PALM DESERT, Calif. - The UALR men's golf team sits 14^th of 17 teams after two days at the 2013 Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate. Sophomore Alfred Kerstis and senior Nicklaus Benton led the Trojans with matching second-round scores of 75 on Saturday.

As a team, the Trojans sit at 32-over par (608) through the first two days at the Classic Club. Kerstis is tied for 26^th overall at 148 (+3) through two days, while Benton is next in line for the Trojans at 149 (+4). Sophomores Ben Etchebarne and Colby Benton each sport two-day scores of 158 (+13).

TCU leads the team scores with a two-round tally of 565 (-11), followed by Texas Tech in second with a score of 576 (E), St. Mary's in third with a score of 578 (+2), San Francisco in fourth with a 579 (+3) and Oregon State rounds out the top five with a six-over 582 two-round score.

Three players in TCU's Julien Brun, Texas Tech's Finley Ewing IV and St. Marys' Jonathan De Los Reye are tied atop the individual leaderboard with 36-hole scores of 139 (-5). In fourth place is San Francisco's Cory McElyea who is two strokes behind the leaders with a score of 141 (-3). Three TCU players in Eli Cole, Paul Barjon and Pontus Gad as well as Texas Tech individual Matias Dominguez are tied for fifth place with a score of 142 (-2).

Third and final round play of the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate will begin with tee times at 9:20 a.m. on Sunday morning.