TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Senior Van Holmgren (Plymouth, Minn./Waysata HS/North Dakota State) carded a 67 to move into second individually as the FGCU men's golf team remained in eight overall at the Seminole intercollegiate at the Golden Eagle Country Club.
 
The Eagles shot 290 to cut a stroke off their round one score for a 36-hole total of 581. FGCU sits three strokes behind West Virginia and six behind No. 37 South Florida. No. 10 Florida State leads the 15-team field with a two-day score of 559.
 
"We are excited for the opportunity to compete again tomorrow," said head coach Andrew Danna. "We will stick to our game plan and the best we can to finish up the tournament."
 
Holmgren's two-day total of 136 puts him six strokes behind individual leader Alexandre Fuchs of Liberty (130) who carded his second-straight round carding 65. Holmgren had an outstanding round going par-or-better for every round including five birdies.
 
Just behind Holmgren on Saturday was sophomore Frankie Capan III (North Oaks, Minn./Northwest Christian HS/Alabama) who posted his second consecutive round at 72 which has him tied for 28^th. After a bogie and double bogie on two of the first three holes, Capan went par-or-better on the next 15 holes including three birdies.
 
Junior Brady Madsen (Raymond, Minn./MacCray HS/Winona State) slipped into a tie for 56 after a troublesome back nine. He opened the second round going one-under for the first nine holes, but was plus five after the turn to finish the day with a 76 (150).
 
The back nine also proved problematic for sophomore Jon Hopkins (Bishop's Stortford, England/Mississippi Gulf Coast CC) who finished with a 78 on Saturday. Hopkins managed to be one over after the first nine, but was five over on the back despite three birdies in the round.
 
Graduate Michael O'Brien (West Chester, Ohio/Archbishop Moeller HS/Saint Joseph's) rounded out the Eagle quintet as he cut five strokes off his Friday total to score 75 on Saturday moving him into a tie for 75^th. O'Brien found his rhythm on the backside of the course today carding a pair of birdies to finish the last nine holes even.
 
Sunday's final round will begin at 8 AM for the Eagles.
 
FGCU Lineup:
2 - Van Holmgren – 69-67 – 136
T28 - Frankie Capan III – 72-72 – 144
T56 - Brady Madsen – 74-76 – 150
T72 - Jon Hopkins – 76-78 -- 154
T75 - Michael O'Brien – 80-75 – 155
 
Seminole Intercollegiate Tournament Field:
1 - #10 Florida State (A) – 277-282 – 559
2 - #25 Liberty – 281-280 – 561
3 - #1 Oklahoma – 289-276 – 565
4 - #13 Oklahoma State – 283-283 – 566
5 - #57 N.C. State – 289-278 – 567
6 - #37 South Florida – 287-288 – 575
7 - #77 West Virginia – 300-278 – 578
8 - #84 FGCU – 291-290 – 581
T9 - #47 Georgia Southern – 295-288 – 583
T9 - #28 North Florida – 290-293 – 583
11 - #10 Florida State (B) – 293-291 – 584
12 - #18 Duke – 295-291 – 586
13 - James Madison – 298-292 – 590
14 - #56 Jacksonville – 308-291 – 599
15 - #107 Troy – 297-305 – 602
 
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