University of Connecticut Athletics
Hervol Tied For 4th After Round 2 Of NCAA Golf Regional
5/14/2019 4:07:00 PM | Men's Golf
SIMPSONVILLE, Ky. – UConn senior golfer Jimmy Hervol shot a 1-under par 70 in Tuesday's second round of the NCAA Golf Championship Louisville Regional, giving him a two-day total of 5-under 67-70=137, which keeps him in contention for a berth in the NCAA Golf Championship finals.
Hervol (Hopkinton, Mass.) sits in a tie for fourth place, just three shots behind tourney leader Tripp Kinney of Iowa State (-8) as the regional begins its third and final round on Wednesday at the par-71 University of Louisville Golf Club.
There are 13 teams and 10 individual golfers competing at the Louisville Regional (75 total players), one of six regional sites across the country in the NCAA Golf Championship. Following Wednesday's final round, the low five teams and the low individual not on those teams will advance to the NCAA Championship Finals, set for May 24-29 at Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Ark.
Hervol roared out of the starting gate Tuesday, with birdies on three of the first four holes and played the front nine in 3-under 32. When he birdied the 10th hole as well, he reached 8-under for the tournament and was at the top of the leaderboard. But he hit a rough stretch with a double-bogey, bogey, bogey on 13, 14, and 15 to fall out of the lead. Still, he recovered with a birdie at 17 to finish at 1-under for the day and 5-under for the tournament.
Of the top 10 golfers on the leaderboard after Tuesday's second round, only three were not on one of the current low five teams – Hervol, Arizona's Trevor Werbylo (-6), and Toledo's Duncan McNeil (-2). Auburn (-15) currently leads the team standings, followed by Oklahoma State (-7), Baylor (even), Iowa State (+2) and Louisville (+3).
Hervol, a three-time All-Conference pick and UConn's all-time career low scorer, was one of only 45 individual golfers from across the country selected to compete in the NCAA Golf Championship. He is the first UConn golfer in 27 years to earn an individual berth.
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