the tournament. Three eagles matches a season-high for Nerpin, who added five birdies, including three consecutive on the second, third and fourth holes, and is vying for a spot in the top-30 individually.

Freshman Sebastian Desoisa also improved on yesterday's round, carding four birdies en-route to a 4-under 68. Desoisa climbed up the leaderboard, reaching the top 50 players. Ramil Saelim matched Desoisa's two-day total of 4-under 140 after shooting an even second round to round out the counting scores for Oregon.

Tim Chang and individual Teddy Vigna stand even on the leaderboard as well at 3-over 147 after two rounds.

Duck Scorecard
Amer Ari Intercollegiate
Mauna Lani Golf Club – Par 72 (6,913 yards)
T13. Oregon – 283-278 – 561 (-15)
T33. Casper Nerpin – 71-67 – 138 (-5)
T50. Sebastian Desoisa – 72-68 – 140 (-4)
T50. Ramil Saelim – 68-72 – 140 (-4)
T94. Tim Chang – 72-75 – 147 (+3)
T94. Oscar Lent – 76-71 – 147 (+3)
T94. Teddy Vigna (I) – 70-77 – 147 (+3)

Notable
Casper Nerpin's three eagles are the most by any player in the tournament … Nerpin is also atop the field in Par 5 scoring average, at 3.88 across two rounds … Three eagles is tied for second most by a team … Oregon is second with 118 par holes so far, just one behind Georgia Tech.

Next Up
The Ducks will return to Mauna Lani for the third and final round of the Amer Ari Intercollegiate in a 9:30 a.m. PT shotgun start on Saturday, Feb. 7.