SPRINGFIELD - Sophomore Austin Snell was the lead performer for McNeese State during the opening day of the Southeastern Louisiana Carter Plantation intercollegiate golf tournament on Monday.

The Cowboy golfer posted a 36 hole total of 147 with rounds of 72 and 75 and he was tied for 21^st place heading into Tuesday's final 18 holes.

As a team, McNeese shot 306 and 307 for a 613 which put the Cowboys in 12^th place out of 13 teams.

Rice University was tops at 579 and that was one shot in front of UL-Lafayette and UNO.  Central Arkansas was next at 582 followed by host Southeastern at 586, UTA 587, Arkansas State 590, Jacksonville State 594, Sam Houston State 595, ULM and SFA 606, McNeese and Nicholls State 625.

Snell, a native of Mont Belvieu, TX, was making only his second start of the fall for the Cowboys.  He was the only McNeese player  among the top 30 players.

Corey  Halsell was next for McNeese and was tied for 38^th at 77-74-151 while Ben Suarez shot 78-79---157 for 60^th place, Derek Bonvillain had 79-79-158 for a tie for 61^st and David Wiggins shot 83-82-165 for 73^rd place.

Andrew Noto of UL-Lafayette was the individual leader with a four under par 140 (71-69) while Steven Lecuyer of Central Arkansas was second at 141 (69-72).