JARRED CARLYLE MOVES INTO THIRD-PLACE TIE AFTER SHOOTING
A FOUR-UNDER PAR 67 IN TUESDAY'S SECOND ROUND OF SOUTH/SOUTH CENTRAL MEN'S GOLF SUPER REGIONAL

        AUSTIN, Texas – Arkansas Tech junior Jarred Carlyle continued play here Tuesday in the 2008 NCAA Division II South/South Central Super Regional at the Grey Rock Golf Club by shooting a four-under par 67 to move into a third-place tie with Nova Southeastern’s Constantin Schwierz after 36 holes.

Carlyle, who is sitting at three-under par 139 after two rounds of play, enters Wednesday’s final round in prime position to earn a spot as an individual in next week’s NCAA D-II Men’s Golf Championship. Only the top five teams from the combined super regional and the top individual not with one of the top five teams advance to next week’s NCAA D-II Men’s Golf Championships at the Memorial Park Golf Course in Houston.

“Jarred had a great round of golf today and put himself into position to earn a spot in next week’s National Championship Meet,” Wonder Boys Golf Coach Dave Falconer said. “He needs to go out and perform tomorrow like he did today.”

Entering Wednesday’s final round, Carlyle is one shot behind Cameron’s Peter Svajlen in the race to earn the individual spot in the NCAA D-II National Championship Meet. Svajlen shot a one-under par 70 in Tuesday’s second round and has shot a four-under par 138 after two rounds. The other individuals are all at even-par or one-over par heading into the final round of action.

Carlyle, a native of Nashville, Ark., is one of the 10 individuals from non-regional qualifying teams to earn a berth in this year’s South/South Central Super Regional. On Tuesday, he tied for Schwierz for the second-best second round score with a 67, only St. Edwards’ Collin Mayer’s six-under par 65 was better. In Monday’s first round, Carlyle shot a one-over par 72 to finish in a tie for 12th place.

On Tuesday, Carlyle opened by carding a three-under par 33 on the front nine, including having a bogey on the par 5 No. 7 hole and then shot a one-under par 34 on the back nine, which included a double-bogey on the par 5 No. 14 hole and an eagle on the par 4 No. 15 hole.

Carlyle, who is a three-time First-Team All-GSC selection and earned All-Tournament honors for the third consecutive season, averaged a team-best 72.6 in 16 rounds of golf and eight tournaments. This is the second season that Carlyle is competing in the NCAA D-II South/South Central Super Regional as he finished tied for 26th place at last season’s meet after shooting a 224 for 54 holes at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in Muscle Shoals, Ala.

Florida Southern’s Jude Eustaquio and West Florida’s Kyle Scott lead the South Region after two rounds as both of them have shot five-under par 137s. Mayer leads the South Central Region with his eight-under par 134 after two rounds.

Among the 16 teams competing, St. Edward’s, the super regional’s host school and West Florida each have shot 10-under par 558s to lead their respective regions after two rounds. Nova Southeastern is in second place in the South Region after firing a 36-hole total 564, while North Alabama is in third place with a 575 and Florida Southern is in fourth place with a 577.

         Second-round results of NCAA D-II South/South Central Super Regional

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