PAYCON, Ariz. - Daniel Cronje still holds a one-shot lead, while UT Arlington is one shot off the pace after two rounds of the WAC Championship at The Golf Club at Chapparal Pines. 

Cronje shot even par 72 on Saturday and is 4-under par 140 after 36 holes. 

In round two, UTA shot nine-over par 297 and is tied with Grand Canyon in second place at 587, with both teams trailing Tarleton St. by one stroke (586). California Baptist (588) and UTRGV (591) round out the top five.  

Final round play for UTA will begin Sunday at 12:30 p.m. central time with live scoring available via BirdieFire. 

UTA Scores After 36 Holes / Sunday Tee Time (All times central) 

1) Daniel Cronje: 68-72: -4 140; 1:10 p.m.

T-13) Hiroki Miya: 75-73: +4 148; 1 p.m.  

T-21) Arran Kanth: 74-75: +5 149; 12:50 p.m. 

T-25) Cameron Beck: 73-77: +6 150; 12:40 p.m. 

T-51) Ethan Miller / Trent Griessel: 81-80: +17 161; 12:30 p.m.

T-2) UTA:  290-297: +11 587 

INSIDE THE SCORES 

CRONJE 

• The fourth consecutive round at par or better for Cronje was enough to maintain his lead after 36 holes. He carded 12 pars intermingled with three birdies and three bogeys. On the opening nine, Cronje birdied the par-5 second and par-4 ninth around a bogey on the fourth. On the closing nine, Cronje sandwiched bogeys on the 10th and 16th holes around a birdie on the par-5 14th. 

MIYA 

• Miya moved four spots up the leaderboard with an 11-par round. He bounced back from an opening bogey with a birdie on the par-5 second. Miya then birdied the par-5 fourth before a bogey at nine left him even at the turn. After five straight pars, Miya bogeyed both the 15th and 16th holes before a key birdie on the par-5 17th and a closing par on 18. 

KANTH 

• Kanth's only birdie came on the par-5 second as part of a 14-par round with two bogeys and one double bogey.  

BECK 

• Beck's lone birdie on the round came on the par-5 seventh in an opening nine that began with bogey and closed with double bogey. Beck carded seven pars on the closing nine. 

GRIESSEL 

• Griessel was inserted into day two lineup. After a tough opening nine, he birdied the par-4 10th before a stretch of six consecutive pars.  

– #BuckEm – 

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