The Chicago State men's golf team is currently in fourth place following the first round of the Veterans Intercollegiate hosted by Bucknell University at Orange County National Crooked Cat course (par 72, 7388 yards) in Winter Garden, Florida.
Kieran Hogarth paced the Cougars with a two-under par 70 and is in a tie for sixth overall.
Team Standings
1. Bucknell, 292
2. Siena College, 293
Stetson, 293
4. Chicago State, 300
5. Missouri State, 301
6. Holy Cross, 303
7. Bucknell, 309
8. Veteran's Golf Association, 321
9. Bryant, 314
Chicago State University, 300, +12
T6
Kieran Hogarth, 70 (-2)
T20
Zack Phelps, 75 (+3)
T26
Kevin Bullington, 76 (+4)
T41
Joshua Stig, 79 (+7)
T48
Camron Jones, 81 (+9)
Teams will resume play Monday morning and the final round (18 holes) is scheduled for Tuesday.
About Chicago State
Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title and made an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet. In 2021, three different CSU teams earned victories over Big Ten opponents with men's soccer beating Northwestern, women's basketball upending Wisconsin and volleyball, which established a school record 17 wins and hosted a post-season volleyball tournament for the first time in program history, swept Indiana in Bloomington.
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