LIVE RESULTS

DALLAS (SMU) – SMU men's golf holds seventh place after one round of action at the hometown Trinity Forest Invitational.
 
The Mustangs carded a five under score during the opening round. The team had their strongest half on the back nine, with nine birdies and an eagle to just five bogeys. They sit one stroke back of a spot in the top four behind a three-way tie at six under. USC and Baylor lead the field at nine-under, just four strokes in front of the Mustangs.
 
Will Sides leads the Mustangs after day one. He played bogey-free throughout the day. He shot a 32 on the back nine including an eagle on the par five 554-yard 10^th hole. After birdieing 18, he moved into a tie for fourth at five under.
 
Gabe Post sits in a tie for 11^th after a strong closing. He played the final seven holes three under and shot a 70.
 
Christian Clark carded a 72 to end the day in a tie for 28^th at even par. He shot a 35 on the front nine and shot an even par 72 on Sunday.
 
Areen Aggarwal and Zachary Kingsland are tied for 49^th at two-over par 74.
 
SMU is fielding a secondary team this week. So far, they sit at 13^th at eight over par. Andrew Petruzzelli and Matthew Foster both shot even par in the first round to hold 28th. Freshman Ben Steinmann shot three over to sit in 56^th. Zhengqian Li shot five over, good for 75^th and fellow freshman Mason Lewis shot eight over to sit in 86^th.
 
The Mustangs return for the middle round on Monday with a great opportunity to move up the leaderboard.
 
 
T4 Will Sides 67 (-5)
T11 Gabe Post 70 (-2)
T28 Christian Clark 72 (E)
T49 Zachary Kingsland 74 (+2)
T49 Areen Aggarwal 74 (+2)
 
TEAM LEADERBOARD
T1 USC -9
T1 Baylor -9
3 South Alabama -7
T4 Furman -6
T4 Houston -6
T4 Rice -6
7 SMU -5
T8 East Tennessee State +1
T8 North Texas +1
T8 Sam Houston +1
11 UTSA +3
12 Abilene Christian +7
13 SMU "B" +8
14 Louisiana +10
T15 Cal Poly +12
T15 UTRGV +12