Gamecocks Wrap-Up Day One at SEC Match Play

VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. – South Carolina sits 13^th at 2-over as a team through 36 holes of the 2022 edition of SEC Match play. The Gamecocks opened with a 279 (-1) in round one earlier today and shot 283 (+3) in round two.

Redshirt senior Lansdon Robbins highlighted the first 18 holes for Carolina. He shot a career-best 66 (-4) in round one. Robbins made five birdies and was bogey free in the back nine. He shot 75 (+5) in round two.

Fifth-year senior Evans Lewis also posted a red number in round one with a 2-under 68. The only blemish on his scorecard was a double bogey at the par-4 10^th hole. He shot 70 (E) in round two and paces the Gamecocks on the leaderboard as he’s T-28^th at 2-under.

Gene Zeigler (72, +2) and Nathan Franks (73, +3) were the other counting scores in round one. Zeigler shot 73 (+2) in round two with no birdies and Franks shot 71 (+1) with one red number on his scorecard. Junior Rafe Reynolds bounced back from a tough first round to lead Carolina with a 1-under 69 in round two.

The Gamecocks will tee off at 9:30 a.m. (ET) alongside Kentucky for the final round of stroke play on Monday. Reynolds will be the first player off for Carolina.

2022 SEC Match Play Leaderboard

1. No. 1 Vanderbilt – 528 (-32)

2. No. 13 Auburn – 536 (-24)

3. No. 12 Tennessee – 537 (-23)

4. No. 16 Georgia – 547 (-13)

T5. No. 17 Texas A&M – 549 (-11)

T5. No. 21 LSU – 549 (-11)

T7. Mississippi State – 550 (-10)

T7. No. 23 Ole Miss – 550 (-10)

T9. No. 32 Alabama – 551 (-9)

T9. No. 3 Florida – 551 (-9)

T11. No. 14 Arkansas – 557 (-3)

T11. No. 41 Missouri – 557 (-3)

13. No. 33 South Carolina – 562 (+2)

14. Kentucky – 568 (+8)

* – rankings via Bushnell/Golfweek Coaches Poll (Sept. 9)

2022 SEC Match Play Gamecock Leaderboard

T28. Evans Lewis – 138 (-2)

T44. Lansdon Robbins – 141 (+1)

T61. Nathan Franks – 144 (+4)

T63. Gene Zeigler – 145 (+5)

69. Rafe Reynolds – 148 (+8)

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