NEED TO KNOW:
Piedmont Leader: T12 - Jacob DeJesus, 73 (+1)
As a Team: 3rd of 8
Event Information: 8 teams; 51 golfers
The Course: The Manor GC (Farmville, Va.); Par 72; 6,643 yards

FARMVILLE, Va. - The Piedmont men's golf B Team was in action with the first round The Manor Invite in Farmville, Virginia.

The Lions sit in third place out of eight as a team after a 303 (+15) in the first round Saturday.

Piedmont was led by a couple of newcomers on Saturday, with Jacob DeJesus pacing the team with a 1-over 73. DeJesus made four birdies on his round and closed strong.

Fellow rookie Aaron Martin Del Campo was right on the heels of DeJesus with a 2-over 74. Del Campo played holes 16 through 18 in 4-under par as he made eagle on the par-4 16th and followed it with birdies on 17 and 18.

Cam Lucas and Kayden White each added rounds of 6-over 78 to give the Lions four counting scores in the 70's while even freshman Caleb Vancil's 7-over 79 was the non-counting score.

Jackson Wyrick delivered a 79 and Ryan Colwell carded a 90, competing as individuals.

Methodist's B Team leads the event with a 4-under round while Longwood's Matthew Lyons leads the individual competition at 4-under as well.

Up next, the event will conclude with the final 18 holes on Sunday.

LIONS ON THE LEADERBOARD:
 

3	Piedmont University	303	303
T12	Jacob De Jesus (5)	73	73
14	Aaron Martin del Campo (2)	74	74
T28	Cameron Lucas (1)	78	78
T28	Kayden White (3)	78	78
T31	Caleb Vancil (4)	79	79

COACH'S CORNER (Hear from Dustin Meadows on today's round):

"I can't say enough about the rounds Jacob and Aaron put up today. Both got off to bad starts and then found momentum in the middle of the round and carried us. They were all grit."

"303, was I believe the worst we could shoot. The back end of the lineup has to trust themselves. Playing good or bad you're going to find adversity out here. Mentally you have to continue to trust yourself. I look forward to see what happens tomorrow. I think they will be a bit more relaxed and we will put up a solid number."

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