Team & Player Leaderboard
POWELLS POINT, N.C. – Junior
Nick Contini of the Longwood men's golf team carded his fourth straight under-par round with a one-under par 71 Sunday to begin the Old Dominion/OBX Collegiate at the 6,550-yard, par 71 Kilmarlic Golf Club.
Coming off three straight under-par rounds and a third-place finish at the Cleveland State Invitational, Contini picked up where he left off with a one-under par, 70. For Contini, it marked his team-leading fifth under-par round of the fall, as he bettered his 71.50 stroke average. Contini enters Monday's second round T-12 on the leaderboard, one shot outside the top-five.
Longwood turned in a team total of 299 (+15) on day one of the tournament, to finish the opening round 15th on the leaderboard. Courtesy of a five-under opening round, Akron (279; -5) holds the lead while Ball State (-3; 281), Old Dominion (-2; 282), UNC Wilmington (-1; 283) and George Mason (+1; 285) round out the top-five.
Freshman
Brandon Weaver turned in a three-over par, 74, as he posted a 75 or better for the seventh time in 13 rounds in his first season with the Lancers. A product of Purcellville, Va., Weaver enters the second round T-40 on the leaderboard and three shots outside the top-25.
Coming off his first career top-20 finish at the Cleveland State Invitational, freshman
Teagan Stephenson carded an opening round six-over, 77, to finish the afternoon T-63 on the leaderboard. The round for Stephenson snaps a stretch of five straight rounds of 76 or better for the Frederick, Md., native.
Meanwhile,
Jordan Boulton turned in a seven-over par, 78, as he sits T-70 on the leaderboard, while sophomore
Adam Szwed rounded out the Longwood scores with an eight-over, 79, and enters round two at T-73 among the 93-player field.
Round two of the three-day, 54-hole tournament begins Monday at 8:30 a.m., as players will be sent off No. 1 and 10 tee. The Lancers are slated to go off No. 10 tee, beginning at 9:15 a.m.
Team Leaderboard
1 Akron 279 (-5)
2 Ball State 281 (-3)
3 Old Dominion 282 (-2)
4 UNCW 283 (-1)
5 George Mason 285 (+1)
6 Drake 287 (+3)
7 Delaware 288 (+4)
Campbell 288 (+4)
9 Bowling Green 291 (+7)
10 George Washington 296 (+12)
North Dakota State 296 (+12)
Nebraska-Omaha 296 (+12)
13 Drexel 297 (+13)
Hartford 297 (+13)
15 Longwood 299 (+15)
16 Saint Joseph's (PA) 303 (+19)
17 La Salle 305 (+21)
18 St. Francis-PA 319 (+35)
Individual Leaderboard
1 J.B. Williams Akron 67 (-4)
Pablo Heredia Iglesias Bowling Green 67 (-4)
Andrew Reynolds La Salle 67 (-4)
4 Marc Oliveri Delaware 68 (-3)
5 George Baylis Akron 69 (-2)
Tommi Avant Drake 69 (-2)
Keegan McKinney Ball State 69 (-2)
Timothy Wiseman Ball State 69 (-2)
Craig Hornberger Campbell 69 (-2)
Stephen Saleeby UNCW 69 (-2)
Antonio Cruz-Conde Old Dominion 69 (-2)
12
Nick Contini Longwood 70 (-1)
Logan Lowe George Wash, 70 (-1)
David Langley Old Dominion 70 (-1)
Drew Ison Drake 70 (-1)
Michael VanDeventer Ball State 70 (-1)
Brock Kovach George Mason 70 (-1)
Patrick Cover UNCW 70 (-1)
Eric Edwards George Mason 70 (-1)
Elliott Grayson Akron 70 (-1)
Thomas Lilly UNCW 70 (-1)
Kevin Gordon Neb.-Omaha 70 (-1)
Longwood Leaderboard
T-12
Nick Contini 70 (-1)
T-40
Brandon Weaver 74 (+3)
T-63
Teagan Stephenson 77 (+6)
T-70
Jordan Boulton 78 (+7)
T-73
Adam Szwed 79 (+8)