BREMERTON, Wash. – Sophomore Jamie Tofte Nielsen shot a career-low even-par 72 on Monday to lead the Toledo men's golf team on the first day of Washington's Husky Invitational. Nielsen is tied for 34^th place in the individual standings with a team-best one-over 145, while the Rockets sit in 15^th place in the team standings at 10-over par 586.

Sophomore Barend Botha fired Toledo's best round of the day with a three-under 69 in the opening 18 holes and is tied for 44^th place at three-over par 147. Senior Lukas Clark is sandwiched between Nielsen and Botha and tied for 39^th place at 146 with a pair over one-over 73's.

Senior David Amm is tied for 46^th place at four-over 148 (74-74), while senior Max Siegfried is in 79^th place at 155 (74-81).

Host Washington sits atop the team standings with an impressive 23-under par 553 at the par-72, 7,135-yard Gold Mountain Golf Club.

The tournament's final round will begin tomorrow with an 8:00 a.m. PT shotgun start.

TEAM STANDINGS
1. Washington 277-276=553 (-23); T2. Boise State 279-288=567 (-9); T2. Oregon 282-285=567 (-9); T4. Oregon State 280-289=569 (-7); T4. Missouri 288-281=569 (-7); 6. Nevada 281-289=570 (-6); 7. St. Mary's (Calif.) 292-282=571 (-5); 8. San Jose State 278-297=575 (-1); 9. Washington State 289-288=577 (+1); 10. Long Beach State 291-287=578 (+2); 11. San Diego State 284-295=579 (+3); T12. Southern Mississippi 288-294=582 (+6); T12. Cal Poly 293-289=582 (+6); T12. Seattle 291-291=582 (+6); 15. Toledo 288-298=586 (+10); 16. Idaho 310-298=608 (+32)

TOP FIVE INDIVIDUALS
1. RJ Manke (Washington) 67-68=135 (-9); T2. Mikey Slesinski (SMC) 70-66=136 (-8); T2. Jack Rahon (Seattle) 68-68=136 (-8); T2.Chuan Tai Lin (Washington) 67-69=136 (-8); T5. Joe Neuheisel (BSU) 69-69=138 (-6); T5. Steve Sugimoto (SDSU) 68-70=138 (-6); T5. Brandon Eyre (OSU) 67-71=138 (-6)

TOLEDO INDIVIDUALS
T34. Jamie Tofte Nielsen 72-73=145 (+1); T39. Lukas Clark 73-73=146 (+2); T44. Barend Botha 69-78=147 (+3); T46. David Amm 74-74=148 (+4); 79. Max Siegfried 74-81=155 (+11)