BARK RIVER, Mich. – The UNT men’s golf team began the new season with a third-place finish at the Island Resort Intercollegiate, which wrapped up play Monday afternoon.

With three returners and a pair of newcomers in the lineup, North Texas maintained a consistent level of play all weekend long as it shot at least three-under in every round. Sunday morning’s 282 marked UNT’s lowest score of the weekend and catapulted the Mean Green to their 12th top-three result under head coach Luke Calcatera.

North Texas completed the tournament at 13-under, just three strokes back of runner-up West Virginia. Meanwhile, Michigan ran away with the team title at 41-under.

In his first collegiate action, freshman Connor Bryce was UNT’s top finisher at five-under and in a tie for 11th place. Bryce made 14 birdies, tied for most on the team, and was under par in all three rounds with scores of 71-70-70. Fellow newcomer Arjun Singh Bhatia, a transfer from Long Island, also led the Mean Green charge at four-under. He placed T13 while matching Bryce with 14 birdies and a trio of par-or-better showings.

Another outstanding college debut came from Dion Regan, a freshman out of West Wales who competed as an individual. Regan carded a second-round 67, the lowest by any Mean Green player this weekend, en route to a top-15 placement on the leaderboard.

After nearly three weeks off, the Mean Green will continue their fall slate at the Argent Financial Classic on Sept. 27-29 in Choudrant, La.

Team Leaderboard

1. Michigan – 274-273-276-823 (-41)

2. West Virginia – 286-280-282-848 (-16)

3. UNT – 282-285-284-851 (-13)

Individual Leaderboard

1. RJ Arone, Michigan State – 66-67-69-202 (-14)

2. Spencer Shropshire, Michigan – 69-67-68-204 (-12)

T3. Vinny Cervantes, Marquette – 68-65-72-205 (-11)

T3. Samuel Baumuller, St. Mary’s – 66-67-72-205 (-11)

Mean Green Leaderboard

T11. Connor Bryce – 71-70-70-211 (-5)

T13. Arjun Singh Bhatia – 68-72-72-212 (-4)

T15. Dion Regan* – 75-67-71-213 (-3)

T27. Mitchell Maier – 71-70-75-216 (E)

T38. Rayhan Latief – 72-78-69-219 (+3)

T38. Blake Keen – 73-73-73-219 (+3)

*Competed as an individual