Nov. 5, 2007
WCU Intercollegiate, presented by Macon Bank - Round One 
WCU Intercollegiate - Round Two Pairings & Tee Times
Cashiers, N.C. - Western Carolina juniors Andres Cuenca and Dustin Furnari stand tied atop the leader board with identical opening-round scores of 66 to lead the Catamounts to a five-stroke advantage over second-place Vanderbilt at the WCU Intercollegiate, presented by Macon Bank. Western shot 278 versus the Commodores 283 on Monday at the par 71, 6,767-yard Country Club of Sapphire Valley.
Western's first round score of 278 is its' second-lowest of this fall, while also ranking as its second-best round in school history.
Radford shot 288 as a team in the opening round to stand third behind Western and Vanderbilt, with High Point five-strokes in arrears at 293 in fourth. Charleston Southern and Gardner-Webb each shot 295 to stand tied for fifth entering Tuesday's final round.
Nine individuals shot below par through the first 18 holes, paced by the pair Catamounts at five-under, 66. Cuenca leads the tournament with seven birdies, while Furnari is tied with three others with six. Behind the front-running duo are three golfers tied for third as Samford's Martin Bunt, Vanderbilt's Jon Curran and Radford's Hampton Ballard each carded two-under, 69.
Western placed a trio of golfers in a tie for 21st-place at two-over, 73. Both senior Matt Cook and freshman Caleb Marsh made the turn at even par, 36, before shooting two-over on the back. Sophomore Ricky Stout turned at two-over, 73, and played the back nine even to tie his teammates.
Competing as individuals, WCU sophomores Michael Chapin and Benjy Davey stand 10th and 40th, respectively. Chapin shot an even-par 71, while Davey was four-over at 75 on Monday. The only WCU men's golfer not in action is red-shirt sophomore Cody Walker who is out with a back injury which has forced him to miss the majority of the fall season.
Final round action from the Country Club of Sapphire Valley begins with tee times at 9:30 am on Tuesday morning. Western Carolina's first golfer off will be Stout at 10:58 from the first tee and will continue through Cuenca at 11:30 am. The Catamount individuals will tee off on No. 10 at approximately 11:16 am.
WCU Intercollegiate, presented by Macon Bank 1 Western Carolina 278 -6 Western Carolina Individual Scores 10 *Michael Chapin 36-35 71 E
First Round Team Scores
School Scores
2 Vanderbilt 283 -1
3 Radford 288 +4
4 High Point 293 +9
5 Charleston Southern 295 +11
Gardner-Webb 295 +11
7 Francis Marion 296 +12
8 Davidson 297 +13
9 Winthrop 298 +14
10 Elon 299 +15
Jacksonville 299 +15
12 Furman 300 +16
Belmont 300 +16
Appalachian State 300 +16
15 Wofford 302 +18
16 Samford 303 +19
T 1 Andres Cuenca 31-35 66 -5
T 1 Dustin Furnari 35-31 66 -5
T21 Matt Cook 36-37 73 +2
Caleb Marsh 36-37 73 +2
Ricky Stout 38-35 73 +2
40 *Benjy Davey 36-39 75 +4
*played as individuals
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