BREMERTON, Wash. – The University of Hawai'i men's golf team posted rounds of 299 and 304 on the first day of the season-opening Husky Invitational Monday at the Gold Mountain's Olympic Course.  
 
The Rainbow Warriors currently sit in 14^thplace. Host Washington leads the tournament at 554, eight strokes ahead of second place Long Beach State (562).
 
UH was led by freshman Kotaro Murata, one of two new golfers making their Warrior debuts along with transfer Kanata Irei. Murata, a native of Matsuyama, Japan, fired an even par 72 in Round 1 before following up with a 3-over 75 for a 147 total and is tied for 38^thplace. Irei, a transfer from St. Leo University, shot 81-82 for a 163 total.
 
Junior Justin Arcano is one stroke behind Murata after carding rounds of 73 and 75 and is 4-over 148 and tied for 47^thplace. Fellow junior Justin Ngan is currently tied for 65^thplace at 153 (78-75) while junior Matt Lloyd is two strokes behind him at 155 (76-79) and a tie for 70^th.
 
Four golfers share the Round 2 lead at 6-under 138 including UW's Noah Woolsey (70-68) and Jan Schneider (66-72). Also tied atop the leaderboard are Oregon State's Spencer Tibbits (70-68) and Long Beach State's Owen Avrit (67-71).
 
The tournament concludes with the third and final round scheduled for Tuesday.

 

14th	Hawai'i	299	304
T38	Kotaro Murata (2)	72	75
T47	Justin Arcano (3)	73	75
T65	Justin Ngan (4)	78	75
T70	Matt Lloyd (1)	76	79
76	Kanata Irei (5)	81	82

 

Also in the state of Washington, UH sent four golfers to the Olympic College Invitational held in Port Orchard, Wash. Senior Nick Nelson is UH's top individual at even par 144 after rounds of 73 and 71 and shares third place, four strokes behind leader Shawn Lu (73-67) of Oregon State. 
 
Also competing for UH are senior Trevor Hirata (80-84=164, t-35^th), junior Cole Yoshida (84-81=165. 37^th), and sophomore AJ Teraoka (93-91=184, 51^st). 
 
The Olympic College Invitational also wraps up with the final round on Tuesday.