Tackett Shares Overall Lead, Mastodons Tied for Sixth Place After Day One of John Piper Intercollegiate

Monday, September 19

Bowling Green, Ohio

Purdue Fort Wayne

John Piper Intercollegiate

Patrick Kundenreich carded rounds of 82-75 on the first day of the John Piper Intercollegiate

Tackett Shares Overall Lead, Mastodons Tied for Sixth Place After Day One of John Piper Intercollegiate

9/19/2011 8:21:00 PM | Men's Golf

First Day Results (.pdf)

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Freshman Eddie Tackett fired back-to-back rounds of 73 and is tied for first place overall after 36 holes at the Bowling Green John Piper Intercollegiate in Bowling Green, Ohio. As a squad, the Mastodons sit tied for sixth place in the team competition.

In rainy and soggy conditions, IPFW posted a first day mark of 616 (316-300). The fine-man unit remains within striking distance of tournament-host and leader Bowling Green, who posted a 598 (305-293).

Mastodon junior Drew Imel rebounded with a 76 in round two after recording a 78 to open the day. He sits tied for 22nd place in the 55-man field.

Tied for 28nd overall is Patrick Kundenreich, who fired an 82 in round one to go with a 75 in the afternoon session. Bruno Carvalho is tied for 40th place after posting rounds of 83-77 (160). Tomaz Pinheiro rounded-out the IPFW scoring with a 36-hole total 163 (87-76). He is tied for 45th place.

Competing as an individual, Mitch Bellam carded rounds of 76-82 to sit tied for 33rd place.

Heading into the final round, Tackett is joined atop the leaderboard with Wes Gates (Bowling Green), Mark Olbrych (University of Indianapolis) and Simon Reyers (Detroit).

Round three starts promptly at 9:00 a.m. EST.

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