In a race for first place

CINCINNATI, Ohio- The first two rounds of the Musketeer Classic at Maketewah Country Club proved no match for the Badgers.

The first round saw the team settle into second place after shooting a three-under 281 collectively. Three players shot under par in that first round.

Leading the team after the first 18 holes was freshman Coalter Smith. Carding a three-under 68, Smith set a career low 18-hole score for himself. Juniors Sam Anderson and Griffin Barela both kept it under par as well, Anderson at one-under-par 70 and Barela at two-under 69. Barela set himself a season low 18-hole score.

Debuting with the team was freshman Jack Blair. Round one saw him finish at three-over par 74, beating his career low score that was set at 75 when he competed as an individual at the Badger Invitational.

Pete Kuhl, the lone individual entry, also kept it under par with a one-under 70, a season low for him.

Just when round one was looking good, round two got even better. The Badgers are tied for first place after shooting a six-over 290. Together, the team has set a new season low 36-hole score at 571, a 19-stroke improvement from the previous 590 set at the Badger Invitational.

Smith provided comment on the team, saying "As a team, we have been pretty disappointed by our play so far and have worked really hard trying to turn it around."

The hard work appears to be paying off.

Smith is tied for third with a 36-hole 139 while Barela is tied for sixth, just one stroke back. Anderson finished the first day in a tie for 10th place at even par. Kuhl is currently tied for 17th with a two-over 144 and set a season low for his 36-hole score. Blair is tied for 50th at eight-over-par. Blair and Smith both set career low 36-hole scores.

The team tees off on Tuesday morning at 8 a.m. for the final 18 holes. Live stats can be found on Golfstat.

Pos.	Team	To Par	Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Total
T1	Northern Illinois	+3	287	284	571
T1	Wisconsin	+3	281	290	571
3	Ball State	+6	278	296	574
4	Creighton	+11	295	284	579
5	Oakland	+12	292	288	580
6	Morehead State	+13	288	293	581
7	Butler	+14	286	296	582
T8	Eastern Kentucky	+19	290	297	587
T8	Northern Kentucky	+19	294	293	587
10	Northern Iowa	+26	295	299	594
11	DePaul	+29	296	301	597
12	Xavier	+30	302	296	598
13	IUPUI	+40	300	308	608

Pos.	Player	To Par	Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Total
T3	Coalter Smith	-3	68	71	139
T6	Griffin Barela	-2	69	71	140
T10	Sam Anderson	E	70	72	142
T17	Pete Kuhl (Ind.)	+2	70	74	144
T50	Jack Blair	+8	74	76	150
T81	Sebastian Iqbal	+16	81	77	158

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