RALEIGH, NC – Led by freshmen Jack Avrit and Zack Kaneshiro, Santa Clara men's golf completed the first day of the NCAA Raleigh Regional tied for fourth at 8-under 276. The top five teams in the three-day tournament will advance to the NCAA Championship, which will be held on May 25-30 at Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Both first-year players excelled in the moment with each bettering his low-round of the season by a stroke. Avrit carded a 6-under 65 and Kaneshiro was three-shots back at 3-under 68 on the par-71, 7,273-yard Lonnie Poole Golf Course.