ORLANDO, Fla. - The University of Dayton men's golf team is tied for first place after the first round of play at the 2018 Atlantic 10 Golf Championship. Senior Tripp French led the Flyers on the first 18 with his field-leading, one-under-par round of 71.

The three-day championship is being held at the Grand Cypress Resort and is being played at par 72 and 7,024 yards. Dayton's team score of 300 (+12) was equaled by Davidson and both are three strokes in front of third-place VCU.

DAYTON PARTICIPANTS
1st  Tripp French  71 (-1)
t-11th  Caleb Wolters  75 (+3)
t-11th  Domenic Maricocchi  75 (+3)
t-30th  Brendan Keating  79 (+7)
t-41st  Jake Gilkison  82 (+10)

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• 16 = the number of parred holes by senior Caleb Wolters, the most of any player in the field
• 4 = the number of birdies carded by both French and Gilkison on the day
• -2 = French closed out his round with two birdies and a par to end the day at one-under-par 71

UP NEXT
The 2018 Atlantic 10 Golf Championship continues on Saturday. The second round of the 54-hole event will get underway beginning at 7:30 a.m. Dayton will be paired with Davidson and VCU in the final group teeing off beginning with Gilkison at 9:45 a.m. Follow the action live via GolfStat.com.