Sept. 14, 2010
 
Ohio State Leads After First Day Of Marshall Invitational
Herd Sit In Fifth Place; Anania And Miller Pace Marshall
 
Special to Huntingtonnews.net
 
Huntington, WV (HNN) — Ohio State set or tied two tournament records and leads after the first day of the Marshall Invitational at the Guyan Golf and Country Club. The Buckeyes shot 273 in round to reset the tournament marks for lowest score over 18-holes and lowest first round score. Ohio State’s put up a 274 in round two to score 547 on the day and take an 11-stroke lead over Xavier. XU shot 274 in round one and 282 in the second round (556). Miami (Ohio) is third (280-280-560) followed by Eastern Kentucky (279-283-562). The host Marshall is in fifth (279-28-564).
 
Xavier’s Sebastian MacLean reset two individual tournament records. MacLean’s opening round score of 63 is a new Marshall Invitational mark. The previous record was a 65 which was charted on five different occasions, most recently by Rhode Island’s Brad Valios in 2008. His 63 also tied the Guyan course record. MacLean recorded a 69 in round two and leads Miami’s Nathan Sutherland (67-68-135) by three strokes. Ohio State’s Jamie Sindelar sits in third (70-66-136) followed by a quartet of golfers in fourth with a 137; Xavier’s Herbert Day (70-67), Miami’s Matt Stasiak (70-67), Eastern Kentucky’s Brian Fister (67-70), and Miami’s Austin Kelly (72-65).
 
Marshall was led by junior Bosten Miller and freshman Brian Anania who each carded a 141. Anania shot a 72 in the morning opening round and a 69 during afternoon competition. Miller had a 69 in the morning followed by a 72 in the afternoon.
 
Ohio State will be looking for an event-record 18th team championship on Tuesday when the final 18 holes get underway at 8 a.m. at Guyan.
 
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