GOODYEAR, Ariz. – Eli Spaulding and Mike Crowley shot 2- and 1-under par, respectively, on Sunday, leading the Loyola University Maryland golf team during the first day of the 13^th edition of the Loyola Intercollegiate at Palm Valley Golf Club.
 
The pair combined for six birdies and 28 pars on the 7,015-yard, par-72 course as the Greyhounds finished the opening 18 holes tied for fifth out of 19 teams at 2-under par.
 
Spaulding had just one blemish on his Sunday card, a double-bogey – on his second hole of the day, the par-3 eighth hole – but he got back to level three holes later after birdies at the ninth and 11^th holes.
 
He continued his day with birdies on the 14^th and second holes along with 11 more pars to shoot 2-under 70, good for tied for 14^th individually.
 
Crowley started with seven-straight pars during the round before birding the 525-yard, par-4 14^th hole. He dipped to 2-under during the first round with a birdie on the 18^th hole, but he came back to 1-under where he finished after a bogey on the second.
 
The graduate student is tied for 21^st after 18 holes.
 
Dustin Stocksdale played his last 10 holes at 1-under par with a birdie on the second hole and nine other pars to finish at even-par and tied for 30^th as an individual.
 
Jackson Roman and Gustavo Rangel both shot 1-over 73 on Sunday and are tied for 45^th to round out the Greyhounds' scoring. Lorenzo Sanz shot 2-over 74 and is tied for 66^th while playing as an individual.
 
Richmond leads the team standings by three strokes after shooting 11-under 277 as a team. The Spiders are followed by Middle Tennessee, Tennessee-Martin, Marshall and Boise State. Marshall's Ryan Bilby leads the individual race after a 9-under 63.
 
The second round will commence with a shotgun start at 7:45 a.m. (MST); Loyola will play with competitors from Toledo, Richmond and North Dakota State.