CONOVER, N.C. – The University of Missouri-St. Louis men's golf team opened the 2015 NCAA DII Championships by carding a 294 on Monday and sits in 11th place in the 20-team field.
 
Nova Southeastern finished five-under par with a score of 279 on the 71-par, 7,021-yard course to lead the field at the Rock Barn Golf & Spa, putting a four-stroke difference between themselves and second-place Lynn (283).
 
UMSL sits one stroke ahead of Barry and two strokes ahead of Florida Southern and fellow Great Lakes Valley competitor Indianapolis, which are tied for 12^th.
 
All 20 teams and eight individuals will complete 54 holes of stroke play. Following the stroke play, an individual champion will be declared along with finishers 2-10. The top eight teams will then be placed into a bracket and seeded based on their 54-hole scores. Winning teams will advance to the semifinals and subsequently the finals to determine the 2015 national champion.
 
Sophomore Matt Barry led the Tritons with a one-under par 70, finishing with five birdies, including three straight on his back nine, and is tied for sixth place. Junior Anthony Cope shot a 73, while other UMSL scores include junior Colby Yates (75), sophomore Julien de Poyen (76) and freshman Markus Lindberg (79).
 
Central Missouri's Sam Migdal shot a 66 to pace all individuals and holds a two-stroke edge over Nova Southeastern's Oscar Lengden and Richard Mansell.

UMSL will tee off its second round tomorrow, beginning at 12:55 p.m. (EST).