SPRINGFIELD – Southeastern Louisiana's Cedric Scotto fired a 2-under-par 70 in the opening round before coming back with an even-par 72 and the Lions finished in fifth place after the first day of the seventh annual Carter Plantation Intercollegiate on Monday.

Final round action begins at 7:30 a.m. Southeastern, which trails first-day leader Rice by seven strokes, will be paired with Southland Conference rivals Central Arkansas and UT Arlington.

Scotto, who has two top-five finishes in three events this season, finished the day at 142 and tied for third. Freshman Alvaro Arizabaleta posted rounds of 75 and 71 to finish at 146 with Horacio Leon (148), Tommy Sikes (150) and Rhys West (155) rounded out Southeastern's five-man lineup.

James Taverner, one of three Lions competing as individuals, fired consecutive rounds of 73 to finish tied for 16th overall. Senior Patrick Solberg rebounded from a five-over 77 in the opening round with an even-par 72 in the nightcap while Rasmus Astrand posted rounds of 79 and 80.

UNO opened the day with a tournament single-round record of 280 before shooting 300 in the second round. The Privateers finished tied for second overall with Sun Belt rival Louisiana-Lafayette, one shot behind Rice.

Central Arkansas (582) and Southeastern (586) rounded out the top five with UT Arlington (587), Arkansas State (590), Jacksonville State (594), Sam Houston State (595), Louisiana-Monroe (606) and Stephen F. Austin (606) completing the top 10.

Final results will be available at www.LionSports.net.

CARTER PLANTATION INTERCOLLEGIATE
November 1-2, 2009
Carter Plantation (Springfield, La.)
Par 72, 7,104 yards

TEAM SCORING
1. Rice 290-289-579; 2. (tie) Louisiana-Lafayette 292-288-580; New Orleans 280-300-580; 4. Central Arkansas 290-292-582; 5. Southeastern 297-289-586; 6. UT-Arlington 291 -296-587; 7. Arkansas State 289-301-590; 8. Jacksonville State 307-287-594; 9. Sam Houston State 298-297-595; 10. (tie) Louisiana-Monroe 301-305-606; Stephen F. Austin 300-306-606; 12. McNeese State 306-307-613; 13. Nicholls State 312-313-625.

SOUTHEASTERN INDIVIDUALS
T3. Cedric Scotto 70-72-142; T16. Alvaro Arizabaleta 75-71-146; T23. Horacio Leon 75-73-148; T35. Tommy Sikes 77-73-150; T55. Rhys West 80-75-155; T16. James Taverner (I) 73-73-146; T30. Patrick Solberg (I) 77-72-149; T64. Rasmus Astrand (I) 79-80-159.