Asbury, IU Kokomo tied for the lead after Rd 1 at RSC Men's Golf Fall Preview

10/30/2018 12:00:00 AM

FLORENCE, Ind. -- Asbury (Ky.) University and IU Kokomo are tied for first place after the first round of the River States Conference Men's Golf Fall Preview held Monday at Belterra Golf Course in Florence, Ind. The Eagles and Cougars both shot 313 over the first 18 holes and are five shots clear of the other nine teams.

Eleven RSC men's golf teams are in attendance for the tournament, which is a preview for the RSC Championship to be held at the same course in the spring. The final round of 18 more holes is Tuesday with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. Click the link above for the first round leaderboard and the pairings for the final round.

Asbury's effort was led by Ben Campbell and Marcos Ezcurra, who are tied for the individual lead both with a 4-over 75. IU East's Tyler Pearson and IU Kokomo's Sam Seagrave are one shot back in a tie for third place with 76s. IU Kokomo's Cam Weddell rounds out the top five with a 77.

Brescia (Ky.) University is in third place as a team with a 318 on Monday. The Bearcats have Ryan Howard tied for sixth place with a 78 along with IU East's John Schaefer.

WVU Tech fired a team score of 322 for fourth place followed by IU East in fifth at 324. Midway (Ky.) University (332), Ohio Christian University (334), University of Rio Grande (Ohio) (340), Point Park (Pa.) University (346), Cincinnati Christian University (358) and Carlow (Pa.) University (397) round out the team standings.

Follow the RSC Men's Golf Fall Preview with scoring on Golfstat at the results link above. Follow at RiverStatesConference.com and on Twitter @RiverStatesConf as well.