Day One at Colonial Highlighted by 68 from Jiang

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – First year Mingbo Jiang fired a 2-under, 68 in the first round of the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational presented by Charles Schwab on Monday (Sept. 28). It was the lowest round by a Cavalier this fall.

Jiang carded six birdies in round one, all came in an 11-hole stretch beginning on the 10^th hole. The 68 was tied for the sixth lowest round one score in the 80-player field. Jiang is tied for 54^th on the overall leaderboard after turning in a 9-over, 79 in his afternoon session.

Virginia played 36 holes on Monday and will finish the 54-hole competition with 18 holes on Tuesday. As a team, the Cavaliers are 22-over and in 13^th place after two rounds of action. The Cavaliers were in ninth place after the first 18 holes at 285 (+5) but slipped to 13^th after combining for a 297 (+17) in the afternoon.

Fellow first year Jager Pain (71-74, 145) and fourth year Josh Duangmanee (73-72, 145) are tied for 44^th place at 5-over to lead the Cavaliers on the individual leaderboard. Duangmanee complied 28 pars in 36 holes, tied for the second-most in the field.

The Cavaliers are back on the course at 2 p.m. for a shotgun start at the famed Colonial Country Club, home of the PGA Tour’s Charles Schwab Challenge.

TEAM LEADERBOARD

PL	Team	RD1	RD2	Total	To Par
1	Auburn	274	280	554	-6
T2	Alabama	274	282	556	-4
T2	North Carolina	271	285	556	-4
4	Vanderbilt	279	279	558	-2
5	Texas	280	283	563	+3
6	Texas Tech	288	279	567	+7
7	TCU	282	288	570	+10
8	UCLA	279	294	573	+13
9	Oklahoma State	276	298	574	+14
10	Oklahoma	288	287	575	+15
T11	Georgia Tech	287	289	576	+16
T11	Georgia	288	288	576	+16
13	Virginia	285	297	582	+22
14	Pepperdine	298	286	584	+24
15	Stanford	292	295	587	+27
16	Arizona State	297	293	590	+30

VIRGINIA

PL	PLAYER	RD1	RD2	Total	To Par
T44	Josh Duangmanee	73	72	145	+5
T44	Jager Pain	71	74	145	+5
T54	Mingbo Jiang	68	79	147	+7
T61	Michael Lee	73	75	148	+8
T75	Alex Wells	75	76	151	+11