Freshman Sluman (69) best for Duke

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BRADENTON, Florida -- Freshman Jake Shuman shot a Duke freshman NCAA Championship record three-under 69 to pace Duke to a nine-over 297 on the opening day of the 2015 NCAA Championship for men.
 The Blue Devils used a strong finish to close the day 13th in the 30-team field at The Concession Golf Club (par 72, 7483 yards).
"In some ways early in the round this golf course punched us in the mouth but we punched back,” said head coach Jamie Green. 
"Each time you see this golf course you learn a little bit better on how to play it with confidence and how to play it boldly.
"Our guys got a little taste of that today and did a great job of finishing off the round and keeping us in the hunt."
Illinois posted the lone sub-par round Friday with a two-under 286 to grab the opening round lead. Georgia is two shots back with USC (289), San Diego State (290), LSU (292), Florida (293), Georgia Tech (293), South Florida (293), Texas (293) and UCLA (293) rounding out the top 10.
 SMU and TCU are tied for 11th at eight-over and followed by Duke (297), Charlotte (298), Florida State (298) and Oklahoma State (298). 
The top 15 teams after 54-holes of play advance to Monday's final round with the top eight teams after 72 holes moving on to the match-play portion of the NCAA Championship.
Shuman got off to a slow start with Duke opening play on the back nine Friday morning before blistering the front nine at The Concession Golf Club. The Needham, Mass., native suffered bogeys on No. 10, No. 12 and No. 15 to slip to three-over after six holes of play. He birdied the par 5 17th hole but still made the turn at +3 following a bogey on No. 18. 
Shuman kick-started his round with a tap-in eagle on the 580-yard, par 5 third hole and got back to even-par with a birdie on No. 5. Following a par on No. 6, he closed the day birdie-birdie-birdie for his ninth under-par round of the season. Shuman is tied for third overall, one shot back of Thomas Detry (Illinois) and Claudio Correa (South Florida).
Senior Turner Southey-Gordon and freshman Adam Wood are tied for 35th after posting one-over 73s in round one.
Wood played his first 10 holes in four-over with four bogeys and six pars before settling in. The Zionsville, Indiana, native collected his first birdie on No. 3 and birdies on No. 7 and No. 8 to get back to one-over for the round.
Sophomore Max Greyserman and junior Motin Yeung struggled to avoid big numbers Friday en route to rounds of 82 and 86. Greyserman carded three birdies on the day but also suffered three holes of double-bogey or worse scoring. 
Yeung had two birdies but four holes of double-bogey or worse scoring derailed his round.
"I am really proud and pleased for Turner, Adam and obviously Jake," continued Green.
 "The other guys are looking forward to tomorrow and a little bit of revenge. If you look at the leaderboard with all of the teams there were a couple of holes that reached out and bit some guys."
Joint individual leaders on four-under 68 are Thomas Detry (Illinois) and Claudio Correa (South Florida).
 Live scoring for the NCAA Championship is available at www.golfstat.com.

LEADING INDIVIDUAL SCORES
par 72
68 Thomas Detry (Illinois), Claudio Correa (S Florida)
69 Jake Shuman (Duke), Anders Albertson (Georgia Tech)

SELECTED SCORES
72 Paul Dunne (Alabama-Birmingham) (T24)
79 Ben Taylor (Louisiana State) (T125)
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