Windy conditions continued during the second round of the Ohio Valley Conference at the Country Club of Paducah in Paducah, Ky.Tennessee Tech senior Scott Stallings continued his excellent play and shot a 3-under 69 in the second round. Stallings was the only golfer to shoot under par in both the first and second rounds. He now leads the field by seven strokes.Eastern moves to fifth overall with a score of 307, eight shots better than its first round score.Going into the third and final round, Eastern is two strokes out of fourth place and 11 short of third.Eastern junior Matt Imburgia said while team members played well Monday, they are in a position to advance more in the final round if they play even better.Jacksonville State finished in first place and shot under 300 for the second consecutive day. The Gamecocks again had four scores in the 70’s, led by senior Bryan Rozier’s -1 over 73.Imburgia led Eastern’s team effort with a 2-over 74; six strokes better than his first round score. Winds blew even harder than during the first round. Imburgia said this made it difficult to control both distance and spin on the ball.He said his approach shot on the first hole landed 15 feet from the hole before the wind pushed it off the green into a water hazard.Despite a rocky start, Imburgia said his improvement in the second round came from not letting mishaps negatively affect his attitude like they did in the first round.“I had a triple bogey (on the eighth hole), but I tried to rebound and salvage a decent round,” Imburgia said.Imburgia’s six-stroke improvement catapulted him from a tie for 30th to a tie for 15th. His brother, senior Anthony Imburiga carded a 4-over 76 and is tied for eighth overall.Anthony Imburgia said he has yet to play his best golf.“I know that if I play up to my potential I can move up,” he said.At only four strokes out of second place, Anthony Imburgia said his goal for the final round is to play well enough to move up into the top three.Anthony Imburgia said the windy conditions played a factor around the greens again.“I saw some people hit it (a downhill putt) completely off the green,” he said.The tournament leader board experienced significant changes with four golfers falling out of the top 10. Morehead State senior Kyle Litter dropped the farthest from the top 10 in the second round, falling from tied for second to a tie for 13th after shooting a second-round 80.Overall, Morehead State senior Matt Gann fell 15 spots in the tournament, the most in the standings after a second-round 84. Matt Imburgia’s jump from tied for 30th to a tie for 15th was the biggest positive improvement in the tournament.Rounding out Eastern’s scores were junior Mike Imburiga (79, +7), senior Ty Comerford (78, +6) and junior Jaron Rose (85, +13).Overall Tournament Standings

1

Jacksonville State

597 (+21)

2

Eastern Kentucky

608 (+32)

3

Austin Peay

611 (+35)

4

Murray State

620 (+44)

5

Eastern Illinois

622 (+46)

T-6

Morehead State

626 (+50)

T-6

Samford

626 (+50)

8

Tennessee Tech

630 (+54)

9

Tennessee State

646 (+70)

10

Tennessee-Martin

651 (+75)

Top 10 Scores

1

Scott Stallings

Tenn. Tech

140 (-4)

2

Daniel Willett

JSU

147 (+3)

3

Bryan Rozier

JSU

148 (+4)

T-4

Shaun McConnell

EKU

149 (+5)

T-4

Yoshio Yamamoto

Austin Peay

149 (+5)

T-6

Julian Colmentares

JSU

150 (+6)

T-6

Andrew Villarreal

Samford

150 (+6)

T-8

Adam Gruber

Tenn. Tech

151 (+7)

T-8

Phil Hendrickson

EKU

151 (+7)

T-8

Anthony Imburgia

EIU

151 (+7)