SANTA CRUZ, Calif. – Posting an impressive 8-under 342 on Tuesday, the Pepperdine men's golf team surged to the top of the leaderboard after the second round of the Western Intercollegiate. 

The 22nd-ranked Waves have a two-round total of 694 (352-342) (-6) in the play 6-count-5 tournament at the 6,521-yard par-70 Pasatiempo Golf Club. Pepperdine is two strokes ahead of #18 San Diego State, and three ahead of #21 Arizona. Additionally, the Waves are also in front of four other teams ranked in the top-50: #29 BYU, #34 UNLV, #36 Oregon and #42 Stanford.

Mahanth Chirravuri is leading Pepperdine and is tied for 3rd with a total of 134 (69-65) (-6).

PLAYER SCORES

• Junior Mahanth Chirravuri (Chandler, Ariz.) is tied for 3rd at 6-under with a two-day total of 134 (69-65). During his second round, he carded an impressive 5-under 65, playing the back nine 3-under and collecting a total of seven birdies on Tuesday. His 5-under was tied for the second-best round in the entire field today.
• Sophomore Willy Walsh (San Mateo, Calif.) is tied for 11th with a 36-hole score of 137 (69-68) (-3). Walsh posted five birdies and an eagle on the par-5 9th hole during his 2-under 68 on Tuesday.
• Freshman Luke Bailey (Encinitas, Calif.) is tied for 22nd with a two-round score of 141 (71-70) (+1). Bailey tabbed an even 70 with four birdies including a stretch of three birdies during holes 13-16 today.
• Junior Brady Siravo (Sacramento, Calif.) is also tied for 22nd with a tournament total of 141 (73-68) (+1). He collected four birdies and an eagle on the par-5 9th hole during his 2-under 68 on Tuesday.
• Freshman Byungho Lee (Seoul, South Korea) posted a 2-over 72 today. Holing out from the fairway, Lee eagled the par-4 7th hole during his second round. He's tied for 29th with a total score of 142 (70-72) (+2).
• Sophomore Kris Kuvaas (Houston, Texas) tallied a 1-over 71 with two birdies in the second round. Kuvaas is tied for 43rd at 4-over with a two-day score of 144 (73-71).

 
THE NUMBERS
Team Scores:
1. #22 Pepperdine 694
2. #18 San Diego State 696
3. #21 Arizona 697
T4. Nihon University 699
T4. #42 Stanford 699
6. #29 BYU 704
7. #34 UNLV 706
8. California 708
9. Washington 712
10. #36 Oregon 715
11. UC Irvine 725
12. San Jose State 726
T13. Chattanooga 736
T13. Hawaii 736
 
Top Individuals:
1. Filip Jakubcik (Arizona) 131
2. Caden Fioroni (UNLV) 132
T3. Mahanth Chirravuri (Pepperdine) 134
T3. Zach Pollo (Arizona) 134
T3. Finn Koelle (Washington) 134
T3. Nathan Wang (Stanford) 134
7. Taiga Kobayashi (Nihon University) 135
T8. Chanachon Chokprajakchat (San Diego State) 136
T8. Rei Harashima (UC Irvine) 136
T8. Peter Kim (BYU) 136
 
The full individual leaderboard can be found here.
 
UP NEXT
The Waves will start to tee off of hole 1 at 12 p.m. tomorrow. Pepperdine will be paired #18 San Diego State, #21 Arizona and #42 Stanford for the final round, and live scoring can be found here.