Toledo Sits in Third Place Following First Day at MAC Championships

Friday, April 28

Nashport, OH

University of Toledo

Mid-American Conference Championships

C. Joseph at Inverness Intercollegiate (1)

Co-captain Colin Joseph is pacing UT at one-under par 143 (74-69) to sit tied for fifth place.

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Toledo Sits in Third Place Following First Day at MAC Championships

4/28/2017 8:31:00 PM | Men's Golf

Day One Results (MAC Championships)

NASHPORT, Ohio – Toledo sits in third place following Friday's opening two rounds of the 2017 Mid-American Conference Men's Golf Championships. The 72-hole event is being played at The Virtues Golf Club (Par-72, 7,243 Yards).

The Rockets fired a team score of 12-over par 589 (289-300) and trail only defending champion Kent State and Ball State with marks of one-under par 575 (287-288) and six-over par 582 (294-288), respectively.

Junior co-captain Colin Joseph is pacing UT at one-under par 143 (74-69) to sit tied for fifth. The Loveland, OH native recorded a team-high eight birdies over the course of today's 36 holes and is just one of six golfers to be under par at the league's premier event.

Also registering a solid first-day score for the Midnight Blue & Gold was freshman Joe Bryce at even-par 144 (70-74) to stand alone in seventh place.

Freshman Thomas Thurloway (72-79) and sophomore Spencer Shoemaker (73-78) each shot seven-over par 151 to sit tied for 18^th place, while junior co-captain Stephen Watts is tied for the 41^st spot at 16-over par 160 (78-82).

Individually, Ball State's Johnny Watts (69-69) and KSU's Gisli Sveinbergsson (68-70) sit on top of the leader board at six-under par 138, two shots ahead of Miami's Patrick Flavin (69-71) and Eastern Michigan's Kyle Rodes (69-71).

Toledo will play tomorrow's third round with front runner KSU and second-place BSU. UT's tee times will be 12:10 p.m., 12:20 p.m., 12:30 p.m., 12:40 p.m. and 12:50 p.m.

TEAM STANDINGS
1. Kent State 287-288=575 (-1); 2. Ball State 294-288=582 (+6); 3. TOLEDO 289-300=589 (+12); 4. Eastern Michigan 303-293=596 (+20); 5. Miami 296-301=597 (+21); 6. Ohio 303-296=599 (+23); 7. Akron 303-301=604 (+29); 8. Northern Illinois 311-296=607 (+31); 9. Bowling Green 305-304=609 (+33)

TOP FIVE INDIVIDUALS
T1. Johnny Watts (BSU) 69-69=138 (-6); T1. Gisli Sveinbergsson (KSU) 68-70=138 (-6); T3. Patrick Flavin (MIA) 69-71=140 (-4); T3. Kyle Rodes (EMU) 69-71=140 (-4); T5. Ian Holt (KSU) 74-69=143 (-1); T5. COLIN JOSEPH (UT) 74-69=143 (-1)

TOLEDO INDIVIDUALS
T5. Colin Joseph 74-69=143 (-1); 7. Joe Bryce 70-74=144 (E); T18. Thomas Thurloway 72-79=151 (+7); T18. Spencer Shoemaker 73-78=151 (+7); T41. Stephen Watts 78-82=160 (+16)