PRINCEVILLE, Kaua'i – The University of Hawai'i men's golf team entered two teams for the sixth annual Warrior Princeville Makai Invitational which concluded the first round Sunday at The Makai Club.
 
UH's "Black" team is in 18^th place at 299 with a trio of golfers – senior Smart Kittirattanapaiboon, junior Cameron Kaneko, and sophomore Taiga Iwasa – at 1-over 73 and tied for 54^th place.
 
The "Green" team is in 20^th place at 308 and are led by sophomore Nick Nelson at 2-over 74 and tied for 70^th.
 
No. 40 Louisville leads the team standings at 22-under 266, four strokes clear of No. 36 Missouri (270). No. 50 San Diego State is in third (274) followed by No. 20 UCLA (279). Rounding out the Top 10 are Sam Houston State and Washington (280), No. 5 Wake Forest (281), No. 43 Ole Miss (282), UMKC (284). Cal State Fullerton, East Tennessee State, and Utah Valley (288).
 
Individually four golfers carded 7-under 65 for the Round 1 lead – Missouri's Jamie Stewart, SDSU's Blake Abercrombie, Louisville's Nicolas Platret, and UCLA's Devon Bling. A group of give golfers are one stroke back at 6-under.
 
Also competing for the "Black" team are freshman Cole Yoshida (80, t-109^th) and sophomore Trevor Hirata (82, 111^th). Three golfers on the "Green" team shot 78 and are tied for 99^th – freshman Justin Ngan, sophomore Desmond Mello, and freshman Justin Arcano. Kaua'i native Bryden Salvador posted 79 and is tied for 105^th.
 
The second round continues Monday with an 8:00 a.m. HT shotgun start.
 
 

18	Hawai'i "Black"	299	299
T54	Cameron Kaneko (2)	73	73
T54	Taiga Iwasa (3)	73	73
T54	Smart Kittirattanapaiboon (5)	73	73
T109	Cole Yoshida (1)	80	80
111	Trevor Hirata (4)	82	82
20	Hawai'i "Green"	308	308
T70	Nick Nelson (2)	74	74
T99	Justin Ngan (1)	78	78
T99	Desmond Mello (3)	78	78
T99	Justin Arcano (4)	78	78
T105	Bryden Salvador (5)	79	79