NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Freshman
Philipp Westermann fired an even-par 70 and the Southeastern Louisiana men's golf team fired a team score of 288 to finish in 12th place after the first day of the NCAA East Regional on Thursday at The Course at Yale.
Fellow freshman
Alvaro Arizabaleta and sophomore
Horacio Leon each carded rounds of 1-over-par 71 as Southeastern finished 14 strokes behind first-day leader Texas. The Lions finished seven strokes behind fifth-place Alabama as the top five teams from each of the six regionals and the low individual not a member of those teams will advance to the NCAA Championship on June 1-6 at The Honors Course near Chattanooga, Tenn.
Westermann, ranked No. 42 nationally in the GolfStat Cup rankings, shot a 1-over 36 on the front nine before shooting a 1-under 34 on the back nine that included a birdie at No. 14.
Arizabaleta opened the day with birdies on two of the first three holes before bogeying three of the next four holes to shoot 1-over on the front nine. The Southland Conference Golfer of the Year birdied at the par 4, 379-yard 11th hole, but bogeyed the par 5, 621-yard No. 18.
Cedric Scotto and
Rasmus Astrand each fired rounds of 6-over 76 for Southeastern, making its fourth appearance in the NCAA Regionals and ranked No. 42 nationally by GolfStat and Golfweek.
Texas' Cody Gribble fired a 6-under 64 to take the first round lead, one shot in front of Rhys Enoch of East Tennessee State and two ahead of Robert Karlsson of Liberty. The Longhorns, ranked No. 7 nationally, posted a team score of 274 and finished three shots in front of Penn State and Kent State with ETSU (278) and Alabama (281) rounding out the top five.
Southeastern will tee off beginning at 7:50 a.m. CDT on Friday and will be paired with UNC-Wilmington and No. 17 South Carolina. Live statistics are available at www.LionSports.net.
NCAA EAST REGIONAL
May 20-22, 2010
New Haven, Conn. (The Course at Yale)
Par 70, 6,749 yards
TEAM SCORING
1. Texas 274
T2. Penn State 277
T2. Kent State 277
4. East Tennessee State 278
5. Alabama 281
T6. UCLA 282
T6. Virginia 282
T8. Charlotte 285
T8. Vanderbilt 285
T10. UNC-Wilmington 286
T10. South Carolina 286
12. Southeastern 288
13. Columbia 289
14. Lafayette 307
SOUTHEASTERN INDIVIDUALS
T18.
Philipp Westermann 70
T27.
Alvaro Arizabaleta 71
T27.
Horacio Leon 71
T65.
Cedric Scotto 76
T65.
Rasmus Astrand 76
