JONESBOROUGH, Tenn.. --- The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men's golf team is tied for sixth after 18 holes of the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate on a blustery day at the Ridges Golf and Country Club.  Chattanooga shot 11-over par and is tied with Tennessee at 299.

The Mocs are two shots out of fifth-place behind No. 25 Virginia at 297 (+9).  No. 24 Wake Forest and Virginia Tech are one shot behind UTC and the Vols in a tie for eighth at 300 (+12).

Redshirt freshman Benni Weilguni (Langelois, Austria) led Chattanooga with a one-under par 71.  His season-high five birdies were offset by four bogeys as he is tied for fourth entering round two.

Junior Stephan Jaeger (Munich, Germany) continued his steady play shooting 73 (+1).  He is tied for 13th just two shots behind Weilguni.

Freshman Davis Bunn (Knoxville, Tenn.) carded a 76 (+4) to rank third on the team.  Sophomore Steven Fox (Hendersonville, Tenn.) and redshirt freshman Chris Robb (Aberdeenshire, Scotland) each shot 79 (+7).

Kent State owns the first round lead at three-over par, 291.  North Carolina and Missouri are tied for second at 295 (+7) followed by UNC Wilmington in fourth at 296 (+8), just three shots clear of the Mocs.

John Hahn of Kent State leads individual at minus four 68. Marshall Bailey (Virginia Tech) and Jace Long (Mizzou) are tied for second at 70 (-2), while  Weilguni is tied for fourth at one under 71.

Chattanooga tees off No. 1 at 11 a.m., Saturday paired with UNCW and UVa.  Fox will lead off followed by Robb (11:10), Bunn (11:20), Jaeger (11:30) and Weilguni (11:40).

LEADERBOARD

NOTES:

>The Mocs were paired with Louisville and a grouping of individuals...Beat the Cardinals by 10 strokes.

>First year in the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate for the Mocs...Hosted by former SoCon rival East Tennessee State.

>Front Nine (Counters by Round):  +14 (+14/-/-)...Jaeger and Fox shared team-low honors at even par...+14 was on the final counting cards...The team was at +6 through nine.

>Back Nine:  -3 (-3/-/-)...Weilguni posted four birdies in shooting -3 on the back side.

>The Mocs generally do a bulk of their scoring on the Par 5s but managed to shoot just +3 today on those holes...UTC was level par on the Par 3s and +8 on the Par 4s.

>Chattanooga had six total holes with double bogey or higher...Weilguni is the only Moc not to shoot higher than a bogey on his card.

>Weilguni shot his 2nd par or better round of the season...5 birdies is a season-high while he tied his low score of 71 (Springhill Suites final round)...He shot -2 on the Par 3s and -1 on the par 5s.

>Jaeger just missed a par round shooting +1, 73...4th round with 4 or more birdies registering 4...9th round shooting 74 or better in 10 chances...Has counted in all 10 rounds this season.

>Eagles (Counters by Rounds):  0 (0/-/-). 

>Birdies (Counters by Rounds):  14 (14/-/-).  Weilguni 5 (5/-/-), Jaeger 4 (4/-/-), Robb 4 (4/-/-), Bunn 4 (4/-/-), Fox 1 (1/-/-).

>Pars (Counters by Rounds):  36 (36/-/-). Jaeger 10 (10/-/-), Fox 10 (10/-/-), Weilguni 9 (9/-/-), Robb 9 (9/-/-), Bunn 8 (8/-/-).