Louisiana Golf Falls To Fifth At Louisville Cardinal Classic

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns fell two spots into fifth place on Saturday at the Louisville Cardinal Classic after posting a round of 15-over par (303) at the par-72, 7,192-yard University of Louisville Golf Club.

Louisiana is six strokes back of Eastern Kentucky in third place with a two-round score of 19-over (595). Host Louisville notched a second round score of 2-under (286) to move into the team lead at 4-under (572), one stroke ahead of Miami (Ohio).

Patrick Flavin of Miami (Ohio) sits atop the individual leaderboard after carding a round of 69 (-3) to finish the day with an overall score of 7-under (137).

Sliman's Thoughts

"Disappointing day today to see us backup after a good first round. The conditions were difficult, but that is no excuse. We should expect to thrive in the more difficult conditions. We do have a bit of an inexperienced group with a number of our players lacking DI experience. I expect the guys to learn and apply going into tomorrow.

"I look to see how Triston (Elston) handles being in the hunt for a Top 5 finish. Also, I was glad to see the freshman Justin Caldwell bounce back from a bad first round to post a 75 today, and if not for a couple mishaps could have had a round under par."

Elston Looking For Top 5 Finish

Junior Triston Elston finished the day in a tie for fourth at 2-under (142). Elston has one top 10 finish in his career with a seventh place finish at the Grove Intercollegiate in 2015.

Caldwell Cards Eagle

After a rough first round in his debut, freshman Justin Caldwell bounced back to post the Ragin' Cajuns first eagle of the season on hole nine in his second round of the Louisville Cardinal Classic. Caldwell finished the day with a round of 75 (+3) and moved up the leaderboard 12 spots.

Final Round Pairings

Louisiana is paired with Eastern Michigan and ETSU for the final round as the teams will tee off of hole one starting at 9:50 a.m. Live scoring is available for the Louisville Cardinal Classic on Golfstat.com.

LOUISVILLE CARDINAL CLASSIC SECOND ROUND RESULTS

TEAM SCORES (Par 576)
1. Louisville 286-286 – 572 -4; 2. Miami (Ohio) 284-289 – 573 -3; 3. Eastern Kentucky 294-295 – 589 +13; 4. ETSU 295-296 – 591 +15; 5. Louisiana 292-303 – 595 +19; T6. Eastern Michigan 299-298 – 597 +21; T6. ULM 301-296 – 597 +21; 8. Jacksonville State 296-302 – 598 +22; 9. Winthrop 298-302 – 600 +24; 10. Lamar 296-310 – 606 +30; 11. Southeastern Louisiana 298-311 – 609 +33; T12. DePaul 305-306 – 611 +35; T12. Stephen F. Austin 308-303 – 611 +35

LOUISIANA SCORES (Par 144)
T4. Triston Elston, 68-74 – 142 -2
T28. Bjorn Gudjonsson, 71-78 – 149 +5
T51. Colin Troxler, 77-76 – 153 +9
T56. Jack Tolson, 76-78 – 154 +10
T67. Justin Caldwell, 84-75 – 159 +15

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Louisiana Golf Falls To Fifth At Louisville Cardinal Classic

Players Mentioned

Justin Caldwell

Triston Elston

Bjorn Gudjonsson

Jack Tolson

Colin Troxler

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