University of North Carolina freshman Dougie Ergood (Mount Laurel, N.J.) shot a season-best 4-under-66 and senior Joshua Martin (Pinehurst, N.C.) fired a 68 to lead the Tar Heels to an even-par 280 finish and fourth place after round one in the 2019 NCAA Stanford Regional.
The top five teams in the 15-team field after 54 holes will advance to the NCAA Championship in Fayetteville, Ark.
Carolina is six strokes behind Stanford, which had three players shoot 68 or better on its home course to lead the field after the opening 18 holes.