Paxton and Shipp Both Fire Five-Under-Par 67s on Saturday

Saturday, February 20

Tallahassee, FL

NC State

Seminole Intercollegiate

Photo by: Nell Redmond, the ACC

Paxton and Shipp Both Fire Five-Under-Par 67s on Saturday

2/20/2021 6:04:00 PM | Men's Golf

Christian Salzer shot a three-under-par 69 as NC State goes 10-under on the day

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Easton Paxton and Benjamin Shipp both shot rounds of five-under-par 67 on Saturday as the Pack shot the second-lowest team score of the day at the Seminole Intercollegiate held at Golden Eagle Country Club.

After shooting one-under par on Friday, Shipp went five-under on Saturday, including an eagle on 18 as he moved into fifth place on the individual leaderboard at six-under-par for the tournament.

Easton Paxton and Christian Salzer are next for the Pack at three-under-par and in a tie for 11^th place. Paxton matched Shipp with a five-under-par 67 on Saturday while Salzer improved on his even-par performance on Friday by shooting three-under par 69 today.

Max Steinlechner is next for the Pack in a tie for 40^th place. The sophomore shot even-par on Friday and had a round of three-over par today.

Spencer Oxendine rounds out the NC State lineup in a tie for 84^th place after shooting an 11-over-par 83.

Playing as an individual, freshman Nick Mathews shot a two-over par 74, a seven-shot improvement on his Friday effort.

Host Florida State remains in first place with a two-shot lead over second-place Liberty. Oklahoma moved into third, four shots back of the Flames while Oklahoma State is one shot back of the Sooners and one shot ahead of the Pack for fourth place.

The third and final round starts Sunday morning.

NC State Lineup
5. Benjamin Shipp         71-67—138
T11. Christian Salzer     72-69—141
T11. Easton Paxton       74-67—141
T40. Max Steinlechner   72-75—147
T76. Nick Mathews (i)    81-74—155
T84. Spencer Oxendine 78-83—161

Team Leaderboard
1. Florida State             277-282—559
2. Liberty                      281-280—561
3. Oklahoma                 289-276—565
4. Oklahoma State        283-283—566
5. NC State                  289-278—567
6. South Florida            287-288—575
7. West Virginia             300-279—579
8. Florida Gulf Coast     291-290—581
T9. Georgia Southern    295-288—583
T9. North Florida           290-293—583
11. Florida State (B)      293-291—584
12. Duke                       295-290—585
13. James Madison       298-292—590
14. Jacksonville            308-291—599
15. Troy                        297-305—602