IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The Bellevue University men's golf team is tied for sixth place after one round of play at The Verhille Invitational, hosted by Mount Mercy University.
The 72-golfer, 12 team event is being held at the 6,856-yard, par 72 Finkbine Golf Course.
Host Mount Mercy (297, +9) holds a five-stroke lead over second place Park University (302, +14) and Hastings College (302, +14).
The Bruins shot 308 (+20) as a team and are tied with St. Ambrose in sixth place.
Tim Castle (-3, 69) of North Iowa Area Community College holds a one-shot lead over Bellevue's Nathan Ishaya (Ind.) on the individual leaderboard.
Ishaya shot 2-under 70 on the day, highlighted by four birdies on the front nine and three more on the back. He began with a bogey on No. 18 before shooting 4-under over the next 15 holes.
Bellevue was led by Totte Uhlan's 3-over 75 as Uhlan finds himself tied for 13th overall. He birdied back-to-back holes on both the front (1, 2) and back (12, 13) nine.
Cayden Wynne matched Uhlan with four birdies of his own on the way to carding a 4-over 76 while teammate Randy Christiansen was just a stroke back at 5-over (77) after a very consistent round.
Sam Johnson shot par on the back nine matching three birdies with three bogeys but was 8-over on the front. He is tied for 42nd with an 8-over 80.
Dylan Rodgers birdied a pair on the day and had just one bad hole. He is tied for 56th at 11-over (83).
Hugo Brandt is also participating as an individual and is tied for 32nd following a 6-over day. He scored a birdie on No. 1.
Tomorrow's second round wraps up the event.
