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Eagles Tied for Lead at Middleburg Bank Intercollegiate

3/23/2014 8:21:00 PM | Men's Golf

Blair fires career-low 70 to reside in a tie for fifth place

Complete Results.

Live Scoring.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (EMUEagles.com) -- Behind a career-low 70 from junior Michael Blair (Ancaster, Ontario, Canada-Nelson-Pfeiffer), the Eastern Michigan University men's golf team shot a 288 on Sunday, March 23, on the Kingsmill Resort River Course to wrap up the opening round of the Middleburg Bank Intercollegiate in a tie for first place.

The Eagles are tied with No. 50 Texas Tech University for the lead at eight-over on the par of 70, 6,765 yard layout. Blair, whose previous career low was a 71, is tied for fifth place at even-par with Dayton's George Rohde III. UNCG's Carter Jenkins sits atop in individual leaderboard with an open-round score of 68.

Sophomore Brett White (Caledonia, Mich.-East Kentwood) is not far behind as he is in a tie for seventh after shooting a one-one par 71 on Sunday. Freshman Kyle Rodes (Plymouth, Mich.-Plymouth) posted a 73 for 21st place while senior Brian Churchill-Smith (Oakville, Ontario, Canada-Oakville Trafalgar) is tied for 36th after a day one tally of 74. Rounding out the lineup, freshman Joey Kremer (Toronto, Ontario, Canada-Senator O'Connor) struggled with a seven-over 77 for a 75th place tie.

Play is set to continue on Monday with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. ET. Live scoring will be available via Golfstat Live Scoring.

Eastern Michigan Individual Results:
Pl. Player Scores

t-5.  Michael Blair 70
t-7.  Brett White 71
t-21.  Kyle Rodes  73
t-36.  Brian Churchill-Smith 74
t-75.  Joey Kremer 77

Team Scores:
Pl. Team Scores

t-1. Eastern Michigan 288
t-1. No. 50  Texas Tech 288
t-3. Dayton 293
t-3. William & Mary 293
t-3. No. 48 UNCG 293
t-6. Eastern Kentucky 294
t-6. Radford 294
t-8. James Madison 295
t-8. Appalachian State 295
10. Loyola (Md.) 296
t-11. Miami  298
t-11. Longwood 298
13. Fairleigh Dickinson 300
14. Boston College 301
15. Penn State 303
t-16. Rutgers  304
t-16. Binghamton 304
18. Towson 306
t-19. Wright State 308
t-19. Bucknell  308
t-21. Delaware 310
t-21. George Mason 310
23. Temple 311
24. IPFW 312
25. Georgetown 313
26. Loyola-Chicago 314
27. Saint Joseph's 332
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