The Bulldog men and women have started strong at the Dayton Flyer Invitational as both teams hold the team lead after the opening day of play.
Play was cut short Monday due to darkness, with the second round set to resume Tuesday morning prior to the final 18.
Both teams feature the top name on the individual leaderboard as well with
Addi Kooi in first place on the women's side and
Logan Sutto tied for first in the men's tournament after the first day of play.Â
The Butler women hold a 16-stroke lead over Eastern Kentucky and the Butler men have a six-stroke advantage over Ball State.Â
Kooi holds a six-stroke lead over her teammate
Treva Dodd in the individual standings. Kooi opened the tournament with a 68 (-2) and is 3-under through 17 holes of the second round. Dodd is even-par overall and in second place individually, with a 71 (+1) in the opening round and is 1-under through 17 holes for the second round.Â
Samantha Von Rohr is tied for fifth following a four-under 66 in Tuesday's final round. Her afternoon featured six birdies. She is at three-under 143 after 36 holes.
The Butler Women:
1)
Addi Kooi, 68-62 (through 17 holes)–130 (-6)
2)
Treva Dodd, 71-65 (through 17 holes)–136 (E)
T5)
Samantha Von Rohr, 77-66–143 (+3)
T8)
Brooklynn Bohnert (IND), 73-68 (through 17 holes)– 132 (+4)
T14)
Kylie Eaton, 76-66 (through 17 holes)–142 (+6)
T19)
Rachel Johnson, 78-70–148 (+8)
T36)
Ashley Freitas (IND), 75-73 (through 17 holes)–148 (+12)
Sutto is tied for first at 5-under par midway through his second round. Sutto carded a one-over 70 in the opening round but found red numbers throughout the afternoon. He is 12 holes into his second round and has an eagle and four birdies already on his scorecard. Sutto is tied with Jack Callahan of Miami (Ohio) with Callahan also through 12 holes of his second round.
Nick Vilela and
Nicholas Brooks are both tied for seventh at 2-under par when play was suspended for the day.
The Butler Men:
T1)
Logan Sutto, 70-42 (through 12)—112 (-5)
T7)
Nick Vilela, 69-46 (through 12)—115 (-2)
T7)
Nicholas Brooks, 69-46 (through 12)—115 (-2)
T29)
Johnny Leaman, 72-52 (through 13)—124 (+3)
T40)
Jacob Tarkany, 71-55 (through 13)—126 (+5)
T47)
Johnny Creamean (IND), 75-57 (through 14)—132 (+6)
T79)
Luke Kruger (IND), 81-53 (through 13)—134 (+13)
T83)
David Krusinski (IND), 84-49 (through 11)—133 (+18)
85)
Ethan Blomme (IND), 83-62 (through 14)—145 (+19)
The Bulldogs will resume play Tuesday with the completion of the second round before teeing off in the third and final round. The men will begin play at 9 a.m., while the women are scheduled to start at 10 a.m.