PALM COAST, Fla. - The University of Northwestern Men's Golf team comes into this week's National Christian College Athletic Association Men's Golf National Championship riding a lot of momentum as champions of its last two events, including the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Championship. Playing in the NCCAA Championship for the second-consecutive year as a team, UNW hopes to continue that momentum and make some noise at the national stage to conclude its 2026 fall slate. Follow along with live scoring from Hammock Beach Resort all week here.

Day One

The Eagles powered through some ups and downs to come out of the opening round in good position, alone in third place with a score of 312 (+24). Northwestern trails Ottawa (AZ) and Wayland Baptist, who are tied at the top of the leaderboard, by eight strokes each. Tanner Doeden (Fargo, N.D./Park Christian) was the leader of the pack for UNW on Monday, making birdieing his opening hole and making 14 pars to come in at 75 (+3), which puts him in a tie for second place, four strokes behind Ottawa's Corley McLernon. Three other Eagles are in the top 20 following round one, including Carson Moscoso (Maple Grove, Minn./Maranatha Christian Academy), who birdied the ninth hole and finished tied for 14th at 78 (+6) for the day. Luke Frazell (Waverly, Iowa/Waverly-Shell Rock) is tied for 17th after birdieing the 18th hole for a round of 79 (+7), while Carson Besonen (Madison, Minn./Lac qui Parle Valley) finds himself in 19th place after carding an 80 (+8), the first time this season the sophomore has not been in the 70's. Rounding out Northwestern's lineup was Carter Dilly (Henning, Minn./Henning), who led UNW with a pair of birdies to shoot 85 (+13), which ties him for 33rd among the 47 golfers.

After being in the early wave of tee times on Monday, the Eagles will be in the late(r) wave for Tuesday's second round. Dilly will kick things off from the Conservatory Course at 8:48 CT (9:48 ET).