SAVANNAH, Ga. - Dan Michalek (Mount Airy, Md./Mount St. Joseph) stands in 17th place after the first round of the Lonnie Barton Invitational to lead the Mount St. Mary's men's golf team to a seventh-place standing on Monday.

Michaelek shot a 78 in the first round of the Mount's first event of the spring to sit seven strokes behind the current leader.

Tonny Aizpun (Barcelona, Spain/Lycee Francais de Barcelone) (31st place, 81), Ray Hyre (Bowie, Md./Bowie) (31st place, 81), Devin O'Grady (Lancaster, Pa./Manheim Township) (31st place, 81) and Sage Smith (Denver, Colo./Brophy) (51st place, 86) rounded out the Mount's five competitors. Aizpun, who came to the Mount for the spring semester, is making his collegiate debut in the event.

High Point leads the two-day event with a score of 299, one stroke ahead of Sacred Heart (300) while Drexel (305), Fairfield (312) and Long Island (312) round out the Top-5 teams in the nine-team field. Mount St. Mary's sits in seventh place with a total of 321.

The Mount returns to action on Tuesday in the final round of the Lonnie Barton Invitational.