MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. -- Jorge Garcia gave the Buccaneers just what the doctor ordered.

And the rest of the team followed suit.

Garcia shot a career-low 63 on moving day at the NCAA Division II Championship at Robert Trent Jones at the Shoals' Fighting Joe course Tuesday to vault the Bucs to the top of the leaderboard entering Wednesday's final day of the stroke play portion of the national tournament. The No. 3/5-ranked Bucs used a school record-low round of 16-under 272 to move up four spots for an 18-under 558 total through 36 holes.

Tyler Bakich also catapulted the Buccaneers with a 5-under 67 on the 7,407-yard course. Daniel Faccini shot 2-under, and Kyle Brey shot par in the second round to account for Barry's record-breaking day.

"We needed a good round, and we got it," Barry coach Jimmy Stobs said. "I had complete confidence in my guys that we could play superior golf, and today we did that. Jorge was fantastic. He was hitting every shot, and making every putt. That's the reason we brought him to Barry. Tyler played some great golf, too. He has really started to find his game late this season, and we're happy to have him in the mix with us, too."

West Florida is second at 15-under 561, and Florida Southern third at 12-under. Lynn is fourth at 9-under, and Indianapolis fifth at 5-under.

Garcia has one-stroke lead over Florida Southern's John VanDerLaan on the individual leaderboard. Saint Leo's Oliver Lilliedahl is two strokes back. Garcia enters the final round of stroke play at 11-under 133 after jumping seven spots. 
 

SUMMARY:

• Garcia ripped off nine birdies, including one on each of his first four holes, in a bogey-free lights-out round. HIs previous low of 64 came two years ago while at the University of Florida. He bested his season-low 65, which came in his first round as a Buccaneer to begin the spring in February.
• Bakich strung together six birdies with a bogey, and is tied for sixth at 5-under.
• Faccini and Niclas Weiland are tied for 25th with four others at even-par 144. Faccini had four birdies and a bogey. Weiland shot 74, and made four birdies.
• Brey had three birdies, and is tied for 52nd at 5-over.
• Bakich moved up 19 spots with his career-low round.
• Brey and Faccini each climbed 17 spots up the leaderboard.

NOTEWORTHY:

• Barry's previous low round, relative to par, was a 15-under 273 at the Saint Leo Invitational in 2015-16.
• The Bucs' 272 is the second lowest score by strokes in school history behind the 270 they fired at the 2014 Buccaneer Invitational on a par-71 course in Miami Beach.
• Garcia's 11 birdies in the tournament rank second to VanDerLaan's 12.
• The Bucs lead the 20-team, 108-player field in par-4 scoring at 9-under, share the lead with 123 pars, and are fourth with 36 birdies.
• Garcia and VanDerLaan are both atop of the par-4 scoring at 6-under. 

ON THE HORIZON:

Barry will tee off at 1:55 p.m. ET Wednesday in the final round of the national championship stroke play tournament. The top eight teams following stroke play advance to the match play quarterfinals Thursday.

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