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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. --- UC Irvine sophomore Pete Fernandez fired rounds of 70 and 69 Friday to record a 5-under 139 after the first two rounds of the William H. Tucker Invitational in Albuquerque, N.M.
Fernandez had 10 birdies over 36 holes as he is one shot behind San Francisco's Cory McElyea (69-69) entering Saturday's final round at the UNM Championship Course. Minnesota's Erik Van Rooyen is tied with Fernandez for second after rounds of 66-73.
The 'Eaters are fifth in the 14-team field with a two-round total of 588. Host New Mexico is in first at 568, San Francisco is second at 581, Colorado third at 583 and Baylor is fourth at 586.
UCI junior Travis Russell is in 14th place at 146 (73-73), freshman Jacob Schulze is 44th at 151 (72-79), senior Michael Yang is 51st at 152 (72-80) and senior Mickey Chan is 83rd at 164 (77-87).
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