HILTON HEAD, SC - The Cleveland State men's golf team opened the spring season by playing the first 36 holes of the Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate on Monday at the par-72, 6,913-yard The Wexford Plantation Course.

The Vikings were in sixth place after a first round 297 and moved up to fifth place after a second round even-par 288.

Joey Krecic led the Vikings with a 36-hole total of 141, carding an even-par 72 in the morning and a three-under-par 69 in the afternoon. He made nine birdies on the day, tied for second most in the field, including five in the second round.

Blake Prince fired back-to-back rounds of even-par 72 and is tied for 13th place overall, while Paul Minko shot 76-73 (149) and is tied for 32nd place.

Campbell leads the field with a 36-hole total of 568 and is followed by USC-Aiken (576), Louisville (577), UNC-Wilmington (581) and Cleveland State (585) to round out the top-five. The Vikings finished the day four shots ahead of Presbyterian and Radford who are tied for sixth place.

The final round of the event will be played on Tuesday.

CSU RESULTS