Clemson, S.C.—Kyle Cottam fired a one-under par 70, while Colby Patton and Jacob Bridgeman had even-par rounds of 71 to lead Clemson to an even-par 284 team score and a fifth-place standing after the first of three rounds of the NCAA Austin (Texas) Regional. The top five teams in the 14-team field competing in the 54-hole regional will advance to the NCAA National Championship Tournament in Fayetteville, Arkansas May 24-27.
Clemson is just six shots behind first0place Pepperdine and host school Texas, who had team scores of 278. The Tigers are six shots ahead of the fifth-place cutline.