SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – A pair of Waves are tied for third after two rounds at The Goodwin, putting the Pepperdine men's golf team in eighth-place heading into the final round of competition at the par-70, 7,193-yard TPC Harding Park tomorrow.

Freshmen Kristoffer Kuvaas and William Walsh have impressed thus far, with the former putting in the Waves' best round of the day with a 3-under 67.  Walsh has been consistent this weekend as well, shooting for par or better through 36 holes to lead the squad with his teammate.

The duo is only two shots away from the lead, held currently by Ben Van Wyk of Georgia, and one away from second-place.  As a team, Pepperdine has amassed a two-round score of 569 (281-288).  The team is three strokes out of the top-five and only six away from the current leader Utah.

PLAYER SCORES

• Freshman Kristoffer Kuvaas (Houston, Texas) had the best round of the day for Pepperdine after shooting a 3-under 67 to put him tied for third and his current two-round total at 138 (71-67).  He moved up 25 spots with the performance.  After going down and up through the first three holes, he shot 3-under through six rounds before starting to even out.  He finished strong, however, with a 2-under output in his final seven holes.  He's had eight birdies so far.
• Freshman William Walsh (San Mateo, Calif.) also had a solid day with five birdies to round out his two-day total to 138 (70-68) and tie for third-place as well.  He bogeyed the first hole before shooting 4-under in the following 11 holes without a single bogey, though he finished with the 2-under. He has amassed eight birdies in total this weekend thus far.
• Sophomore Mahanth Chirravuri (Chandler, Ariz.) is tied for 27^th with a score of 142 (67-75).  He had a strong first round yesterday with five birdies and posted another two in the round today.
• Sophomore Brady Siravo (Sacramento, Calif.) is tied for 151^st with a score of 154 (73-81).
• Sophomore Joshua Koo (Cerritos, Calif.) amassed a 155 (77-78) to tie for 156^th. 

 
THE NUMBERS
Team Scores: 1. Utah 563; 2. Georgia 564; T3. San Francisco 565; T3. Tennessee 565; 5. Stanford 566; 6. Georgia Tech 567; 7. BYU 568; 8. Pepperdine 569; T9. Clemson 573; T9. UCLA 573; 11. UC Davis 575; T12. Oregon 577; T12. San Diego 577; 14. San Jose State 578; 15. Santa Clara 580; T16. San Diego State 581; T16. Nevada 581; T16. Oregon State 581; 19. Cal Poly 582; T20. Long Beach State 583; T20. California 583; T22. Colorado 584; T22 Little Rock 584; 24. Washington State 585; 25. Lipscomb 586; 26. Utah Tech 591; T27. California Baptist 594; T27. USC 594; 29. Howard 598; 30. TCU 599; 31. Appalachian State 600.

Top Individuals: 1. Ben Van Wyk (Georgia) 136; 2. Braxton Watts (Utah) 137; T3. Kristoffer Kuvaas (Pepperdine) 138; T3. William Walsh (Pepperdine) 138; T3. Pablo Ereno (UCLA) 138; T6. Charlie Forester (LBSU) 139; T6. Caleb Manuel (Georgia) 139; T6. Michael Thorbjornsen (Stanford) 139; T6. Jakob Melin (USF) 139; T6. Bryce Lewis (Tennessee) 139; T6. Zubair Firdaus (SJSU) 139.