MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – Max Faucquez finished with a two-under 70 while Fernando Cobo Delgado was also under par with a 71 as the Illinois State Redbirds head into the final round at the Myrtle Beach Golf Trips Intercollegiate looking to climb the leaderboard on Tuesday morning.
The Redbirds have a 36-hole score of 581 and are within 11 strokes of climbing into the top five overall. Tournament host Coastal Carolina leads the two-round field with a 557, with Elon (558), Lipscomb (559), Campbell (567), and UTSA (570) rounding out the top five, while Stetson (571), Kennesaw State (571), Florida Atlantic (572), Jacksonville (574), Jacksonville State (580), UNCW (580), and Appalachian State (580) all have the Redbirds aiming for them in the final round. East Carolina (582), Winthrop (585), and North Alabama (593) close out the 16 schools in the field.
Faucquez had five birdies and 10 pars for his second-round 70 and has a one-under-par 143 for the tournament, tying him for 26th. He is averaging 2.75 strokes per par three on the round (-2 aggregate score), which is the third-best par three scoring average in the tournament…