BIRMINGHAM — The No. 25 Auburn men’s golf team carded a 25-over 299-302—601 and is in ninth place after the first two rounds of the Shoal Creek Intercollegiate at the par-72, 7,114-yard Shoal Creek Golf Club.

Freshman Kyle Kopsick currently leads all Tigers (73-75—148) in a tie for 15th, individually.  Senior Glenn Northcutt (74-77—151) is tied for 25th, freshman John Stembridge (75-77—152) is tied for 31st, and redshirt freshman Cory Gilmer (78-75—153) and senior Cole Moreland (77-76-153) are tied for 37th.

The Tigers were in fourth after the morning round with an 11-over 299 but lost ground after putting up a 14-over afternoon total of 302.

“The afternoon round was tough,” said head coach Mike Griffin.  “A lot of the guys haven’t played 36 holes in one day for a while.  Kyle (Kopsick) hit a lot of good shots today.  Shoal Creek is a great course. There are some holes you really have to grind through.”

Baylor (288-293—581) is currently in the lead followed by LSU (301-288—589), No. 20 Ole Miss (298-294—592), UAB (298-294—592), Tulsa (300-296—596), No. 24 East Tennessee State (300-296—596), North Florida (294-302—596), No. 19 Texas Tech (306-290—596), Auburn (299-302—601), Georgia Southern (305-297—602), No. 21 Wake Forest (309-295—604) and Oklahoma (317-300-617).

UAB’s Zach Sucher (72-69—141) is in the individual lead followed by Texas Tech’s Will Griffin (74-68—142).

The final 18 holes will be played today with tee times beginning at 8:35 a.m.

Live scoring will be available via http://www.golfstat.com.

Haney wins at Stony Brook Classic
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. — All-American Alex Haney won the Flight A singles bracket over fellow Tiger Melissa Koning, 6-4, in the final day of action at the Stony Brook Classic on Sunday.

“I was very pleased with our overall performance this weekend,” head coach Tim Gray said. “I think we are right on track in terms of both our tennis and our fitness. Now we need to keep building on this. This was a very good first step in the process.”

Four of Auburn’s seven players were active in Flight A. Haney blanked Stony Brook’s in Anna Pieschl, 6-0, and handed Evelien Strijker of UAB a 6-3 loss, before colliding with teammate Whitney Chappell and winning, 7-6 (8-6).

Chappell won two matches, 6-1 over Dara Lahens of Long Island University and a 6-4 win over Southern Miss’ Elja van Berlo.

Koning, a returning All-American for Auburn, posted a 3-1 mark, picking up wins over Giorgia Romeo of UAB (6-4), Toledo’s Nadia Zoubareva (6-4) and Stony Brook’s Katherin Hanson (7-5).

Fani Chifchieva won her opening match against Selma Babic of LIU, 6-1, but suffered a 6-3 loss at the hands of Hanson.

Heather Bybee opened Flight B action by shutting out LIU’s Lilians Cortes, 6-0, but fell in her next match, 6-2, to Alexandra Kaluza of Southern Miss. Daniella Vukadinovic also went 1-1 in Flight B by first defeating Melissa Reynolds of Toledo 6-1, but lost her next match, 6-3, to Hollie Robinson of Southern Miss.

Dunja Djuranovic defaulted her first match to Marist’s Mirelva Colon in Flight B.

The Tigers will be back in action Oct. 1 at the ITA-Rivera/All-American Championships in Pacific Palisades, Calif.