LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (UNLVRebels.com) - The No. 23 UNLV men's golf team shot a first-round 1-over-par 289 and holds the team lead as play was suspended because of darkness during the second round Monday at the Little Rock Invitational, which is being played at Chenal Country Club (par 72, 7,326 yards).
The Rebels, who have a one-shot lead over Illinois State, are 1-over for the tournament through the 14th hole in the second round. Seattle is third at 6-over, Arkansas State is fourth at 7-over and Arizona rounds out the top five at 9-over.
Individually, Illinois State's Trent Wallace is through 17 holes in the second round and leads by a shot at 4-under. Arizona's David Laskin is at 3-under with two holes to go. UNLV senior Harry Hall shot an opening-round 2-under 71 and is tied for third at 2-under with three holes to play in the second round.
Second-round play will continue at 7:45 a.m. CT on Tuesday with the final round scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. CT.
REBEL OF THE DAY: Hall's first round consisted of three birdies and two bogeys.
COMPLETE REBEL SCORES:
• T3rd – Harry Hall, senior (71, 2-under)
• T6th – Justin Kim, junior (70, 1-under)
• T16th – David Rauch, freshman (73, 2-over)
• T16th – Garrick Higgo, sophomore (75, 2-over)
• T37th –
Jack Trent, sophomore (75, 5-over)
• T41st –
Chris Ebster, redshirt freshman (77, 6-over) - playing as individual
TOP FIVE TEAMS:
1. UNLV (289, 1-over)
2. Illinois State (290, 2-over)
3. Seattle (292, 6-over)
4. Arkansas State (298, 7-over)
5. Arizona (295, 9-over)
There are a total of 17 teams and 90 individuals competing.
LIVE SCORING: Live scoring of the tournament is available at UNLVRebels.com, courtesy of Golfstat, or by
clicking here.
REBEL NOTES:
• UNLV has finished fifth, second and eighth in its first three tournaments of the season.
• The Rebels are the
three-time defending Mountain West champions.
• Last year's team also finished third at the NCAA Regional in Columbus, Ohio, and placed in the top 20 at the NCAA Championship.
• Trent earned the Mountain West Freshman of the Year award last season, while Hall, Higgo and Trent were all recognized as All-MW performers.
• Hall was named a Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar in July.
• UNLV has played in a NCAA-record 30 straight regionals.
• This year marks head coach Dwaine Knight's 32nd season leading the Rebel program.
