AUGUSTA, Ga. — Behind five birdies on Saturday, Georgia Southwestern's Nicolas Escobar climbed seven spots in the individual standings to take a share of the lead after two rounds of the Peach Belt Conference Championship at the par-72, 7,086-yard Forest Hills Golf Club. Escobar posted a 68 in Round 2 and enters Sunday's final round at 3-under par. Seventh-ranked GSW moved into second place with a 1-under 287 in Round 2 and sits two strokes out of the lead.

Erik Fogel made the biggest move on the leaderboard for GSW on Saturday, soaring 16 spots behind a 1-under 71. He joins teammate Jack Tharrington in a tie for 17th place at 5-over for the tournament. Payne Sells matched his opening round score of 73 on Day 2 and is tied for ninth place. Chase McLain is in 16th place after dropping eight spots with a 75 on Saturday.

USC Aiken shaved 14 strokes off its Round 1 score and jumped three spots to take control of first place in the nine-team event.

Tharrington will get the final round started for GSW on Sunday with a tee time of 10:10 a.m. 

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2023 PEACH BELT CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP - TEAM SCORES

GSW SCORES

Place		Player	Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Rd. 3	Total	+/-
T1	↑7	Nicolas Escobar	73	68		141	-3
T9	↓1	Payne Sells	73	73		146	+2
16	↓8	Chase McLain	73	75		148	+4
T17	↑16	Erik Fogel	78	71		149	+5
T17	↓11	Jack Tharrington	72	77		149	+5