Penn State Tied for Second, Huntzinger Leads in Kingsmill Intercollegiate

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Kingsmill Intercollegiate
DATESMarch 20-22, 2016
LOCATIONKingsmill Resort River Course; Williamsburg, Virginia. (par 70, 6,765 yards)
FIELDAppalachian State, Binghamton, Dayton, Delaware, Drake, Eastern Kentucky, High Point, IPFW, Longwood, Loyola (Md.), Maryland (80), Ohio, Old Dominion, Penn State (26), Radford, St. Francis (Pa.), St. Joseph's, Seton Hall, Temple, Tennessee (46), TCU (50), Towson, William and Mary (host), and Youngstown State.

March 20, 2016

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. ââ'¬" The Penn State men's golf team finds itself in a tie for second place after the opening round of the Kingsmill Intercollegiate on the River Course of the Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg, Virginia.

The Blue and White shot a 7-over 287 opening round that featured some nasty weather including sleet at one point during the day. Freshman Charles Huntzinger (Duluth, Ga.) sits alone atop the individual leaderboard after carding a 3-under 67 in his opening round.

Senior Chris Houston (Gilford, N.H.) finished in a tie for 14th after his 1-over 71, while fellow senior JD Dornes (Lancaster, Pa.) sits in a tie for 42nd place after a 4-over round. Sophomore Cole Miller (New Tripoli, Pa.) carded one of six eagles recorded on the day on the par 5, 505-yard hole 15. Miller ended the day in a tie for 56th with a 75 and senior Geoff Vartelas (Cromwell, Conn.) rounded out the Penn State lineup in a tie for 70th after shooting a 76 through the first 18 holes of action.

Tennessee sits atop the team leaderboard after a 4-over 284 followed by the Lions and the Dayton Flyers three strokes behind in second. Huntzinger has a single stroke lead over Drake's Tommi Avant and sits two strokes ahead of a collection of five golfers at 1-under.

Penn State will tee off from hole number one beginning at 10:58 a.m. with Geoff Vartelas, Cole Miller at 11:09 a.m., JD Dornes at 11:20 a.m., Chris Houston at 11:31 a.m., and leader Charles Huntzinger will look to increase his one round lead starting at 11:42 a.m.

Pos.Team/Player (seed)Rd 1Rd 2Rd 3Total+ / -
T2Penn State287287+7
1Charles Huntzinger (2)6767-3
T14Chris Houston (4)7171+1
T42JD Dornes (1)7474+4
T56Cole Miller (3)7575+5
T70Geoff Vartelas (5)7676+6