WAHIAWA, Hawaii — The Auburn men’s golf team finished the opening round of the 2009 John Burns Intercollegiate in fifth place, following an opening round 283.

Junior Cole Moreland led all Tigers with a 5-under 67 to tie for fourth.  Senior Glenn Northcutt (69) is tied for 12th.  Freshman Kyle Kopsick shot a 71, freshman Jonathan Fly carded a 76 and freshman Will McCurdy shot a 77.

“We had some good top end scores,” said Auburn head coach Mike Griffin.  “Some of our first time players played like first timers. Tomorrow will be better for them. Just need to keep the low scores working, too.”

Arizona leads the tournament with a 12-under 276, followed by New Mexico (277), Arkansas (280), BYU (281), Auburn, Nevada (284), SMU (285), UC-Santa Barbara (285), Texas A&M (286), Colorado State (286), San Diego (287), UNLV (287), Denver (291), Hawaii (292), San Jose State (293), Hawaii-Hilo (298) and UTEP (298.

Second round action resumes today at 2 p.m.

Wolfe to join AU soccer team
Jessica Wolfe will join the Auburn soccer team in the fall of 2009, Auburn Head Coach Karen Hoppa announced on Wednesday.

Wolfe, originally from Hazel Green, is a 5’7” center-mid that plays for IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. She also has plenty of ODP experience as a member of the Region III 91 Pool, traveling for the Spain Tour in 2008, the same year she served as the team captain. With IMG, she has twice played on the Club Director’s League Championship team and also helped it to a 2008 Orange Classic and CASL Tournament championship.

“We are excited to add Jess to this class. Her experience with ODP and her training at IMG has prepared her to compete in the SEC,” Hoppa said. “She has great passion for the game, is a strong leader, and has an outstanding work rate. Her style of possession will fit in well at Auburn.”

Wolfe will join the eight women that signed NLI’s earlier this month with Auburn as incoming freshmen in the fall semester.