Feb. 28, 2015
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Tucson, Ariz. --- Cody Blick is in the top-10 after leading the Spartans with a 1-under-par 71 in the opening round at the National Invitational Tournament (NIT) Saturday in Tucson, Ariz.
After opening with an eagle on the par-five 10th hole, Blick made two birdies and three bogies to arrive at -1. He will enter tomorrow's second round three strokes behind the leader, New Mexico State's Luis Medina (-4).
As a team, the Spartans shot 303 (+15) in the first round on the 7,200-yard par 72 Catalina Course at Omni Tucson National. They are in 15th place out of 16 teams with 36 holes remaining in the event.
Like Blick, Scott Munger shot a 35 (-1) on his first nine holes, but ended up even for the round and is tied for 17th place.
Taylor Bromley and Landon Polterock both carded an opening-round 80, and Marcus Potter shot 83 (+11).
New Mexico State has three players inside the top-five, and the Aggies have the 18-hole team lead at -5. Santa Clara is one shot off the lead and UTEP at -1 rounds out the teams which shot under par on Saturday.
Round two will begin tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. MT, and can be followed live on www.birdiefire.com and on social media using #NIT2015.
TEAM LEADER BOARD
| 1. | -5 | New Mexico State | 283 |
| 2. | -4 | Santa Clara | 284 |
| 3. | -1 | UTEP | 287 |
| 4. | +1 | TCU | 289 |
| T5 | +4 | California | 292 |
| T5 | +4 | Arizona | 292 |
| 7. | +6 | San Diego | 294 |
| 8. | +8 | New Mexico | 296 |
| 9. | +10 | San Diego State | 298 |
| 10. | +11 | Iowa State | 299 |
| T11 | +12 | Oregon State | 300 |
| T11 | +12 | Colorado State | 300 |
| 13. | +14 | Saint Mary's (CA) | 302 |
| 14. | +15 | San José State | 303 |
| 15. | +22 | Wyoming | 310 |
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
| 1. | -4 | Luis Medina (New Mexico State) | 68 |
| 2. | -3 | Jere Pelletier (UTEP) | 69 |
| T3 | -2 | Pat Beyhan (New Mexico State) | 70 |
| T3 | -2 | Brett Walker (New Mexico State) | 70 |
| T3 | -2 | Patrick Winther (Colorado State) | 70 |
SJSU RESULTS
| T10 | -1 | Cody Blick | 71 |
| T17 | E | Scott Munger | 72 |
| T76 | +8 | Taylor Bromley | 80 |
| T76 | +8 | Landon Polterock | 80 |
| 83. | +11 | Marcus Potter | 83 |