APALACHIN, N.Y. – Junior Michael DiNapoli shot one-under-par on the back nine of the Matthews Auto Collegiate Invitational, carding an even-par 72 on Sunday. DiNapoli led the Leopards in birdies, with four, notching circles on the second, fifth, seventh and 12th holes.

Freshman Kapil Ramachandran was able to eagle the ninth hole, a 510-yard par five, and finished nine-over-par in the first round. The Leopards finished 17-over-par following play in the opening round, currently in 11th place out of 13 teams.

Winston Kelenc-Blank recorded a solid plus three to open the tournament. Pranit Gupta sits at plus five after the first 18 holes, while Harrison Browne rounds out the team's day one performance with an 89. 

La Salle sits comfortably in first place at seven-under-par, seven strokes ahead of Bucknell which shot even par on the day. La Salle's Gavin Dosch is the current leader, shooting five-under-par in the field of 87 players.

The Leopards hit the links again on Monday at 9 a.m. at the tournament hosted by Binghamton University at The Links at Hiawatha Landing, a 7,104-yard par-72 course.

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