PADUCAH, Ky. – Two Drake Bulldogs are in the top-five including junior Silvester Tan in a tie for first after one round of the Missouri Valley Conference Championship in the Country Club of Paducah, in Paducah, Ky. (par-72, 7,014-yard) on Sunday, April 24. Drake currently sits in second place after shooting 298 (+10) combined and are only three back from the leading Southern Illinois Salukis (+7).
The story in the first round was the play of Tan, especially his play on the back nine. Finishing with a team-low 71 (-1) and in a tie for first with Southern Illinois' Matthis Besard, Tan put together some of his best golf of the season.