MIAMI BEACH, FL – Junior John VanDerLaan was the only golfer in the field Monday to have two rounds in the 60s and held the lead for most of the day. Only a tournament record 11-under par by Nova Southeastern's Juan Jose Guerra in the second round kept VanDerLaan from finishing the day there. With VanDerLaan now in second place individually, and still four strokes ahead of everyone but Guerra, 4th-ranked Florida Southern ended day one of The Battle at the Shores sixth out of 16 teams competing.

With two rounds being played Monday at Normandy Shores Golf Club, the Moccasins were in third place halfway through the day after shooting a six-over par 290 on the par-71 course. While that officially put them third, in truth the Mocs were behind only one school in the 16-team tournament. With host Barry University fielding a "B" team in addition to its regular lineup, the Buccaneers were essentially holding down first and second place. The main squad turned in a two-under par 282 in the first round and the "B" team had a 288.

At that point Florida Southern was holding off Lynn and Florida Tech by one shot on the strength of a four-under par 67 by VanDerLaan and a one-over par 72 by freshman Chase Ibbotson. Sophomore Michael VanDerLaan had as much to do with that one-shot lead as anyone else though. The younger of the two VanDerLaan brothers eagled the 535-yard par-5 No. 16, which allowed him to play his final eight holes of the round at two-under and turn in a 75. It was one of three eagles in the first round, but the other two came from golfers from teams much further back in the standings.

Fellow sophomore Christian Anderson was the Mocs' fourth counter in the opening round with a 76, and junior Grant Lovell shot an 85.

John VanDerLaan's score gave him a two-stroke lead over three other golfers and he widened that lead over all of them with a 69 in round two. Guerra, however, set a tournament record with his 11-under par 60 to grab the lead from VanDerLaan. The sophomore from the Dominican Republic birdied four of his first five holes in the round and never let up after that. After nine birdies through 17 holes Guerra ended the day with an eagle on the par-5 No. 18 to break the previous single round scoring record of 61 (-10) set by Barry's Adam Svensson three years ago.

Guerra's two-round total of 133 (-9) put him three strokes ahead of VanDerLaan, and VanDerLaan's 136 (-6) was four strokes better than anyone else had on Monday. Niclas Weiland of Barry and Mathieu Echlard of Eastern Florida State were tied for third with scores of 140 (-2), and three other golfers were at one-under.

With two different golfers in the 60s in each round, and four of the top nine golfers in the tournament, 3rd-ranked Barry had the lead with a 569 that put the Buccaneers four shots ahead of No. 5 Nova Southeastern. All five Barry golfers were at 147 or better, but Guerra with a 133 was the only Nova golfer who had a better score than 146. Guerra's 60 allowed the Sharks to post a team score of 277 in the second round, which was 10 shots better than Barry.

Eastern Florida State was third with a 579, putting them 10 shots behind Barry, 2nd-ranked Lynn was fourth with a 580, and 9th-ranked Florida Tech was fifth with a 583.

Florida Southern ended the day in sixth place with a 588 behind the VanDerLaan brothers who posted the Moccasins' two best scores in the second round and were the team's two best golfers overall. With John in second, Michael was tied for 23rd after shooting a one-over par 72 in round two that gave him a 147 (+5). Ibbotson was only one stroke behind him and tied for 27th with a 148 (+6). If not for 17 and 18 where he was five-over, Ibbotson was otherwise even for his other 16 holes in round two, and one-over for the day.

The Moccasins had to count an 81 from Anderson, who was nine-over for his final nine holes Monday. Lovell shot a 93 in the second round.

Florida Southern was one shot ahead of No. 21 Flagler and the Barry "B" team, and had an eight-shot lead over 9th-place St. Thomas Aquinas (NY). No other team was within 10 shots of the Moccasins.

The final round of The Battle at the Shores is scheduled to get underway at 8 a.m. Tuesday morning.