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Sophomore shoots first round 73
Contact: Shawn Sell
10/8/2004
Geoff Newman shot an opening round 73 Friday at the Mission Inn Classic. |
HOWIE-IN-THE-HILLS, Fla.?Geoff Newman shot a 73 and Adam Fluty a 74 to lead the University of Cincinnati men?s golf team in the first round of the Mission Inn Collegiate Classic, hosted by Winthrop University.
Newman (Cincinnati, Ohio/Oak Hills) is tied for 12th in the first day standings, while Fluty (Columbus, Ohio/Westerville North) is tied for 22nd. Three golfers are tied atop the individual leader board after shooting first round scores of 68.
In the team standings, UC is tied for 13th with Appalachian State and Old Dominion with a first day total of 306. The trio trails 12th place Western Carolina by just one stroke and is just three back of Florida A&M in 10th.
The tournament continues on Saturday from the El Campeon-Mission Inn. The final 18 holes are scheduled for Sunday.
Day One UC Individual Scores
T12 Geoff Newman 73
T22 Adam Fluty 74
T65 Joe Young 79
T75 Justin Wilson 80
T94 Peter Heile 84
Day One Team Scores
1 Winthrop 289
2 Tennessee-Chattanooga 291
3 Wofford 292
4 Charleston Southern 293
5 Illinois State 294
6 Jacksonville State 299
Elon 299
8 Florida Atlantic 300
9 Gardner-Webb 301
10 Florida A&M 303
11 Tennessee State 304
12 Western Carolina 305
13 Appalachian State 306
CINCINNATI 306
Old Dominion 306
16 Lipscomb 311
17 Bethune-Cookman 313
18 High Point 314
19 The Citadel 315
20 Stetson 319