WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. – The Pepperdine men's golf team got the spring season underway Monday at par-71, 6,800-yard North Ranch Country Club, finishing the first round of the Waves-hosted Southwestern Invitational tied for sixth with a team score of 284.

Mahanth Chirravuri and Brady Siravo led the squad with 1-under 70's to open the tournament, each tying for 16^th.  Texas Tech is leading the pack after shooting a 7-under 277, while USC and UNLV are close behind with a 6-under 278 and 5-under 279 respectively.  The Rebels' Caden Fioroni leads the individuals after having shot an impressive 9-under 62.

PLAYER SCORES

• Sophomore Mahanth Chirravuri (Chandler, Ariz./Hamilton HS/USC) finished tied for 16^th with a score of 70.  He marked three birdies, including a pair back-to-back on holes 11 and 12.  
• Sophomore Brady Siravo (Sacramento, Calif./Jesuit HS) marked a score of 70 to finish tied for 16^th.  He closed out the front nine with a birdie to remain even at the turn, but posted another pair of birdies with only one bogey on the back nine.
• Sophomore Joshua Koo (Cerritos, Calif./Cerritos HS/Washington) finished tied for 34^th with a first round total of 72.  After a tough start on the first two holes, Koo battled back without a bogey the rest of the day.  He picked up a pair of birdies on holes 14 and 15 to finish strong.
• Freshman Kristoffer Kuvaas (Houston, Texas/The Village School) also finished tied for 34^th with a score of 72.  He picked up a birdie on the 12^th hole and posted 15 other bogeyless holes.
• Freshman William Walsh (San Mateo, Calif./Junipero Serra HS) is tied for 61^st after finishing with a 75 on the first day.  He posted a pair of birdies on holes 12 and 15.  

UP NEXT:
The Waves will tee off the 10^th hole tomorrow beginning at 8:22 a.m. PT.  Pepperdine will be paired with Texas and Ohio State for the second round as well.

THE NUMBERS
Team Scores: 1. Texas Tech 277; 2. USC 278; 3. UNLV 279; 4. UCLA 280; 5. Cal 281; T6. Pepperdine 284; T6. Wake Forest 284; T8. San Diego State 285; T8. Ohio State 285; 10. Washington 286; 11. San Jose State 288; 12. Colorado 290; 13. Houston 291.

Top Individuals: 1. Caden Fioroni (UNLV) 62; T2. Tyran Snyders (Texas Tech) 66; T. Nicolas Dominiguez (USC) 66; T2. Aaron Du (Cal) 66; T5. Luke Powell (UCLA) 67; T5. Santiago De La Fuente (Houston) 67; T5. Antonio Safa (USC) 67; T8. Tim Wiedemeyer (Texas Tech) 68 – Individual; T8. Carl Corpus (SJSU) 68.