DANIELS, W.Va. (May 9, 2017) – The Franklin Pierce University men's golf team chose a good afternoon to record their second best single day score of the season during the second round of the 2017 NCAA Division II East/Atlantic Regional Tuesday at the Glade Spring Resort in Daniels, W.Va.

"We're going to go out there tomorrow and just leave it all out on the course said team captain Tom Arisco (Cheshire, Conn). We don't have anything to lose, we still have a shot to make the national tournament and we're just going to go out there and play how we all know we are capable of."

The Crimson and Grey tallied a 302 (+14) as they dropped eight strokes off their first round score. The eight stroke improvement catapulted the Ravens from 11th to eighth place at 612 (+36) as the weather on the afternoon seemed to play in favor of FPU. Franklin Pierce is currently behind Wilmington (Del.) by eight strokes for the last National birth.

Freshman Sam Myers (Colchester, V.t.) continued his dominance of the par 72, 7,114 yard Cobb Course with a 74 (+2) showing. Myers gained a spot in the individual standings from sixth to fifth at 147 (+3). Myers ranks second of all golfers in the tournament with 25 total pars.  

The other four Raven golfers took off strokes from their day one scorecard. Junior Taylor Simpson (Londonderry, N.H.) was the most improved golfer on the day as he knocked off a team-high six strokes of his first round 79 (+7) to a 73 (+1). Freshman Liam Donohue (Vernon, Conn.) picked up five strokes to score a 79 (+7) on his second 18. Keeton Foster (Chesterfield, N.H.) (76, +4) and Arisco (79, +7) also were key factors in their squads improved standing.

The Ravens return to the links tomorrow as they continue their pursuit for a National birth as Donohue tees-off at noon on the back nine.

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