BATON ROUGE, La. (2/26/21) – A first round 7-over par 295 has the Arkansas State men's golf team fourth among 15 teams after the first round of the LSU Invitational at the University Club in Baton Rouge, La.

A-State is two strokes behind leader Illinois (+5), tied with Vanderbilt for fourth. Georgia and Tennessee are tied for second at 6-over par 294. The Red Wolves are among eight teams in the field ranked inside the top-25 of the Golfweek Collegiate Rankings.

Luka Naglic led the Red Wolves in round one, turning in an even-par 72 for the round. Naglic enters Saturday's second round tied for seventh individually. Julien Sale is tied for 11th after a 1-over par 73. Michael Weppernig is playing as an individual and is tied for 16th at 2-over par 74. Zan Luka Stirn and Adam Thorp each shot a 3-over par 75 to tie for 27th while Jack Madden is tied for 51st at 5-over par 77.

The second round tees off at 8:30 a.m. Saturday with the third and final round to follow on Sunday. Live scoring for the event is available on GolfStat.com. For the latest on A-State men's golf, follow the team on Twitter (@AStateMGolf), Facebook (/AStateGolf) and Instagram (@astatemensgolf).