LAREDO, Texas – Eason Wang's hole-in-one highlighted the Lamar Cardinals' effort on the first day of the Border Olympics.
 
Wang used a 7-iron to ace the 166-yard seventh hole at the Laredo Country Club in the second round of the day.
 
The Cardinals head into Saturday's round in 14^th place in the 17-team field. LU is at 7-over-par 583 through 36 holes, 16 shots behind tournament-leading Arkansas State. In all, 10 teams shot par or better on the 7,375-yard, par-72 layout.
 
"Today was a day of ups and downs," LU coach Jessie Mudd said. "We had a lot of big numbers, but we made a lot of birdies and eagles, including Eason's hole-in-one. It's good to see some red numbers up on the board."
 
LU's Cody Banach is tied for 37^th in the 97-player field at 1-over-par 145 after rounds of 71 and 74 on Friday. Juho Kurikka and Louis Bemberg are tied for 43^rd at 146, Sam Dumez is tied for 48^th at 147, while Wang is tied for 65^th at 149.
 
Sam Houston State teammates William Holcomb and Camden DeBonis are tied for the individual lead at 8-under 136, one shot better than Billy Tom Sargent of Western Kentucky.
 
The Cardinals enter Saturday's final round just nine strokes behind sixth-place Stephen F. Austin.
 
"We have to go out and be aggressive on Saturday, and climb up the leaderboard as much as possible," Mudd said.
 
FORECAST: The teams will tee off under mostly cloudy skies at 8 a.m. Saturday with a temperature of 67 degrees. By the time the tourney ends, the golfers will be plying under sunny skies with the temperature near 90 degrees.
 
UP NEXT: The Cardinals return to action when they compete at the Valspar Collegiate Invitational, set for March 19-21 in Palm City, Florida.