Blue Raiders start season with 10-under performance

Sunday, September 11

Choudrant, La.

Middle Tennessee

Jim Rivers Intercollegiate

9/11/2022 7:36:00 PM | Men's Golf

Results (Golfstat)

Middle Tennessee sits in a tie for fifth, four strokes off the lead.

By: Thomas Donley, MT Athletics

CHOUDRANT, La. — Middle Tennessee men's golf started the 2022-23 season by making a statement, firing a 10-under 278 to kick off the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate. Kevin Jegers led the way with a 67 (-5), tying for fifth individually as the Blue Raiders ended the day in a tie with LSU and Southern Miss for fifth.

Jegers carded seven birdies in Sunday's first round, including five on the front nine to wrap up the day's action.

Owen Stamper provided a 69 (-3) Sunday, matching Jegers with five birdies on the front nine and ending play with six total. He enters the second round tied for 16^th after birdieing four of his final five holes of the day.

Making his lineup debut, Carter Maneth shot a 70 (-2) Sunday, picking up five birdies of his own. The Texarkana, Texas, native ended the round in a tie for 24^th.

No member of the Blue Raider lineup finished the day over par, as Michael Barnard and Gavin Clements rounded out the lineup with matching scores of 72 (E), ending play in a tie for 54^th. Clements leads the field with eight birdies through one round.

Competing as an individual, Markus Varjun carded a 75 (+3), ending the round in a tie for 92^nd.

Louisiana Monroe leads the field at 274 (-14). Jegers is two strokes behind LSU's Garrett Barber for the individual lead.

By the Numbers

– Jegers' 67 was the fifth-lowest score of his collegiate career and tied the 39^th-lowest round in program history.

– Maneth was under par in the first round of his collegiate career.

– MTSU leads the field with 28 birdies as a team, five more than the next closest team.

Head Coach Mark McEntire on the Blue Raiders' Start to the Season

"I am proud of the way we started today! Great rounds from Kevin and Owen. Carter opening with an under-par round in his first start as a Blue Raider is awesome! I'm excited to see them play the next two rounds."

Blue Raider Notes

MTSU's 278 is tied for the 27^th-lowest single-round team score in program history. It is the ninth-lowest first round on record.
All five members of the MTSU lineup finished the round par or better for the first time since the second round of the 2022 Pizza Hut Pat Hicks Invitational.

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