OKLAHOMA CITY - For the second time this fall, the Mid-America Christian University men's golf team took to the links in a field full of some of the best teams in NAIA golf. The Evangels headed to Gaillardia Country Club to take part in the 2018 Southern Plains Intercollegiate Championship hosted by Oklahoma City University, and over the 36 holes on day one, the Evangels had an up and down day.

MACU finished the first round in eighth place in the 11 team field, and when the second round was over, the Evangels has slipped to ninth after they posted a first day total of 645 (319-325). 

Isaac Maston and Gage Gibson led the Evangels in the first round, shooting 78 and 77, respectively. Kaden Upton (80) and Austin Davis (84) posted the other two counting scores in the first round, and Jake Reddington (89) rounded out the opening round scores for MACU. In the second round, Davis posted the low round for the Evangels, and he was the only sub-70 round for MACU in the final 18 holes of the day. Maston is currently the low score for MACU entering the final round, as he stands in a 35th place tie at 158 (77-80). Davis and Gibson ate tied for 44th at 161, Upton is tied for 49th at 165, and Reddington is 65th at 182.

The Event will wrap up on Tuesday with a final 18-hole round.