BURLINGTON, NC – Senior Xavier Schwarz recorded rounds of 72 and 70 on Monday (Oct. 14) to lead Francis Marion University to a ninth-place showing at the Elon Phoenix Invitational Men's Golf Tournament.
 
The 54-hole event is being played at the 6,871-yard, par-71 Alamance Country Club course.  The final round will start at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday with a shotgun start.
 
Francis Marion carded identical rounds of 289 and is in the middle of the 18-team field with a 578 total.  UNC Greensboro (555) sits atop the team standings, seven strokes ahead of second-place East Carolina University (562).
 
Schwarz is tied for 16th position in the players' standings.  FMU freshman Leander Neuhaus (69-77=146) and sophomore Josh Dugard (73-73=146) are tied for 40th, while sophomore Simon DiMaggio (75-72=147) is tied for 51st and sophomore Ryan Bozard (76-74=150) is tied for 74th.