Trey Herman advances to the round of 32 at the Kansas Amateur at Mission Hills Country Club. The former Hays High and current Fort Hays State Tiger defeated Joe Lambert of Overland Park 3-and-2 in the first round of match play Thursday.

Herman will now face Grant Grego from Lee’s Summit, Missouri Friday morning. If he wins, he’ll have another match Friday afternoon.

Last year, Herman advanced to the semifinals before being eliminated.

Phillipsburg’s Doug Kaup and Russell’s Jordan Hecker both lost their match play openers. Kaup was defeated 4-and-3 by Overland Park’s Travis Mays and Hecker lost 5-and-3 to Alex Heinen of Edmond, Oklahoma.