Martin Leads Golf at Conference USA Championships

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at Bentwater Intercollegiate

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Monday, April 26

Texarkana, AR

All Day

Rice University

Conference USA Championship

Martin Leads Golf at Conference USA Championships

4/26/2021 3:25:00 PM | Men's Golf

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By: By: Tim Andrzejewski (tim.andrzejewski@rice.edu)

Texarkana, Ark. — Freshman golfer Rodrigo Martin fired a one-under par 71 to lead the Rice golf team after one round of the Conference USA Championships.

Martin is tied for 10^th-place. The 71 is his team-high tying fourth round of par or better this year.

Juniors Harrison Hineline and Jack Diamond are tied for 24^th-place after carding a two-over par 74. Senior Rishi Kejriwal posted a three-over 75 to sit in a 31^st-place tie and senior Jake Benson is tied for 63^rd-place after carding an 81.

Rice is tied for sixth-place with No. 38 UAB and Old Dominion, five strokes behind Louisiana Tech for fourth-place.

UTSA's Chad Sewell and UAB's Khavish Varadan lead the individual tournament at four-under par, one stroke in front of Southern Miss' Matt Lorenz and La Tech's Sam Murphy.

NEXT UP

The second round begins tomorrow at 8 a.m. Rice will tee off beginning at 8 a.m. from hole No. 10 and is paired with student-athletes from Middle Tennessee and UTEP.