GREG SMAIL LYING JOINT NINTH AT HATTIESBURG

HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- ULM used an outstanding second round effort from all four scoring golfers to card a six-under par 278 to finish the day in eighth place in the 15-team field after two rounds of the Sam Hall Intercollegiate, hosted by Southern Miss.
Redshirt sophomore Greg Smail went into the clubhouse in a tie for ninth (67-69--136) after 36 holes at Hattiesburg Country Club.
Smail is just three strokes behind the lead group of Southeastern Louisiana's Grady Brame and Mississippi State's Joe Sakulpolphaisan.
Meanwhile, in the team competition, ULM is 13 strokes off the pace set by UL-Lafayette.
"The guys played very well in the afternoon round. Today was an excellent start to what I expect to be an exciting season," head men's golf coach Walt Williams said.
The event concludes with the final round, teeing off tomorrow at 8 a.m.
ULM Results
Greg Smail -- 67-69--136 (T9)
Calum Hill  -- 73-68--141 (T21)
Charlie Macneal -- 74-71--145 (T46)
Kirk Thomas -- 78-70 -- 148 (T63)
Mason Seaborn -- 77-72--149 (T66)
ULM -- 291-278--569 (8th)
Team Standings
1. UL-Lafayette (281-272--553), 2. Mississippi State (281-276--557), 3. South Alabama (276-282--558), T4. Mercer (286-278--564), T4. Ole Miss (287-277--564), 6. Sam Houston St. (288-277--565), 7. Tennessee Tech (283-284--567), 8. ULM (291-278--569), 9. Southeastern Louisiana (287-283--570), 10. Rice (285-287--572), T11. UTSA (293-281--574), T11. Arkansas State ( 295-279--574), 13. Southern Miss (291-284--575), 14. Houston Baptist (291-292--583), 15. Jackson State (303-300--603).