TAZEWELL, Tenn. - Led by junior Chase Epting's opening-round two-under par 70, the Anderson men's golf team is in seventh place following Monday's action at the Lincoln Memorial Fall Invitational hosted at the 6,771yard, par-72 Woodlake Golf Course.

King College posted a 288 to lead the field after the first round, while host LMU was a stroke behind with 289, followed by Tusculum with 290 and the LMU Blue team with 291.

Cape Fear Community College and North Greenville University tied for fifth with 295 apiece, followed by Anderson, which sits just one shot out of fifth and only eight strokes off the pace. Lenoir-Rhyne (301) was in seventh, followed by Brevard and Catawba in eighth with 302 each. Limestone (304) was 11th, followed by Walters State (305), Tennessee Wesleyan (309) and Virginia-Wise (323). Hiwassee rounded out the field with a 339.

King's Josh Bamberger leads the field with a 67, one stroke ahead of Tusculum's Nick York and just three shots in front of Epting.
Jacob Yoon carded a two-over par 74 to grab a share of 21st, while freshman Arran Setro fired a first-round 75 and is tied for 29th. Another newcomer, Sean Shelton is two shots further back after an opening-round 77 and is in a tied for 43rd. Austin Carney posted a seven-over par 79 and sits in a tie for 48th heading into Tuesday's final round.

The teams are back on the course for final-round action on Tuesday.

Fin. Team Total Par
1 King........................... 288 E
2 Lincoln Memorial............... 289 +1
3 Tusculum....................... 290 +2
4 Lincoln Memorial Blue.......... 291 +3
t 5 Cape Fear...................... 295 +7
t 5 North Greenville............... 295 +7
7 Anderson....................... 296 +8
8 Lenoir-Rhyne................... 301 +13
t 9 Brevard........................ 302 +14
t 9 Catawba........................ 302 +14
11 Limestone...................... 304 +16
12 Walters State.................. 305 +17
13 Tennessee Wesleyan............. 309 +21
14 Virginia-Wise.................. 323 +35
15 Hiwassee....................... 339 +51

Fin. Player Team Total Par
1 Josh Bamberger....... King........................... 67 -5
2 Nick York............ Tusculum....................... 68 -4
t 3 Nick Carden.......... King........................... 69 -3
t 3 Josh Cornett......... Lincoln Memorial Blue.......... 69 -3
t 3 Clayton Woody........ Cape Fear...................... 69 -3
t 6 Brad Cline........... Catawba........................ 70 -2
t 6 Chase Epting......... Anderson....................... 70 -2
t 8 Danny Dippel......... North Greenville............... 71 -1
t 8 Casey Flenniken...... Tennessee Wesleyan............. 71 -1
t 8 Eric Kennedy......... Lincoln Memorial............... 71 -1
t 8 Sam Pressley......... Lenoir-Rhyne................... 71 -1
t 8 Corey Talley......... Lincoln Memorial............... 71 -1
t 13 Lucas Armstrong...... Walters State.................. 72 E
t 13 Elliot Blake......... Catawba........................ 72 E
t 13 Jamie Chapman........ Lincoln Memorial............... 72 E
t 13 Luke Fullen.......... Tusculum....................... 72 E
t 13 David Lee............ Lincoln Memorial Blue.......... 72 E
t 13 Richard Powell....... King........................... 72 E
t 21 Jacob Yoon........... Anderson....................... 74 +2
t 29 Arran Setro.......... Anderson....................... 75 +3
t 43 Sean Shelton......... Anderson....................... 77 +5
t 58 Austin Carney........ Anderson....................... 79 +7