Rams in Seventh After Opening Round at Atlantic 10 Championship

Results

Tournament Info

Team Results

Rhode Island finished the first round of the Atlantic 10 Championship in seventh place.
The Rams combined to shoot 19-over (307) through the first 18 holes.
Davidson leads the field after Day One putting up a team score of 297 (+9).
Also ahead of Rhody is VCU (+10), Saint Joseph's (+10), George Washington (+13), St. Bonaventure (+14) and Dayton (+17).
URI will enter Saturday's round one stroke ahead of eighth-place George Mason (308).

Individual Results

Senior Dawson Jones and sophomore Chris Francoeur finished Round 1 tied for 14th overall at +3 (75).
Jones birdied the first hole, and was +1 through 14 before carding a seven on the par-5 15th hole to finish the day 3-over.
Francoeur was 1-over on the front nine and birdied the 11th to get back to even. However, he went +3 through the final seven holes finish with a first-round 75.
Redshirt senior Brody King birdied three holes - the first, fifth and 14th - but was 5-over for the day, tying him for 22nd place.
Redshirt junior Jason Short shot 4-over on the front nine and 4-over on the back nine to tie for 39th overall with a first-round 80 (+8).
Freshman Austin Fox matched King with a team-high three birdies, and was tied with Jones and Francoeur at +1 through the first nine holes. However he went +8 on the back nine to finish the day in a three-way tie for 42nd place.

Head Coach Gregg Burke's Take

We played very, very well for a long time today.
We didn't play a hole before the weather delay, so after being on site for almost three and a half hours, we finally hit our first shot.
Dawson walked off the 18th hole almost 10 hours after we got there. That's a long day.
We are literally in the same position we were a year ago. I expect a nice round for us tomorrow.

What's Next
The Rams return to Grand Cypress Golf Club for Round Two action, Saturday morning.