SAN ANTONIO, Tex. – The Santa Clara men's golf team carded its second-lowest score of the spring season with a second round 285 and are alone in 11th place after the first day of action at the 16-team Lone Star Invitational, competed on the 7,247-yard, par-72 Briggs Ranch Golf Club.

With a two-round total of 578 (+2), the Broncos are just nine shots behind fifth-place Louisiana-Lafayette and UT Arlington entering Tuesday's final round. No. 12 ranked Texas Tech holds the two-round lead at 549 (-27) with SE Louisiana second at 558.

Final round play begins Tuesday with a shotgun start at 6:30 a.m. PT.

A pair of Broncos had career-best rounds on Monday. Freshman Hayden Shieh matched his career low score with a first round 5-under 67 and Carlos Briones also had a 67 in the second round. Shieh is tied for 12th at 4-under 140 after a second-round 73. Briones followed a 75 with his career-low effort to tie for 25th at 2-under 142.

Gio Gandionco had rounds of 72 and 73 to tie for 37th at 1-over 145 while Tyler Kertson bounced back from an opening round 79 to shoot even-par 72 on the second 18 holes.

A complete recap and results will be posted on santaclarabroncos.com at the conclusion of each round. Live scoring is available at www.birdiefire.com.

Lone Star Invitational 2nd Round Standings

1.      Texas Tech                275-274 = 549 (-27)

2.      SE Louisiana              272-286 = 558 (-18)

3.      UTSA                         284-281 = 565 (-11)

4.      UTEP                         294-274 = 568 (-8)

T5.     Louisiana-Lafayette    293-276 = 569 (-7)

T5.     UT Arlington               287-282 = 569 (-7)

T7.     New Mexico State      285-286 = 571 (-5)

T7.     Ohio State                 294-277 = 571 (-5)

9.      North Texas               294-279 = 573 (-3)

10.     Texas State                291-285 = 576 (E)

11.     Santa Clara               293-285 = 578 (+2)

12.     Bowling Green            294-288 = 582 (+6)

T13.   Rice                           296-288 = 584 (+8)

T13.   Sacramento State       295-289 = 584 (+8)

15.     Houston Baptist         304-284 = 588 (+12)

16.     Central Arkansas        295-295 = 590 (+14)

Santa Clara Individual Results

T12.   Hayden Shieh             67-73 = 140 (-4)

T25.   Carlos Briones           75-67 = 142 (-2)

T37.   Gio Gandionco           72-73 = 145 (+1)

T73.   Tyler Kertson              79-72 = 151 (+7)

88.     Drew Miller                 82-81 = 163 (+19)