CONCORD, N.H. -- Senior Joe Ensign is continuing his hot start to the 2024-25 year for Post University Men's Golf so far now two rounds deep into the Granite State Opener in Concord, New Hampshire which got underway with two rounds on Monday. Ensign, who finished second last week at the Franklin Pierce Fall Invitational, currently sits in a three-way tie for fifth place alongside Bruno Pardo of Dominican (N.Y.) and St. Thomas Aquinas' Tanner Little at three-under-par after 36 holes of golf. Southern New Hampshire's Andrew Suprenant and Merrimack College's Nerraj Shetty lead the field by four at eight-under-par ahead of Sam Maurice from the Penmen.

THE BASICS 
 
Team Results – 7th Out of 14 Teams (+18, 594)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED 
It was not a dominant start to the day for Ensign though as his first-round score came in at two-over-par which put him in 16th place overall before he turned things around with a five-under-par in the second round to leap up 11 spots to where he is now at three-under-par in a tie for fifth place. 

The same can be said about Ensign's teammate in sophomore Flo Schimek who also had a leap on the leaderboard from 16th place in round one after shooting two-over-par to a tie for 11th place after shooting one-under-par in round two to finish the day one-over-par. Senior Amal Jha had nearly identical rounds on day one with a four-over-par and then five-over-par finish to place him tied for 40th place at nine-over-par.

Playing in his first event of the season, sophomore Braden Shea improved his game as well, going from eight-over-par in round one to three-over-par in round two which helped him bump up six spots into a tie for 49th place by the end of the afternoon. Junior Miles Maresch rounded out the five golfers from Post with improving scores as well, going from 13-over-par to nine-over-par for a 22-over-par finish placing him in a tie for 71st place.

As a team, Post currently sits in the middle of the pack heading into Tuesday's final round at 18-over-par, but sits only six strokes back of third-place Adelphi University while Southern New Hampshire leads the field at three-under-par followed by Merrimack College's A Team in second at one-over-par.