From NYU Athletics

The New York University men's golf team is in a tie for first place after the opening round of the Manhattanville Invitational on on Friday, October 7. The competition is taking place at the Hampshire Country Club in Westchester, NY.

After shooting 310 on the day, NYU shares the top of the leaderboard with Skidmore College.

Sophomore Luke Oberholtzer steered the Violets, shooting 76. He is in fourth place and trails leader Mitchell Campbell from Skidmore by three strokes.

"We are lucky to be in first," said Head Coach Brad Johnson. "We can do way better than that. We can shoot way lower tomorrow. I feel like the team was a little bit flat."

Highlights:

- Four Violets (senior captain Eric Tarakjian, sophomore individual Qizhi Wong, and freshmen Jensen Li and Matt Shen) tied for fifth by posting a score of 78.

- Freshman Kelly Sun is in a three-way tie for 24th after shooting 85 on Friday.

- Fellow classmate Justin Chan is tied for 27th with a score of 86.

"I'd be shocked If we didn't play better tomorrow," stated Johnson. "They didn't really have the energy out there today. They didn't have as many birdies as we expected. I want to get our third win of the season tomorrow. I want to win."