ECU Men's Golf Tied For Sixth After Day One Of Rees Jones Intercollegiate Redshirt sophomore Al Dickens tied for second at 2-under at Haig Point on Daufuskie Island, SC

DAUFUSKIE ISLAND, S.C. - East Carolina's Al Dickens fired a 2-under par 70 Sunday to lead the Pirates into a tie for sixth-place after 18 holes of competition at the Rees Jones Intercollegiate being held at the Haig Point Club. Dickens is tied for second place on the par-72, 7,380-yard course layout.
As a team, the Pirates, who teed off on hole No. 10, find themselves tied with 20th-ranked South Carolina at 10-over 298. With its total, ECU is two strokes back of UNC Wilmington (+8) and seven strokes behind Charlotte and No. 43 Liberty (+3) for third place. USF (-2) occupies the top spot followed by Kennesaw State (+2) in second.
Dickens pared the first 15 holes before recording back-to-back birdies on No.7 and 8 and posting his 16th birdie on the ninth green to complete his round. It was the first subpar round of his five tournament collegiate career. Dickens ended the day tied with Kennesaw State's Chris Guglielmo and Charlotte's Raoul Menard for second two strokes back of USF's Chase Koepka.
ECU senior Eric Brady bounced back from a disappointing performance on the back nine, to shoot 1-under on the front nine and finish his day tied for 32nd at 3-over 75. He posted three birdies with five pars on his final nine holes after bogeying his opening hole and then carding a double bogey on 12 and 13. He shot a collective 2-under on the final 14 holes of his round.
Meanwhile, Pirate senior Ryan Eibner shot 4-over in his first round of the season, carding a 76. He was even through nine holes before shooting 4-over over the last nine holes. Redshirt freshman Josh Chandler ended his day with a 5-over 77 with sophomore George Kilgore posting a 7-over 79.
Playing as an individual, Jacob Hicks carded 4-over 76 to complete the first round tied with Eibner for 36th.
The Rees Jones Intercollegiate resumes on Monday with second round action, as ECU is scheduled to tee off with Charleston Southern and Georgia State in a shotgun start, beginning at 8:50 a.m. Live scoring is available on GolfStat.com.

Updates from the Daufuskie Island Newpaper. "The Front Porch"

From the Daufuskie Island Conservancy:
The Daufuskie Island Conservancy and Haig Point Environmental Committee will partner this year with the  SC Sea Grant Consortium to participate in an Annual Beach and River Sweep throughout the coastal areas of South Carolina. The event on Daufuskie will take place on Saturday, September 28th at 10:30a.m. to coincide with low tide on the beaches. Volunteers would be appreciated. We will assign clean up areas and provide supplies.
For more information and to volunteer, please contact Eileen Pojednic @ 842-6770 or email at erpojednic@aol.com. Many thanks.
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From the Daufuskie Island Elementary School:
Target is giving away money to schools just for getting votes online. We have until September 21, 2013 for people to vote for our school. Just go to www.facebook.com/target  to vote.  Once you go the Facebook site, type in Daufuskie Elementary School or 29915. Then click the VOTE button.  It is as simple as that. Please forward this to anyone who you know that will vote for us. Target is giving away $1 for every vote we get for our school. No strings attached so please vote this week and next!
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From the Daufuskie Front Porch:
A heartfelt thanks to all the donors, volunteers and participants who helped make the Front Porch’s 2nd Annual 5K a great success. Congratulations to J.O Hinchey, Meaghan Loftus and Maura Egan!