The Basics
Tournament:
VSGA State Intercollegiate
Heritage Oaks Golf Club
Harrisonburg, Va.
Par 70, 6324 yards

The Lead: Alex Taylor fired a four under 66 to lead the field and help Roanoke to a third-place standing after day one of the 2015 VSGA State Intercollegiate Tournament in Harrisonburg.

How it Happened:

• Taylor holds a three shot lead over Ferrum's Brandan Bailey and Shenandoah's Evan Cooke.
• Andrew Butts posted a first-round score of 72 to end the first-round in 11^th place.
• The Maroons as a team combined to score a 212 which puts them nine strokes back of Ferrum who is atop the leader board and two back of Shenandoah which is in second-place.
• Nicklaus Norris is in 33^rd place after shooting a 76, while William Brown is eight over par in 44^th place.

Rank	Team	Total	Par
1.	Ferrum	283	+3
2.	Shenandoah University	290	+10
3.	Roanoke College	292	+12
4.	Randolph-Macon	293	+13
5.	Averett University	294	+14
	Virginia Wesleyan College	294	+14
7.	Bridgewater College	297	+17
	Hampden-Sydney	297	+17
9.	Lynchburg College	299	+19
10.	Virginia Union University	304	+24
11.	Eastern Mennonite	317	+37
12.	The Apprentice School	328	+48

Rank	Player	Team	Total	Par
1.	Alex Taylor	Roanoke College	66	-4
2.	Brandon Bailey	Ferrum	69	-1
	Evan Cocke	Shenandoah University	69	-1
4.	Samuli Ahvenoja	Averett University	70	E
	Keegan Howver	Ferrum	70	E
	Matthew McDonagh	Randolph-Macon	70	E
7.	Rhett Martin	Bridgewater College	71	+1
	Hall Rupert	Virginia Wesleyan College	71	+1
	Tuomas Tyry	Averett University	71	+1
	Jesse Wall	Ferrum	71	+1
11.	Andrew Butts	Roanoke College	72	+2
	Evan Cox	Virginia Wesleyan College	72	+2
	Brett Dubin	Shenandoah University	72	+2
	Nathan Hildebrand	Bridgewater College	72	+2