PAYCON, Ariz. - The UT Arlington men's golf team is in first place after day one of the WAC Championship at The Golf Club at Chapparal Pines. 

Daniel Cronje's four-under par 68 leads the field by one stroke and set the pace for UTA during the opening 18 on the par-72, 6,947-yard layout. 

UTA's two-over par 290 gives the Mavs a two-shot lead over Grand Canyon (292), with Utah Valley (293) and Tarleton St. (295) in the top four.  

UTA will return to action Saturday beginning at 12:40 central time with live scoring available via BirdieFire. 

Day 1 Rankings / Scores 

1) Daniel Cronje: 4-under 68 

9) Cameron Beck: 1-over 73 

15) Arran Kanth: 2-over 74 

17) Hiroki Miya: 3-over 75  

48) Ethan Miller: 9-over 81  

1) UTA: +2 290 

INSIDE THE SCORES 

CRONJE 

• Cronje's torrid play continues with his third straight round at par or better, with his opening round score one off his career low. After an opening hole bogey, Cronje birdied the par-3 third and the par-4 fifth to shoot one-under on the first nine. Cronje carded seven straight pars before three consecutive birdies on the par-3 13th, par-5 14th, and par-4 15th.  He bogeyed the 16th before a par on 17th and a closing birdie on the par-4 18th. Cronje's six birdies is tied for the most in the field. 

BECK 

• Beck birdied the first two holes (par-4 first, par-5 second) to set the tone for his round. He birdied the par-3 eighth helping to offset a double bogey and bogey on the opening nine. Beck bounded back from a bogey on 13 to birdie 14 and 15. 

KANTH 

• Kanth birdied the par-4 third, the par-4 11th, and par-5 14th. He posted 12 pars and one bogey to negate two bogeys on the round.  

MIYA 

• Miya steadied himself after a slow start to the opening nine by shooting even par on the closing stretch. Miya carded his lone birdie on the par-4 10th and totaled 13 birdies on day one. 

MILLER 

• Miller birdied the par-4 second to highlight the round. He bounced back from a tough start by shooting four-over par over the final 11 holes. 

– #BuckEm – 

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