GREENSBORO, Ga. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men's golf team sits atop the leaderboard through the first round of play in The 2025 Southern Conference (SoCon) Championships on Sunday at Reynolds Plantation.

TEAM

• UNCG holds a three-stroke lead for first place in the tournament after recording an 11-under-par (277) in round one.
• ETSU comes in just behind the Spartans at second place with an eight-under-par (280) on Sunday.
• Chattanooga is in third place with a three-under-par (285), while Western Carolina rounds out the team under-par scores to stand in fourth place with a one-under-par (287).
• Furman and Mercer are tied for fifth place after both teams notched an even-par (288) in the opening round.
• Samford sits in seventh place with a one-over-par (289), while Wofford rounds out the leaderboard at eighth place with a nine-over-par (297).
• UNCG is leading all eight teams in par fours (3.94) and birdies (23), while being tied with three other teams with one eagle.
• The Spartans are second on the stats sheet in par threes (2.95) and par fives (4.55).

INDIVIDUAL

• Jake Lewis is leading the Spartans to stand in second place after carding a four-under-par (68) in the first round.
• Colin Dutton comes just behind Lewis to be in a tie for third place after shooting a three-under-par (69) on Sunday.
• Kelvin Hernandez, Jack Marcotte and B.J. Boyce are all tied for eighth place on the player leaderboard after all three Spartans notched a two-under-par (70) in the opening round.
• After making the turn to the back nine, Marcotte carded an eagle on hole 10. He was one of four players to record an eagle in round one.
• Dutton is leading all 40 players with a 2.50 par threes average.
• Boyce and Lewis are tied for third place in the field with six birdies apiece.
• Garrett Engle of Chattanooga is in first place with a six-under-par (66) in round one.

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The Spartans will continue with round two of The 2025 SoCon Championships on Monday at Reynolds Plantation in Greensboro, Georgia.