MT. GILEAD, N.C. — Belmont Abbey freshman Will Muldoon put together a strong opening round in his collegiate debut as the Belmont Abbey men's golf team opened play at the Jack Ingram/Pfeiffer Fall Invitational Monday at Tillery Tradition Golf Club.
 
Muldoon shot an even-par round of 72 and is one shot back of Southern Virginia's Nikko Taggart (-1) after the first 18 holes of play. The freshman made three birdies on the day en route to the strong opening round.
 
The Crusaders have two teams competing at the event with the Belmont Abbey D and C teams sitting in sixth and eighth place, respectively, after team rounds of 313 and 315. Five of the 10 Abbey golfers competing finished with rounds in the 70s with John Dodrill and Dylan Reiser opening with rounds of 76 and 77, respectively.
 
Brodie Perry and Amanvir Nerwan had rounds of 78 and 79, respectively, for the Abbey.
 
Southern Virginia leads the team even with a team total of 292 followed by host Pfeiffer (300) and North Carolina Wesleyan.
 
BELMONT ABBEY RESULTS
6. Belmont Abbey D, 313 (+25)
T-15. John Dodrill, 76 (+4)
T-20. Dylan Reiser, 77 (+5)
T-33. Harvey Sladden, 80 (+8)
T-33. Ethan Badillo, 80 (+8)
T-49. Ethan Ashby, 85 (+13)
 
8. Belmont Abbey C, 315 (+27)
2. Will Muldoon, 72 (E)
T-22. Brodie Perry, 78 (+6)
T-25. Amanvir Nerwan, 79 (+7)
T-51. Jack Crawford, 86 (+14)
55. Nate Roche, 89 (+17)
 
UP NEXT

• The Crusaders tee off for the final round beginning at 8:30 a.m. with split tees.
• The D team will begin off the first tee beginning at 8:30 a.m. while the C team begins play off No. 10 at 9:20 a.m.