Heckel Jr. Leads Field After Round One of UConn Invite

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Heckel Jr. Leads Field After Round One of UConn Invite

October 03, 2021 | Men's Golf

Team Leaderboard - Round 1 Player Leaderboard - Round 1

HADLEY, Mass. - Led by John Heckel Jr.'s 4-under 68, the Army West Point golf team sits in second at the UConn Invitational after round one at GreatHorse Golf Course.

The Black Knights are one of only two teams in the field that finished the opening round under par. Army shot a team score of 286 (-2) and sits four strokes behind Rhode Island for the team lead.

TOURNAMENT NOTES

Heckel Jr. shot the lowest round of the season for the Black Knights with a 68 and is atop the individual leaderboard following the first round.
Heckel Jr. did not drop a shot the entire first round and sunk four birdies with three coming on the front nine.
Team captain Tom Katsenes rebounded from a tough start with three bogeys in his first five holes to shoot 4-under par in his final 13 holes of his round to shoot a 1-under 71.
Katsenes is tied for eighth on the individual leaderboard.
Dragon Theam is also in the eighth spot on the leaderboard with a 1-under 71 in round one of the tournament.
Theam had five birdies on the day with four bogeys.

Coaches Corner with Chad Bagley
"Another great round of golf for John Heckel Jr.! To play bogey free around this golf course just shows how strong John is with both his physical and mental games. It's really exciting to see Tom Katsenes and Dragon support the teams' efforts with one under par rounds. Joshua Kim and Marshall Daniel played 15 good holes today and those guys are eager to get back out there tomorrow and correct the mistakes made on the other three holes. Solid start for us today; the challenge now is to cleanup as much as we can tomorrow and follow up a good round with another."

UP NEXT
The second round of the UConn Invitational is set to tee off on Monday morning from GreatHorse Golf Course.