LINCOLN, Neb. - Just two days removed from its spring opener at the UMAC Spring Event, the University of Northwestern Men's Golf team is back in action Monday and Tuesday in Lincoln Nebraska for the 'Howl at the Hill' event, hosted by Nebraska Wesleyan University. To follow along with the action from Hillcrest Country Club, download the Golf Genius app or click here and enter "NWUINVITE26" as the GGID.

Day One

After round one of the tournament, Northwestern sits smack-dab in the middle of the pack in fifth place out of nine participating teams with a score of 318 (+30), just three shots behind third place but 24 shots back of the leader. Leading the way amongst a tightly-packed group of Eagles was Luke Frazell (Waverly, Iowa/Waverly-Shell Rock), who used a birdie on the par-5 11th to shoot a 78 (+6), which puts him in a tie for 17th place. Two Eagles are one stroke behind Frazell after day one, as Jakob Swanson (Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview) and Carson Besonen (Madison, Minn./Lac qui Parle Valley) shot matching 79s (+7) and are tied for 22nd among the 51 golfers. Swanson birdied the first hole (albeit not his first as it was a shotgun start), while Besonen carded birdies on holes seven and 15. Carson Mersberger (Kiel, Wis./Elkhart Lake-Glenbeaulah) was the final Eagle who contributed to the four-person team score on Monday, birdieing holes one and 18 to shoot an 82 (+10), which places him in a tie for 32nd. Two more UNW golfers are tied for 46th place after round one, as Jackson Courteau (Otsego, Minn./Rogers) and Trevor Zenk (Forest Lake, Minn./Legacy Christian Academy), who is competing as an individual and cannot count toward the team score, each turned in a score of 86.

Northwestern will begin final-round play in Lincoln on Tuesday with a 9:00 AM shotgun start.