SUNRIVER, Ore.- Top-seeded UCLA shot a 5-under 283 and holds a one-stroke lead after the first round of the NCAA Division I Men’s West Regional at Sunriver Resort’s Crosswater Club. The Bruins were led by Travis Johnson’s first round 66, giving him a two-stroke lead over Toledo’s Justin Bertsch. Ninth-seeded New Mexico is alone in second-place at 4-under 284.

No. 2 Arizona State, No. 5 Brigham Young, No. 12 Toledo and No. 4 USC all sit in a third-place tie at 286. No. 15 San Diego State is 1-under and seventh, and third-seeded Arizona was the lone team at even-par 288 and stands in eighth place overall.

Pepperdine, the region’s tenth seed, fired a first-round 4-over 292 and is in ninth-place, while No. 8 Washington and No. 21 UC Riverside are knotted up in 10th-place at 5-over 293.

Johnson birdied six holes and tallied 12 pars to grab the first-round individual lead. Bertsch, who started on the tenth tee, followed an even-par front nine with four birdies on the back to pull within two strokes. Five players shot 3-under 69’s, while nine golfers trail by four at 2-under 70.

Pepperdine’s Randy Creighton carded one of the 70’s thanks to the day’s only eagle on a par four. Creighton found the cup in two on the par 4, 427-yard eighth hole to finish the round four strokes back.

The average score among all golfers was 75.11 while six players recorded eagles.

The second round tees off on Fri., May 21 beginning at 8:12 a.m. at Crosswater Club.