NCAA Division II South/Southeast Regional Results – Day One

HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS, Fla. – Freshman Jake Headrick carded the 15^th-ranked Carson-Newman men's golf team's lone even-par round on Monday morning during the first round of the NCAA Division II Men's Golf South/Southeast Regional at Mission Inn Golf Club & Resort.

Headrick (Maryville, Tenn.) shot a 72 for the Eagles round, while the next closest C-N player finished at three-over. He is currently tied for 19^th on the individual leaderboard.

Carson-Newman is 12^th in the team competition and is 24 strokes behind the leaders West Florida.

"Nice job today by Jake Headrick," coach Randy Wylie said. "As for the whole team, everyone is a bit disappointed. The Eagles are looking forward to a big bounce back day tomorrow."

Headrick birdied his second hole of the morning on the par-four 11^th and then followed with an eagle on the par-five 14^th. Headrick made the turn after going birdie-bogey-birdie and finished with a back-nine one-under 35. On the front nine, the freshman carded a birdie on his final hole of the morning on the par-four ninth to go with three bogeys.

Senior Andrew Hall (Knoxville, Tenn.) opened with a bogey on the par-five 10^th but birdied two holes later. Hall followed suit with back-to-back bogeys on the 15^th and 16^th to finish the back nine at two-over. Hall tallied six pars after going bogey-birdie-bogey starting on the second hole. The Knoxville, Tenn. native is tied for 38^th.

Senior Jace DeVault (Bluff City, Tenn.) tallied two birdies on the back nine and then added another on the front nine, but the senior also shot nine bogeys to finish the day at six-over 78. DeVault is tied for 70^th.

Senior Nicklaus Kennedy (London, Ontario, Canada) opened his Regional Championship with a pair of pars and then bogeyed the par-three 12^th. Kennedy followed with back-to-back birdies but then the senior went bogey-triple bogey. He made the turn after birdie-double bogey to shoot four-over. On the front nine, the Canadian counteracted a pair of birdies with three bogeys and a double-bogey. Kennedy finished the round seven-over 79 and is tied for 79^th.

Junior Dalton Reese (Warrenton, Ga.) shot five-over on the back nine with a pair of double bogeys. On the front nine, Reese carded five bogeys to finish the round at 10-over 82. The junior is currently tied for 99^th.

West Florida leads the South/Southeast Regional by two strokes over Lynn at eight-under. The two top-placed team from the Southeast, Limestone and Columbus State, are currently tied for third and are 11 strokes behind the leaders. Barry and Georgia Southwestern are tied for fifth at four-over.

West Florida's Chandler Blanchet and Lynn's Manuel Torres are tied for the regional lead at seven-under.

The Eagles tee off at 7:45 a.m. on Tuesday morning in the second round of the NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championship's South/Southeast Regional Championships at Mission Inn Golf Club & Resort.

12 Carson-Newman 304

T19 Jake Headrick 72

T38 Andrew Halll 75

T70 Jace DeVault 78

T79 Nicklaus Kennedy 79

T99 Dalton Reese 82

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