EL MACERO, Calif. — Casey Leebrick and Riley Bell each shot under-par rounds of 71 and Gabriel Smith and Zach Mate finished even to lead the Sacramento State men's golf team to a first round score of 286 at the El Macero Classic on Friday. The Hornets are tied for eighth place and are just four strokes back of LMU which holds the lead at 6-under.

Leebrick and Bell each posted five birdies during the opening round to get to 71. Leebrick overcame a double-bogey on No. 10 to start his round with birdies on Nos. 11, 14 and 15 to get to even. He remained there until a birdie on the par-5 fifth dropped him to 1-under and he closed with four straight pars.

Bell was 3-under through his first eight holes with the help of birdies on Nos. 11, 13 , 15 and 17. A bogey on N0. 18 was answered two holes later by a birdie on the par-5 second. After three pars, he traded bogeys and pars over the final four holes.

Smith had bogeys on his first two holes of the round but those proved to be his only ones of the day. After six straight pars, he birdied the par-5 18th and returned to even with a birdie on No. 2. He stayed even for the rest of the round with seven pars on his final holes.

Mate was even on both sides of the course with a birdie and a bogey on each nine. He stood at 1-over after a bogey on No. 2 and stayed there until the ninth hole where he was the only Hornet to card a birdie during the round.

Jeffrey Perry shot 76 to round out the Hornet lineup. Perry had three birdies and six bogeys during the day.

Sacramento State will start the second round off the first tee beginning at 8:40 a.m. The Hornets will be paired with Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State and Denver on Saturday. The tournament concludes on Sunday.


EL MACERO CLASSIC
El Macero, Calif. | El Macero CC
Par 72 | 7,127 Yards

Team Standings
1. LMU 282
T2. San Diego 283
T2. UCLA 283
T4. San Francisco 284
T4. Denver 284
T6. Long Beach State 285
T6. Cal State Fullerton 285
T8. Sacramento State 296
T8. Santa Clara 286
10. Fresno State 289
11. Grand Canyon 290
12. North Texas 291
T13. Cal Poly 292
T13. UC Davis 292
15. Washington State 294
T16. California 295
T16. SeattleU 295
18. Pacific 301
19. UC San Diego 304
20. Idaho 309

Individual Top Five
1. Matthew Anderson, USF, 64
T2. Carson Griggs, DEN, 67
T2. Andi Xu, USD, 67
T2. Isaac Rodea, LBSU, 67
T5. Riley Lewis, LMU, 68
T5. Julien Paltrinieri, SCU, 68
T5. Trevor McNary, CSF, 68

Sacramento State Scores
T15. Casey Leebrick 71
T15. Riley Bell 71
T22. Gabriel Smith 72
T22. Zach Mate 72
T70. Jeffrey Perry 76