LOUDON, Tenn. – Senior Barend Botha carded an even-par 70 to lead the Toledo men's golf team on Friday in its opening round of the Visit Knoxville Collegiate at the par-70, 7,280-yard Tennessee National Golf Course. The Rockets are in 12^th place in the team standings at 13-over par 293 with the host Volunteers leading the 14-team field at seven-under par 273. UT is just seven shots behind seventh-place Virginia Tech.

Botha is tied for 19^th place and registered four birdies and four bogeys in his round. He was at one-under par until bogeying his 17^th hole.

Senior Palmer Yenrick is tied for 44^th place after carding a three-over par 73 and playing his final eight holes at two-under par. Senior Jamie Tofte Nielsen is tied for 50^th place and birdied his final hole to finish with a four-over par 74.

Sophomore Bence Kotel is tied for 67^th place with a six-over par 76, while sophomore Mads Jensen is tied for 83^rd place with a 12-over par 82.

Junior CJ van Wyk carded the Rockets' best round of the day with a one-under par 69 but is competing as an individual.

Toledo's first tee time in tomorrow's second round is at 11:40 a.m. The third and final round will be held on Sunday.

TEAM STANDINGS
1. Tennessee 273 (-7); 2. Mississippi State 274 (-6); 3. ETSU 275 (-5); 4. Ole Miss 277 (-3); 5. North Florida 280 (E); 6. Nebraska 283 (+3); 7. Virginia Tech 286 (+6); 8. Clemson 289 (+9); T9. Wisconsin 291 (+11); T9. South Florida 291 (+11); 11. Cincinnati 292 (+12); 12. TOLEDO 293 (+13); 13. Charlotte 295 (+15); 14. UConn 300 (+20)

TOP FIVE INDIVIDUALS
1. Tom Fischer (Miss.) 65 (-5); T2. Gentry Scheve (Neb.) 66 (-4); T2. Bryce Lewis (Tenn.) 66 (-4); T4. Hunter Logan (MSU) 67 (-3); T4. Kobe Valociek (VT) 67 (-3); T4. Caleb Surratt (Tenn.) 67 (-3)

TOLEDO INDIVIDUALS
Ind.-T13. CJ van Wyk 69 (-1); T19. Barend Botha 70 (E); T44. Palmer Yenrick 73 (+3); T50. Jamie Tofte Nielsen 74 (+4); T67. Bence Kotel 76 (+6); T83. Mads Jensen 82 (+12)