Pack On Top of Mountaineer Invitational After Day One

Monday, October 4

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Pack On Top of Mountaineer Invitational After Day One

10/4/2021 8:25:00 PM | Men's Golf

NC State has five team members in top-10 of individual leaderboard

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RALEIGH, N.C. – The NC State men's golf team is the day one leader at the Mountaineer Invitational held at the Pete Dye Golf Club in Bridgeport, W. Va., after shooting a team score of six-under par.

The Pack has a two-shot lead on Penn State for first, while tournament-host West Virginia is nine shots back of Penn State and 11 shots behind NC State in third place.

Maximilian Steinlechner is one of five NC State golfers in the top-10 of the individual leaderboard.

The NC State junior shot an even-par 72 in the opening round and a four-under par 68 in the second round to sit in third place. He is one shot back of second place and two shots back of third as the Innsbruck, Austria native is in search of his seventh career top-five finish at the collegiate level.

Next for the Pack is Easton Paxton in a tie for fourth place at one-under par. Paxton had the highlight of the day for NC State as he aced the 13^th hole in the first round. In the second round, Paxton shot a 69 to stand at one-under par through 36 holes.

Tim Bunten and Brandon Einstein are tied for eighth for the Pack at even-par. Bunten shot a 73 and 71 on Monday while Einstein shot an even-par 72 in both rounds.

Spencer Oxendine rounds out the NC State lineup in a tie for 17^th place at two-over par after back-to-back rounds of 73.

Playing as an individual, Ethan Choi is in a tie for fourth place after rounds of 70 and 73. Jake Herring, also competing as an individual is in a tie for 23^rd place after rounds of 70 and 77.

The third and final round for NC State begins at 9:30 a.m.

NC State Lineup
3. Maximillian Steinlechner 72-68—140
T4. Easton Paxton 74-69—143
T4. Ethan Choi (ind.) 70-73—143
T8. Tim Bunten 73-71—144
T8. Brandon Einstein 72-72—144
T17. Spencer Oxendine 73-73—146
T23. Jake Herring (ind.) 70-77—147