Paradise Island, Bahamas — In the first round of the White Sands Bahamas NCAA Invitational, Saint Mary's shot 7-under as a team and sits in fifth place following Friday's opening round.
The start of the tournament was delayed nearly four hours, after a morning storm came through the islands, dropping nearly four-inches of rain on the Ocean Club Golf Course.
Saint Mary's started the round on the tougher side of the course, the front nine, and battled through windy conditions early on. Once the rain and wind stopped, the Gaels picked up some clutch birdies down the stretch to sit in the middle of the pack of the leaderboard.