Throughout the competition, the Blue and White never finished lower than third in the team standings. On the first day of play, the wind had an average speed of 15 mph with gusts as high as 30 mph. Despite the bad weather, the team finished the round just five strokes behind the leader, No. 9 Illinois Wesleyan, after shooting a field-best five under par on the back nine. The Titan’s 191 (+3) round was the preview’s lowest scoring effort, and No. 10 Wittenberg equaled it during the day’s final push.