DAVIS, Calif. – The UC Davis men's golf team opened play at the El Macero Classic in 12th place after the first round Wednesday at the El Macero Country Club.

The Aggies fired a 3-over 291 on the par-72, 7,138-yard course. Senior Thomas Hutchison carded four birdies on his last five holes to pace the Aggies with a 3-under 69. His performance puts him t-6^th after round one.

Lucas Carper, Jacob Westberg and Mark Stephens all recorded a 2-over 74 to tie for 38^th. Alejandro Nava follows t-48^th  with a 3-over 75.

As an  individual, Shane Muldowney is 1-over and t-30^th.

The Aggies will begin round two at 8:30 a.m.

TEAM SCORES
1 Loyola Marymount, 280 (-8)
T2 Denver, 282 (-6)
T2 Long Beach State, 282 (-6)
4 Cal Poly, 286 (-2)
T5 Santa Clara, 288 (E)
T5 UCLA, 288  (E)
T5 CSU Fullerton, 288 (E)
T5 Sacramento State, 288 (E)
9 Grand Canyon, 289 (+1)
T10 Seattle University, 290 (+2)
T10 Fresno State, 290 (+2)
12 UC Davis, 291 (+3)
13 Idaho, 298 (+10)
14 UC San Diego, 299 (+11)
 
INDIVIDUAL SCORES
(Leaders plus UC Davis scores)
T1. Cameron Meeks  LMU, 67 (-5) 
T1. Tyler Schafer  Long Beach State, 67 (-5)
T6. Thomas Hutchison (1) 69 69
T38. Lucas Carper (2) 74 74
T38. Jacob Westberg (3) 74 74
T38. Mark Stephens (4) 74 74
T48. Alejandro Nava (5) 75 75