Day One Results

SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. – With two out of three rounds finished in the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate, the University of Evansville men's golf team stands in 14^th place with one round remaining at Sevierville Golf Club.
 
The Purple Aces finished the opening day with a 593 and are within shouting distance of the top ten, just nine strokes behind #10 Longwood.  They are five behind 13^th place Eastern Kentucky with the final 18 holes ahead of them on Tuesday morning.
 
Leading the way for UE was Will Knights.  Following an opening-round 74, Knights blistered the course for a 1-under 71 to finish with a 145.  He is tied for 23^rd place.  Alex Turner is just two behind him with a 147.  Turner had a consistent day that saw him shoot a 73 and 74 to rank in a tie for 38th.
 
Third for the Aces was Tyler Gray, who is tied for 46th.  He opened the day with a 76 before firing a 73 in round two to finish with a 149.  Next up was Rick Voyvodic.  He posted rounds of 77 and 75 and is tied for 66^th.  Rounding out the squad was Wil Pahud, who completed the day with a 156.
 
Following 36 holes, there is a tie atop the individual leaderboard as Tomasz Anderson of Jacksonville State and Andrew Hall from Carson-Newman both have scores of 136, which are eight under par.  Hall had the low score of the day in the second round, a 6-under 66.  Wil Witmann of Detroit is in third place, two strokes behind the top duo.
 
With its top four players ranked in the top 17, Southern Illinois has a slight lead over West Georgia.  The Salukis finished day one with a 568, which is one spot ahead of West Georgia.  Jacksonville State is in third place with a 575 while Murray State is in fourth.  Four teams are tied for fifth with a 579.