STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – First-year Tre Lesperance (Chadds Ford, Pa./Unionville) led the Lycoming College golf team with a 7-over-par 79 at the par-72, 6,605-yard Penn State University Blue Course during the first round of the Pennsylvania Classic on Saturday, March 28.
 
The Warriors finished the first day with a 45-over-par 333 to sit in a tie for 17^th with Thiel in the field of 21 teams. Allegheny leads the tournament after posting a 20-over-par 308, three strokes ahead of Pitt-Bradford.
 
Lesperance finished the day 31^st in the field of 120 golfers, as he was 3-over-par on the front nine and 4-over on the back, posting birdies on the par-5, 507-yard No. 9 and the par-5, 446-yard No. 18.
 
First-year Colby Seiler (Lewistown, Pa./Mifflin County) debuted with an 82 to finish the day in 51^st, notching eight pars and a birdie of the par-5, 608-yard No. 12. First-year Hill Meserve (Kennett Square, Pa./Unionville) posted a 13-over-par 85, birdying No. 9 and first-year Ryan Ault (Jersey Shore, Pa./Jersey Shore Area) rounded out the scoring four with a 15-over-par 87, birdying No. 12.
 
Junior Will Eberz (Stroudsburg, Pa./Stroudsburg) posted a 17-over-par 89, birdying No. 9 and the par-3, 182-yard No. 4.
 
The Warriors finish the Pennsylvania Classic on Sunday, March 29, when they tee off at 10 a.m.