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SAN DIEGO---The Chattanooga Mocs shot 294 over the opening 18 holes of the NCAA Rancho Santa Fe Regionals. The Mocs are in 10th with 36 holes to play at the Farms Golf Club.
 
John Houk led the way with a 1-over 71 to sit in a tie for 13th. Paul Conroy is one behind with 72 followed by Samuel Espinosa's 75. The pair of Braedon Wear and Garrett Engle both shot 76.
 
The Mocs got off to a good start. The squad was 2 under through the eighth hole before hitting a speed bump. They dropped seven shots over the ninth and 10th holes to 5 over before turning the 11th and 12th red with five birdies getting the team score back to 1 over.
 
Conroy's birdie on the par 5 12th was the last of the day for the squad. They played the final six holes at 13 over to drop to the current 10th-place spot.
 
"I feel like we actually played better than what we shot today," Coach Blaine Woodruff shared. "We were fourth in the field in (total) birdies. We just need to clean up a few things for tomorrow. There's no reason to panic. We are playing well and there's plenty of golf left.
 
"Anything can happen especially at a course like this. We just gotta trust ourselves and execute."
 
North Florida has the early lead with 277. The Ospreys are followed by Oklahoma State (278), Cal (280), Oklahoma (284), San Diego (285) and West Virginia (285) in the coveted top five spots.
 
The field returns to the Farms at 11 a.m., Eastern time. The Mocs open on No. 10 paired with Kansas and Wright State beginning with Engle at 12:25 p.m. Wear, Espinosa, Conroy and Houk follow.
 
NCAA Rancho Santa Fe Regionals
May 13-15 (Mon-Wed) | Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. | 54 holes (18 per day)
Farms G.C. | Par 70 | 6,962 yards
1) North Florida: 277 (-3)
2) Oklahoma State: 278 (+2)
3) Cal: 280 (E)
4) Oklahoma: 284 (+4)
5) San Diego: 285 (+5)
tie) West Virginia: 285 (+5)
7) Arizona State: 286 (+6)
8) Washington: 290 (+10)
9) South Florida: 293 (+13)
10) Chattanooga: 294 (+14)
11) Kansas: 297 (+17)
12) Wright State: 298 (+18)
13) Seton Hall: 302 (+22)
14) Winthrop: 305 (+25)
Mocs:
T13) John Houk: 71 (+1)
T26) Paul Conroy: 72 (+2)
T48) Samuel Espinosa: 75 (+5)
T57) Braedon Wear: 76 (+6)
T57) Garrett Engle: 76 (+6)
 
Notes…

• 294 is tied for the fourth lowest opening 18 in NCAA Regionals for the Mocs.
• Also started with 294 before winning the 2012 NCAA Bowling Green Regionals.
• The Mocs entered the event with their first round scoring average (287.00) being 2.18 higher than the second rounds and 4.60 over the final round numbers over 11 prior events.
• Espinosa's five birdies are tied for third in the field, one behind the pair of Rayhan Thomas (Okla. St.) and Nick Gabrelcik (UNF).
• The team's 13 birdies on the counting cards was third in the field today behind North Florida (18) and Washington (15).

 
Tomorrow's Starting Times…
12:25 p.m. (ET): Garrett Engle
12:36 p.m. (ET): Braedon Wear
12:47 p.m. (ET): Samuel Espinosa
12:58 p.m. (ET): Paul Conroy
1:09 p.m. (ET): John Houk
 
Field By Seed (Ranking)
1 – (3) Arizona State
2 – (10) Washington
3 – (16) Oklahoma
4 – (22) Cal
5 – (26) Oklahoma State
6 – (34) North Florida
7 – (38) Chattanooga
8 – (46) South Florida
9 – (50) San Diego
10 – (58) West Virginia
11 – (67) Kansas
12 – (124) Wright State
13 – (166) Seton Hall
14 – (192) Winthrop
 
Individuals:
Mahanth Chirravuri, Pepperdine
Tegan Andrews, Cal State Fullerton
William Walsh, Pepperdine
Brady Siravo, Pepperdine
Kevin Li, Seattle
 
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