Day #1 Results 

MESA, Ariz. - The IUPUI women's golf team put up an opening round 322 as the Jaguars opened play at the 54-hole Clover Cup on Friday (Mar. 15). Facing one of the tougher courses and easily the toughest field of competitors on their schedule this season, the Jags sit 13th of 15 teams heading into Saturday's second round at Longbow Golf Club in Mesa, Ariz. No. 1 USC leads the field at 4-over 292 while Kentucky (298), Mississippi State (298), Oklahoma (299) and host Notre Dame (303) round out the top five. 

IUPUI is six shots back of both FIU and UNCG while leading Cincinnati by eight strokes after 18 holes. Sophomore Amelie Svejda led the Jaguars with an opening round 7-over 79 and freshman Kara Blair carded an opening round 8-over 80. Junior Marion Debove shot 9-over 81 and sophomore Sloane Winders rounded out the scoring four at 10-over 82. 

Sophomore Reece Malapit closed at 13-over 85. 

Svejda ended at 79 without benefit of a birdie, but did make six straight pars at one point during the round. She finished the day with a team-high 12 pars and avoided trouble for much of the round. Blair's day was highlighted by back-to-back birdies on Nos. 15 and 16 while Debove struggled, by her lofty standards, making no birdies and 12 pars. 

"My short game saved most of my round," Blair said. "That's not saying much, but it's definitely a difficult course."

Winders was the Jaguars' low scorer on the second nine of the day, playing it at 1-over with a pair of birdies after opening her round at 9-over at the turn. Malapit also struggled early in the day before improving as the round continued.

Amazingly, IUPUI was best among the 15-team field against the course's four par-3's, but last in scoring on the four par-5's. 

Kentucky's Leonie Bettel leads the field after a 5-under 67 and Houston's Leonie Harm is second at 1-under 71. 

IUPUI will be paired with Cincinnati and Western Carolina for the second round and will begin teeing off at 8:00 a.m. local (11 Eastern). Live results will be available on BirdieFire and a full recap and results will be posted to IUPUIJags.com immediately afterwards.