April 24, 2006

West Point, Miss. (SMU) - The SMU men's golf team fired an opening-round 10-under 278 and is just two shots out of the lead following the opening round of the 2006 Conference USA Men's Golf Championship at the par 72, 7,000-yard course at Old Waverly Golf Club. Memphis leads the event at 12-under 276.

Colt Knost tops the Mustangs and is tied for the individual lead after carding a 6-under 66. Brandon DeStefano and Will Dodson are just outside the top 10, standing tied for 11th at 2-under 70. Scott Sikes shot an even 72 and is 20th, while Wes Homan rounds out the SMU group at 1-over 73 and is tied for 28th.

For complete standings, click here.

The second round begins at 8 a.m. on Tuesday.

Team Standings (After 18 holes)1. Memphis  276 (-12)2. SMU  278 (-10)3. Houston  285 (-3)   Tulsa    285 (-3)5. Rice 286 (-2)   UAB  286 (-2)7. UCF  288 (E)8. UTEP 291 (+3)9. Southern Miss    292 (+4)10. East Carolina   296 (+8)11. Marshall    302 (+14)12. Tulane  308 (+20)
SMU StandingsT 1 Colt Knost 32-34 66T 11 Brandon DeStefano 35-35 70T 11 Will Dodson 34-36 70T 20 Scott Sikes 37-35 72T 28 Wes Homan 36-37 73