Irish Creek Intercollegiate Day One Results

KANNAPOLIS, N.C.-- The Mars Hill men's golf team is in 12th place after the first round of play in the Irish Creek Intercollegiate, held Monday at the Club at Irish Creek.

The Lions collected a score of 325 in the 14-team tournament. Nick Caruso and Charles Hartzog carded Mars Hill's best score with an eight-over 79. Belmont Abbey leads overall with a score of 293. Kim Koivu of Brevard sits atop the individual leaderboard after shooting a three-under 68.

Rounding out the Lions' top five was Chase Dembisky, Tyler Grooms and Seth Sayler. Teams in ninth-through-13th place are separated by just nine strokes.

Mars Hill will look to move up the board tommorrow, which is the final day of the tournament.