Men's Golf

Rebels Third After First Day In Arizona

Jan. 28, 2008

Results

TUCSON, Ariz. - Play was halted because of darkness during the second round at the PING-Arizona Intercollegiate, which began Monday at the par-71, 6,793-yard Arizona National Golf club with the UNLV men's golf team in third place through 29 holes.

The first round was also played Monday as UNLV fired a 6-under 278 and trailed Tennessee by six shots heading into the second round. East Tennessee State was second after one round at 10-under.

The Rebels were shooting 2-over in the second round when darkness fell and are 4-under for the tournament - just one of three teams to be under par. Tennessee is the team leader at 15-under and is followed by host Arizona in second at 8-under. East Tennessee State and UC Irvine round out the top five at 2-over and 6-over, respectively.

Leading the way for UNLV was freshman Ji Moon, who is tied for second at 5-under. Moon shot a first-round 5-under 66 and is just two shots off the lead. UCLA's Kevin Chappell leads all players at 7-under. Chappell shot a 67 during the first round of play.

Other Rebel first-round scores, overall relation to par and place: junior Seung-Su Han (69, -1, T13th), senior Matt Kinsinger (71, E, T16th), senior C.J. Gatto (73, +3, T30th) and sophomore Eddie Olson (72, +5, T40th).

The conclusion of the second round as well as the final round will be played Tuesday.

Live scoring is available through Golfstat.com and may be accessed through a link at UNLVRebels.com.

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Players Mentioned

Ji Moon

Ji Moon

6' 1"
Freshman
C.J. Gatto

C.J. Gatto

6' 3"
Sophomore
Seung-su Han

Seung-su Han

5' 8"
Freshman
Matt Kinsinger

Matt Kinsinger

6' 4"
Sophomore
Eddie Olson

Eddie Olson

5' 9"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Ji Moon

Ji Moon

6' 1"
Freshman
C.J. Gatto

C.J. Gatto

6' 3"
Sophomore
Seung-su Han

Seung-su Han

5' 8"
Freshman
Matt Kinsinger

Matt Kinsinger

6' 4"
Sophomore
Eddie Olson

Eddie Olson

5' 9"
Freshman