SANTA CRUZ, Calif. – University of Hawai'i's Blaze Akana and Josh Hayashida each shot 3-over 73 in the first round of the 77^th Western Intercollegiate Monday at the Pasatiempo Golf Club.
 
Akana was 1-under par through 12 holes before posting bogey-double-triple on holes Nos. 13-15 to drop to 5-over. But the senior battled back and closed with birdies in his final two holes. Hayashida was 2-over at the turn, then posted only one bogey to finish 3-over for the day. The duo are currently tied for 41^st.
 
As a team, the Rainbow Warriors are in 13^th place at 375. Arizona is the only team under par after a first round 348. Stanford (354) is six strokes back followed by Washington (355), California and Oregon (356).
 
UW's Taehoon Song is the individual leader at 4-under 66 while teammate Petr Hruby is one stroke back along with Arizona's Sam Sommerhauser and Texas' Nathan Petronzio.
 
Also competing for the Rainbow Warriors are Dane Watanabe (74; t-50^th), Kolbe Irei (77; t-74^th), Tyler Ogawa (78; t-80^th), and Isaiah Kanno (84; 95^th).
 
Round 2 is scheduled for Tuesday with tee times beginning at 8:04 a.m. PT. UH is paired with UC Irvine and are scheduled to tee off at 8:40 a.m. PT.
 

13	Hawai'i	375
T41	Blaze Akana (1)	73
T41	Josh Hayashida (3)	73
T50	Dane Watanabe (4)	74
T74	Kolbe Irei (2)	77
T80	Tyler Ogawa (6)	78
95	Isaiah Kanno (5)	84