CHUCKEY, Tenn. – Led for the second straight day by sophomore Calahan Keever, the Anderson University men's golf team remained in ninth place following Monday's second round of the 2022 South Atlantic Conference Championship, which is being hosted by Tusculum at the Graysburg Hills Golf Club.

The three-day, 54-hole tournament is being played on a par-72, 6,834 yard layout.

"The conditions today were tough as winds were blowing 10-15 miles per hour with gusts to 20+ mph," said Anderson Director of Golf Danny Neal. "Our guys were able to improve one shot from yesterday's score. Calahan (Keever), Reece (Coleman) and Simon (Wright) played well. We just couldn't get a good enough fourth score to go with them. Still in ninth, so our goal remains the same. We'll try to get off to a quicker start, and get four good scores tomorrow and hold our position, or possibly move up."

No. 25 Queens holds an impressive 16-stroke advantage over fifth-ranked Lincoln Memorial after increasing its lead by 11 shots during Monday's second round. Newberry is alone in third place, four strokes further back, with ninth-ranked Limestone and Lenoir-Rhyne sharing fourth place after the Bears jumped four spots in the standings. Fourth-ranked Carson-Newman moved up one spot into sixth place, while 47th-ranked Tusculum plummeted from a tie for third into seventh place entering Tuesday's final round. Coker slipped from sixth into eighth place, with Anderson remaining in the ninth slot.

Wingate, Catawba, UVA Wise and Mars Hill finished out the 13-team field.

The Queens tandem of Ollie Smith and Drake Wilcox – who were tied for third entering Monday's second round - each overcame a two-stroke deficit and are tied atop the leaderboard with two-day, 11-under par 133s. Limestone's Pontus Samuelsson, Tusculum's Dominic Barron Holden and LMU's Luke Harries, who led the field following Sunday's first round, are four shots off the pace and share second place.

Keever moved up five spots by firing a 2-under 70 on Monday and moved into a three-way tie for 10th place. Junior Reece Coleman posted his second straight 1-over-par 73 on Monday and shares 25th place, with freshman Simon Wright in a tie for 40th after improving by two shots over his opening round - with a 2-over 74. Sophomore Daniel Coker is tied for 55th place, with junior Parker MacDonald notching an 8-over-par 80 on Monday and is tied for 58th place.

Tuesday's final round is set to get underway at 9 a.m., with the Trojans scheduled to start at 10:10 a.m.

9 Anderson 297 296 593 +17
T 10 Calahan Keever 72 70 142 -2
T 24 Reece Coleman 73 73 146 +2
T 40 Simon Wright 76 74 150 +6
T 55 Daniel Coker 76 79 155 +11
T 58 Parker MacDonald 79 80 159 +15

Pos. School Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Total To Par
1 Queens 277 274 551 -25
2 Lincoln Memorial 282 285 567 -9
3 Newberry 283 288 571 -5
4 Limestone 286 286 572 -4
Lenoir-Rhyne 291 281 572 -4
6 Carson-Newman 288 288 576 E
7 Tusculum 283 297 580 +4
8 Coker 287 294 581 +5
9 Anderson 297 296 593 +17
10 Wingate 300 296 596 +20
11 Catawba 298 301 599 +23
12 UVA Wise 309 301 610 +34
13 Mars Hill 328 321 649 +73

COMPLETE RESULTS

NOTABLES
• AU's second-round 296 marked the Trojans' 11th-lowest round of the year (out of 26 rounds).
• Keever's second-round 2-under 70 marked his seventh-best round of the year.
• Queens' second-round 274 matches Lincoln Memorial (2021) for the second-lowest round in SAC Championship history.
• Smith and Wilcox's second-round 66s match Dominic Barron Holden's opening-round 66 for the fifth-lowest round in tourney history.
• Queens' opening-round 277 marks the fourth-best round in SAC Championship history.
• LMU's opening round 282 equaled the sixth best round in tournament history.
• LMU's Luke Harries' first-round 65 matched the fourth-lowest round In SAC Championship history.
• Tusculum's Dominic Barron Holden's opening-round 66 matched the fifth-lowest round in tourney history.
• AU posted its highest finish since joining the SAC with a fourth-place showing in 2012.
• Former standout Jake Miller owns the school record for a SAC Tournament appearance with a 54-hole 212, while finishing as runner-up in 2018 (Adam Sheriff posted an even-par 213 in the 2008 Conference Carolinas championship).
• The SAC Championship has produced six different champions over the past 10 seasons, with the fifth-ranked Railsplitters hoping to become the first repeat title-winner since Carson-Newman won back-to-back conference crowns in 2017 and 2018.
• Lincoln Memorial and Carson-Newman have each claimed four SAC titles, with Newberry taking home the hardware on three occasions. The Wolves are seeking their first title since 2011.