Squires Leads Bearcats after First Day at All-American Intercollegiate

UC junior Austin Squires carded an even-par 72 to lead the Bearcats during opening-round play Friday at the All-American Intercollegiate in Humble, Texas.

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University of Cincinnati junior Austin Squires (Union, Ky./Ryle High School) carded an even-par 72 to lead the Bearcats during opening-round play Friday at the All-American Intercollegiate in Humble, Texas.

The three-day, 54-hole event continues Tuesday beginning at 9:30 a.m. ET at the Golf Club of Houston. Follow the action at Golfstat.com.

Squires is tied for 39th place after recording four birdies and 10 par scores. Auburn's Brandon Mancheno leads the 99-player event after a 7-under 65 on Friday. 

Sophomore Jake Fox (Cincinnati, Ohio/Moeller High School) and senior Davis Baxter (Nolsenville, Tenn./Ravenwood High School) are one stroke behind Squires, tied for 49th place at 1-over 73. Freshman Nicolas Osterburg (Indianapolis, Ind./Perry Meridian High School) finished the first round at 6-over 78 while junior Paul Huber (Edgewood, Ky./Covington Catholic) registered a 7-over 79. 

No. 10 Auburn and Houston share the lead in the 18-team event after carding matching 14-under 274 scores. Cincinnati is 17th at 8-over 296. 

// QUOTING HEAD COACH DOUG MARTIN 
On opening-round play:
"We got off to a very slow start today. The first round of the spring is always very difficult mostly since it's been more than 90 days since our last competition. I felt as the day went on we became much more comfortable. We had two goals this week and both are still achievable: getting better each day and playing with patience. I look forward to watching this team compete on Saturday."
 
// CINCINNATI PLAYERS
T39th – Austin Squires – Jr., Union, Ky./Ryle High School – 72 (E)
T49th – Jake Fox – Soph., Cincinnati, Ohio/Moeller High School – 73 (+1)
T49th – Davis Baxter – Sr., Nolsenville, Tenn./Ravenwood High School – 73 (+1)
T87th – Nicolas Osterburg – Fr., Indianapolis, Ind./Perry Meridian High School – 78 (+6)
T93rd – Paul Huber – Jr., Edgewood, Ky./Covington Catholic – 79 (+7)

// TEAM STANDINGS
T1  – Auburn 274 (-14)
T1  – Houston  274 (-14)
3  – Ole Miss  276 (-12) 
4 – Baylor 279 (-9) 
T5  – South Carolina 281 (-7) 
T5 –  South Alabama 281 (-7) 
T5 –  North Texas 281 (-7) 
8  – Sam Houston State 285 (-3) 
T9  – Wake Forest 286 (-2) 
T9  – SMU 286 (-2) 
T11  – Rice  290 (+2) 
T11 – UTSA 290 (+2) 
T13  – Southeastern Louisiana 292 (+4) 
T13  – McNeese State  292 (+4)
15  – Charlotte 294 (+6) 
16  – Georgia State  295 (+7) 
17  – Cincinnati 296 (+8) 
18  – Lamar  297 (+9)