IRVING, Texas – Southeastern Louisiana junior Bailey Smith, playing in his first tournament since October, fired a 1-over-par 36 over his final nine holes to lead the Lions on the opening day of the ORU/SFA Spring Break Challenge Monday at the TPC Four Seasons-Las Colinas.

    Smith, who last played in the David Toms Intercollegiate the opening week of October, finished at 6-over 77 with a birdie on the fourth hole.

    Junior Joris Etlin had birdies at No. 3 and 8 in an 8-over 79.

    Freshman Logan Kuehn also had a pair of birdies at 5 and 9 in his 10-over 81 round.

    Junior William Meyers had an 11-over 82 with birdies at 9 and 18.

    Freshman Kris Kerr shot a 14-over 85.

    Stephen F. Austin's Blake Stock shot a 4-under 67 to lead Rice's Mario Carmona by a shot.

    Southeastern sits in 15^th place at 35-over 319. Rice holds a five-stroke lead over CSU-Fullerton, North Texas and Illinois State with a 1-over 285.

    Tuesday's second round starts at 8:30 a.m. while the final round on Wednesday will tee off from holes 1 and 10 starting at 8 a.m. Live scoring with be provided by Birdfire.com. A link will be accessible at the Southeastern men's golf schedule page at www.LionSports.net.
  
ORU-SFA Spring Break Challenge
At TPC Four Seasons-Las Colinas
Monday
First Round
Team Scores
1. Rice                               285 +1
T2. CSU-Fullerton            290 +6
T2. North Texas                290 +6
T2. Illinois State                290 +6
5. Stephen F. Austin         291 +7
6. Oral Roberts                  294 +10
7. Utah Valley                   295 +11
8. Northern Colorado        297 +13
T9. Utah State                   304 +20
T9. Central Arkansas        304 +20
11. Texas State                  306 +22
12. Abilene Christian        307 +23
13. Louisiana Tech            310 +26
14. Western Illinois           313 +29    
15. Southeastern La.       319 +35
16. Northern Iowa            320 +36
 
Leaderboard
1. Blake Stock, SFA                                    67 -4
2. Mario Carmona, Rice                               68 -3
T3. David Rauer, Illinois State                    69 -2
T3. Thomas Rosenmueller, North Texas      69 -2
T5. Michael Meissner, Rice                          70 -1
T5. Zach Burry, Illinois State                      70 -1
T5. Lane Wallace, Oklahoma                       70 -1
 
Southeastern Golfers
T44. Bailey Smith          77 +6
T60. Joris Etlin               79 +8
T72. Logan Kuehn         81 +10
T78. William Meyers      82 +11
T87. Kris Kerr                85 +14