AUBURN, Ala. – Mike Crowley had pars on his final 13 holes Monday and shot 1-under 71 at the Auburn University Club to tie for 10^th after the first round of the NCAA Auburn Regional.
 
Loyola University Maryland is 12^th as a team at 12-over par through 18 holes in the tournament that features nine teams ranked in the nation's top-50 teams.
 
Crowley opened his day with a birdie on the Greyhounds' first hole, the par-4 10^th at the course. He then parred the 207-yard, par-3 11^th before a bogey on the 12^th hole set him back to level for the day.
 
He then had a par on the 13^th hole before birding the 498-yard, par-4 14^th hole to get back to 1-under. From there, it would be all pars for the graduate student as he went out in 1-under 35 before shooting even-par 36 on the 7,607-yard course's front nine.
 
Crowley tied with Arkansas-Little Rock's Rhett South and Auburn's Josiah Gilbert for the day's lead in pars with 15.
 
Gustavo Rangel finished the day tied for 46^th at 2-over par, while Jackson Roman and Eli Spaulding are tied for 66^th and 70^th, respectively, at 5- and 6-over par. Garrett Kessler is 75^th after an 85 on Monday.
 
Auburn, the No. 1-ranked team in the nation, leads the event at 13-under par, while No. 13 UCLA is 5-under and No. 25 Georgia Tech is 4-under.
 
The Greyhounds will play with competitors from Oregon and College of Charleston in Tuesday's second round, starting with tee times at 8:55 a.m. (CDT).