CRESWELL, OREGON – The University of Denver men's golf team opened up the Duck Invitational on Monday with the first and second rounds of the tournament. Cal McCoy posted a one-under second round to jump up the leaderboard and finish the day in a tie for sixth place. As a team, DU fired a first-round 301, 13-over-par and finished the day with a second-round 300, 12-over-par.

"Hats off to Cal, he played awesome in really tough conditions today," said head coach Erik Billinger. "Tomorrow is a new day and we need to bring our competitiveness out and play better."

Overall the Pioneers (25-over) are tied for 10^th with fellow Summit League team Oral Roberts. The field is chasing Oregon State and Oregon, who are tied at one-over par after two rounds.

Par at the 7,145-yard Emerald Valley Golf Club was 72.

McCoy, the freshman standout, led DU in round one, posting a one-over 73, including two birdies on his front nine. He followed up with four more birdies in round two, en route to a one-under-par 71 to finish at one-over for the championship. McCoy is tied for 6^th place with 18 holes to play and sits just four strokes back of the leader, Cameron Kaneko (four-under-par) out of the University of Hawaii.

John Sand and Esteban Missura made two birdies each, recording rounds of four-over-par in the first 18 holes. Despite a triple-bogey seven, Sand continued to grind in the second round, posting a four-over-par with three birdies on his second round. Missura made just one birdie in his second round while posting a seven-over-par 79. Sand is currently tied for 52^nd place while Missura is tied for 67^th place.

Junior Eric Hagen also fired a first-round four-over par, using a birdie and an eagle to post the 76. Hagen followed up with a five-over-par in round two and he is currently tied for 56^th place.

Fellow junior Roy Kang struggled in round one, making seven bogeys to just one birdie. He bounced back with four birdies, recording a four-over-par second round. He is 10-over-par for the tournament, tied for 63^rd place.

Live scoring for round three can be found HERE.

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