AMHERST, Va. – After play was cut short due to darkness, the Pepperdine men's golf team is in fifth place after the first day of the NCAA Amherst Regional.

The 19th-ranked Waves were able to finish all 18 holes on the shortened first day, posting an even 280 on the par-70 7,212-yard Poplar Grove Golf Club.

With the top-five teams from the regional advancing to the NCAA Championship, Pepperdine sits just inside the cut line after its first 18 holes. The Waves are nine strokes behind #30 Tennessee who leads the tournament at 9-under, and they're two strokes ahead of Florida Gulf Coast who is in 6th at 2-over.

Individually, Pepperdine was led by Luke Bailey and Willy Walsh who are tied for 6th after both posting 2-under 68s.

PLAYER SCORES

• Freshman Luke Bailey (Encinitas, Calif.) started his round with back-to-back birdies and made the turn at 2-under. From there, Bailey played an even back nine to finish with a 2-under 68 and is tied for 6th after 18 holes. He collected a total of four birdies on Sunday.
• Sophomore Willy Walsh (San Mateo, Calif.) is also tied for 6th at 2-under, notching a 68 with four birdies in the first round. Walsh was even after nine, but collected three birdies during his 2-under back nine.
• Junior Mahanth Chirravuri (Chandler, Ariz.) is tied for 31st at 1-over after tabbing a 71 with one eagle and three birdies today. Chirravuri eagled hole 11 and collected birdies on holes 5, 8 and 18 during the first round.
• Junior Brady Siravo (Sacramento, Calif.) is tied for 54th after carding a 3-over 73 on Sunday. Siravo earned birdies on holes 3, 7, 13 and 14 during his opening round.
• Sophomore Kris Kuvaas (Houston, Texas) is in 75th after shooting a 15-over 85 in the first round.

 
THE NUMBERS
Team Scores:
1. #30 Tennessee 271 (-9)
2. #7 Oklahoma 276 (-4)
3. #18 Vanderbilt 278 (-2)
4. Arkansas 272 (-1)
5. #19 Pepperdine 280 (E)
CUT LINE
6. Florida Gulf Coast 267 (+2)
7. Kent State 257 (+3)
T8. Princeton 262 (+4)
T8. #43 Wake Forest 277 (+4)
T10. #6 LSU 286 (+6)
T10. #31 Arizona 286 (+6)
12. #42 Stanford 282 (+9)
13. Howard 244 (+16)
 
Top Individuals:
1. Christian Pardue (Tennessee) 66 (-4)
T2. Ryder Cowan (Oklahoma) 67 (-3)
T2. Jackson Van Paris (Vanderbilt) 67 (-3)
T2. Tom Haberer (Wake Forest) 67 (-3)
T2. Nolan Harper (Florida Gulf Coast) 63 (-3)
T6. Luke Bailey (Pepperdine) 68 (-2)
T6. Willy Walsh (Pepperdine) 68 (-2)
T6. Erich Fortlage (Arkansas) 68 (-2)
T6. Josh Hill (Tennessee) 68 (-2)
T6. Bruce Murphy (Tennessee) 68 (-2)
 
The full individual leaderboard can be found here.
 
UP NEXT
Tomorrow morning, other teams will finish the first round starting at 4:30 a.m. PT, while the second round is set to begin at 7:30 a.m. PT. When made available, tee times and pairings can be found on the Pepperdine men's golf X account @PeppGolf. Live scoring can be found here.