Men’s Golf Completes Day One of Saint Leo Invitational

2/17/2025 9:48:00 PM | By: Kyrin Mayfield

Results
DADE CITY, Fla. - Edoardo Scialanga and Ryan Gear closed out day one of the Saint Leo Invitational with 68s in round two as Embry-Riddle Men's Golf sits in 15th with 590 strokes.

THE TOURNAMENT HISTORY
Appearance: 6th
Best finish: 8th (2021-22)
Best Score: 875 (2021-22)

THE COURSE
Lake Jovita Country Club
Par: 72
Yards: 7,121

THE FIELD
Teams: 18

#8 Lee
#12 Florida Southern
#19 Rollins
#23 Nova Southeastern
#32 Valdosta State
#42 Montevallo
#43 Barry
#44 Palm Beach Atlantic
Saint Leo
Eckerd
Carson-Newman
Lynn
Georgia College
Tampa
Kentucky Wesleyan
Trevecca Nazarene
Virginia Union

Individuals: 99

10 are ranked inside the top 100

THE PLAY
Embry-Riddle (300-290=590) | 15th

The Eagles were six under on par-5s, the ninth-best mark in the field.
Embry-Riddle was one of only six teams to record an eagle.
ERAU's 105 pars ranked second among all teams.

Edoardo Scialanga (73-68=141) | T-12th

Scialanga started well, earning par on his first 12 holes with an eagle on his 13th hole, a par-5, 509-yarder.
He then birdied a third of his holes in round two to tie his lowest single-round score of the season (68).
Scialanga tied for the ninth-best average on par-4 holes (3.89).
He was also three under par on par-5s.

Ryan Gear (76-68=144) | T-24th

Fresh off his first career top-10, Gear was one under through his first five holes.
Then in round two, Gear produced five birdies and 12 pars.
Gear tied for the fifth-best average on par-5s (4.50).
His 24 pars rank first on the team and tied for fifth in the tournament.

Ian Ball (74-76=150) | T-58th

Ball also started well with pars on each of his first nine holes.
He carried that momentum into round two with a birdie on the opening hole.

Tiago Barni (77-78=155) | T-84th

Barni was the top Eagle early on, registering two birdies in his first four holes.
He also ended the first round well with pars on each of the last five holes.
Barni produced a pair of birdies on par-3 holes in round two.

Aleksandar Abrashev (81-78=159) | T-93rd