Elston Tied For Lead At Louisville Cardinal Classic

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns golf junior Triston Elston carded a career low round of 68 (-4) to finish the first day of the Louisville Cardinal Classic in a tie for the lead on Friday at the par-72, 7,192-yard University of Louisville Golf Club.

Louisiana finished the day in third place as a team with a score of 4-over par (292). Miami (Ohio) leads the field with an 18-hole score of 4-under (284). Louisville is two strokes back of Miami in second place at 2-under, while Eastern Kentucky (+6) and ETSU (+7) round out the top 5 teams.

Elston is tied with Patrick Flavin of Miami (Ohio) and Simon Zach and Erik Dulik of Louisville for the individual lead.

Sliman's Thoughts

"Very pleased to see Triston back up a good performance in Hattiesburg with his career low round in this tournament. Glad to see the guts and caliber of talent of Bjorn (Gudjonsson) to play his last 11 holes 4-under. We saw some good scores from a couple guys today, but we need to see the whole group come to play tomorrow. I am confident we will do just that tomorrow and put ourselves in position to make the final round count."

Elston's Career Low Round

Coming off of a round of 69 at the Sam Hall Intercollegiate, Elston notched a career low round of 68 (-4) in the first round of the Louisville Cardinal Challenge. Elston was 1-under through the first nine holes of the day before tallying four birdies in his final seven holes to finish the round with a score of 4-under.

Gudjonsson Posts Low Score

Freshman Bjorn Gudjonsson battled back from a slow start to the round to post his first collegiate round under par with a 71 (-1). Gudjonsson registered four birdies in his final 11 holes while notching a bogey-free back nine.

Second Round Pairings

Louisiana is paired with Louisville and Miami (Ohio) for the second round and will tee off of hole one starting at 10:40 a.m. Live scoring is available for the Louisville Cardinal Classic on Golfstat.com.

LOUISVILLE CARDINAL CLASSIC FIRST ROUND RESULTS

TEAM SCORES (Par 288)
1. Miami (Ohio) 284 -4; 2. Louisville 286 -2; 3. Louisiana 292 +4; 4. Eastern Kentucky 294 +6; 5. ETSU 295 +7; T6. Jacksonville State 296 +8; T6. Lamar 296 +8; T8. Winthrop 298 +10; T8. Southeastern Louisiana 298 +10; 10. Eastern Michigan 299 +11; 11. ULM 301 +13; 12. DePaul 305 +17; 13. Stephen F. Austin 308 +20

LOUISIANA SCORES (Par 72)
T1. Triston Elston, 68 -4
T6. Bjorn Gudjonsson, 71 -1
T42. Jack Tolson, 76 +4
T54. Colin Troxler, 77 +5
79. Justin Caldwell, 84 +12

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Elston Tied For Lead At Louisville Cardinal Classic

Players Mentioned

Justin Caldwell

Triston Elston

Bjorn Gudjonsson

Jack Tolson

Colin Troxler

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