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JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. -- The nationally-ranked No. 15 Hampden-Sydney College Golf team posted a first-round score of 297 on Friday to stand 14th among 30 teams at the annual Jekyll Island Collegiate Invitational being played at the Jekyll Island Golf Club in Georgia. Senior All-American Nick Rubino (Charlotte, NC), sophomore Jack Barnes (Manakin Sabot) and freshman Luke Combs (Newport News) are leading the Tigers with their respective rounds of one-over par 73 that has them tied for 34th individually among the 150 collegiate golfers.
 
Rubino posted two birdies and 13 pars during his opening round on the par 72, 6,700-yard Pine Lakes layout, while Barnes had three birdies and 12 pars, and Combs had two birdies and 13 pars, as well. They are being followed by seniors John Hutcheson (Edina, MN) (78, T-113th) and Rece Lott (Fort Worth, TX) (79, T-124th). Hutcheson posted two birdies and nine pars, while Lott had one birdie and 10 pars.
 
The large and highly-competitive tournament field features 16 teams that are ranked among the Top 25 nationally in the latest SCOREBOARD powered by clippd NCAA Division III Men's Golf rankings, including seven of the Top 10, as third-ranked Illinois Wesleyan University is leading the event with its four-under par team round of 284. IWU's Griffin Pohl and Jonas De Leon of 16th-ranked Redlands (CA) are the individual co-leaders at six-under par 66. The 15th-ranked Tigers are currently ahead of three schools ranked higher than them after day one, and only two shots out of the Top 10 and seven shots out of the top five.
 
H-SC will continue its competition in the three-day, 54-hole tournament on Saturday, March 22, with tee-times beginning at 1:31 p.m. in Georgia.