Golfers in Sixth After Day One

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. ? Cyclone golfer Ben Herrera continued his great spring campaign after carding back-to-back rounds of 71 Saturday at the Boilermaker Invitational in West Lafayette, Ind. The junior led all Cyclone golfers and finished the day in seventh place. Iowa State fired a two-round score of 584 and ended the day tied with host Purdue and Wisconsin for sixth place.

Penn State is currently in the lead with a 569 while Nittany Lion golfer Kevin Foley leads the medallist race after rounds of 69 and 66.

Tom Lathrop (146), Nate McCoy (147) and Michael Wuertz (149) all contributed scores for ISU. Lathrop and McCoy both finished in the top 30 on the leaderboard.

The Boilermaker Invitational will wrap up tomorrow after 18 holes. Complete results will be posted on cyclones.com

Team Scores
1. Penn State 288-281=569
2. Illinois 287-284=571
3. Iowa 293-280=573
4. Eastern Michigan 282-299=581
5. Miami (Ohio) 289-294=583
T6. Iowa State 290-294=584
T6. Wisconsin 289-295=584
T6. Purdue 288-296=584
9. Michigan State 297-291=588
10. Northern Illinois 295-296=591
11. Indiana 296-297=593
12. Columbia 298-299=597
13. Bowling Green State 304-296=600
14. Temple 305-297=602
T15. IUPUI 304-300=604
T15. Cleveland State 304-300=604
17. Loyola 306-310=616
18. Toledo 310-307=617

ISU Scores
7. Ben Herrera 71-71=142
T19. Tom Lathrop 72-74=146
T26. Nate McCoy 73-74=147
T38. Michael Wuertz 74-75=149
T77. Nathan Leary 80-76=156

Top Individuals
1. Kevin Foley, Penn State 69-66=135
2. Vince India, Iowa 71-68=139

Players Mentioned

Ben Herrera

Ben Herrera

Tom Lathrop

Tom Lathrop

Nathan Leary

Nathan Leary

Nate McCoy

Michael Wuertz

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