SANTA CRUZ, Calif. – The Pepperdine men's golf team got started at the 77^th annual Western Intercollegiate, finishing the first round in 11^th-place at the par-70, 6,486-yard Pasatiempo Golf Club. 

Mahanth Chirravuri highlighted the round in a few different ways, knocking in a hole in one on nine – a par three.  The eagle before the turn, as well as four birdies throughout the day, helped him to a 2-under 68 to sit tied for fifth-place to lead the Waves.  He is only two shots behind Taehoon Song of Washington, who is currently in the lead, and one shot back from a trio of competitors tied for second.

Arizona has a six-shot lead for first-place, having shot a 348, and was the only team under par today.

Tomorrow, the Waves will be paired with Chattanooga for the second-consecutive round beginning at 10:40 a.m. PT.  Live coverage on GOLF Channel will be from 4-7 p.m.  The tournament is formatted to play-six, count-five.

PLAYER SCORES

• Sophomore Mahanth Chirravuri (Chandler, Ariz.) finished tied for fifth with a 2-under 68.  He rallied from an early pair of bogeys to birdie the seventh and pick up an eagle with a hole in one of hole nine's par three.  He continued on trend with another pair of birdies on 13 and 15 to have shot 5-under through 12 holes.  Though he doubled later in the day, he finished strong with another birdie on 18.
• Sophomore Brady Siravo (Sacramento, Calif.) shot a 74 to tie for 50^th after 18 holes.  He birdied twice on the back nine to regain some traction at the end of the round.
• Freshmen Kristoffer Kuvaas (Houston, Texas) tied for 50^th with a 74.  He had two early birdies, but was plagued with bogeys on the back nine to finish 4-over.
• Freshman William Walsh (San Mateo, Calif.) also shot a 4-over 74 to finish the first round tied for 50^th.  He had birdies on holes two and 18.
• Sophomore Takanobu Kanda (Tokyo, Japan) is tied for 88^th with an 80.
• Sophomore Joshua Koo (Cerritos, Calif.) shot an 82 for 94^th at the end of the first round.

 
THE NUMBERS
Team Scores: 1. Arizona 348; 2. Stanford 354; 3. Washington 355; T4. California 356; T4. Oregon 356; T6. San Jose State 358; T6. Chattanooga 358; 8. BYU 359; 9. San Diego State 360; 10. Texas 363; 11. Pepperdine 370; 12. UNLV 372; 13. Hawai'i 375; 14. UC Irvine 387.

Top Individuals: 1. Taehoon Song (Washington) 66; T2. Petr Hruby (Washington) 67; T2. Sam Sommerhauser (Arizona) 67; T2. Nathan Petronzio (Texas) 67; T5. Mahanth Chirravuri (Pepperdine) 68; T5. Dalton Chuba (Chattanooga) 68; T5. Zac Jones (BYU) 68; T5. Zubair Firdaus (SJSU) 68; T5. Greyson Leach (Oregon) 68; T5. Filip Jakubcik (Arizona) 68; T5. Keshav Mungali (SJSU) 68.