FAIRFAX, Va. -- After completing two rounds today at the Sixth Annual Elon Phoenix Invitational the Patriots are tied for ninth with George Washington. Grad student Will Halamandaris leads the Patriots at four-under-par heading into the final round at the 6,867-yard, par 71 Alamance Country Club.

Tournament Quick Facts
Event: Phoenix Invitational
Course: Alamance Country Club
Location: Elon, N.C.
Yardage | Par: 6,867, Par 71
Rounds: 3 (two rounds Monday, one round Tuesday)
15-Team Field:  Appalachian State, Elon, Gardner-Webb, George Mason, George Washington, La Salle, Longwood, North Carolina, North Carolina A&T, Ohio, Presbyterian, Radford, Temple and UNC Greensboro
Tee Times: Tuesday begins at 8:00 am
Results: Golfstat.com

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• Grad student Will Halamandaris is tied for 8th going into the final round Tuesday. He scored a three-under-par 68 in the first round with four birdies, followed by a one-under-par 70 in the second round. 
• JP Miller (71-72=143) and Seth Conway (70-73=143) are t-34 with one-over-par 36 holes scores.
• Sophomore Nikita Gubenko bounced back from a first-round 77, to score a two-under-par 69 in the afternoon. He carded an eagle on the 534-yard par 5, hole #6 in the afternoon.
• Mason finished as high as tied for fourth (2017) at the Elon Invitational. The team finished 10th in 2019 and T-9 in 2016.
• Alum Eric Edwards was co-medalist at the 2017 Elon Invitational with a 10-under-par 203(66-69-68).

T9 MASON (286-284=570)
T8 Will Halamandaris (68-70=138)
T34 JP Miller (71-72=143)
T34 Seth Conway (70-73=143)
T51 Nikita Gubenko (77-69=146)
T63 Colin Slater (77-73=150)