RESULTS
 
EL MACERO, Calif. – The University of Idaho men's golf team holds the sole possession of 9^th place after the first round at the El Macero Classic on Saturday. As a team, the Vandals carded a 7-over, 288 in the opening 18 holes at the El Macero Country Club.
 
"Overall, the guys played hard today, start to finish," said head coach David Nuhn. "Very pleased with the team effort. I think all Vandals have a few things to focus on for tomorrow and I'm thinking we can improve on today's team score in the next couple rounds."
 
Sherrell carded the best opening round for the Vandals, firing in two birdies for a first-round score of 1-over, 73. The junior sits inside the top-25 currently placed in a tie for 24^th with two rounds remaining.
 
Just one stroke behind Sherrell came three other Vandals in the opening round. Freshman Jose Suryadinata ended his first round strong on the back nine, tapping in two of his three birdies. Graduate student Sean Mullan accompanied his strong opening round with and eagle on the front nine. Junior Joel Veenstra also gained some momentum, sinking two bridies. Suryadinata, Mullan, and Veenstra are all tied for 35^th with an opening round score of 2-over, 74. Junior Jack Plaster started off on fire, sinking his two birdies in his opening nine holes. Plaster is tied for 60^th with a score of 5-over, 77.
 
St. Mary's sits in first place with a score of 10-under, 278. Individually, Ethan Farnam from St. Mary's holds the sole possession of first place with a score of 7-under, 65.
 
The second round of the El Macero Classic will resume Sunday morning with a shotgun start.
 

T24	Colt Sherrell	73
T35	Jose Suryadinata	74
T35	Sean Mullan	74
T35	Joel Veenstra	74
T60	Jack Plaster	77