UE men in 9th after day one in Bloomington

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Final round to take place on Sunday

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – With two rounds completed at the Hoosier Invitational, the University of Evansville men’s golf team stands in 9th place at the IU Golf Course.

Evansville posted 583 strokes through 36 holes.  They are one behind Western Illinois, who is in 8th place.  Charlotte paces the team list with a score of 556.  They rank seven shots ahead of Bradley (563) and ten in front of Drake (566), who is in third.

Pacing the Purple Aces in day one was Wil Pahud.  He sits in a tie for 6th place after finishing the day at two under par.  He carded an even 71 to open the day before firing off a 2-under 69 in round two.  Tyler Gray is also near the top of the leaderboard.  He shot identical rounds of 71 and is tied for 12th place.

Next up for UE was Matthew Ladd.  Scores of 73 and 76 have him in a tie for 53rd place with a total of 149.  Five behind him was Zac Turi.  His 2-round total stands at 154 and is tied for 69th.  Jon Pick completed the team with a day one tally of 156.

Peter Webb of Valparaiso leads the individuals by five shots.  Webb checked in with rounds of 65 and 68 to finish the day at 9 under.  His 133 is ahead of second-place Seth Gandy of Charlotte.

The teams play one final round on Sunday at 9 a.m. ET.