Day #1 Results (.pdf) I
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HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS, Fla. - The IUPUI women's golf team posted an opening round 311 on the Las Colinas Course at Mission Inn Resort on Sunday (Apr. 21) and is tied with Oakland for the top spot heading into Monday's second round. The two teams lead third-place Cleveland State by seven strokes and fourth-place Youngstown State by 10 shots.
Horizon League Women's Golfer of the Year
Marion Debove and freshman
Kara Blair are part of a three-way tie for fourth place at 3-over 76 and sophomore
Amelie Svejda is tied for eighth at 5-over 78.
Debove and Blair paced the Jaguars' lineup on Sunday, but got there in drastically different ways. Debove's putter got hot and she rolled in five birdies to lead the field on the day. However, a triple bogey on the long par-5, No. 13 interrupted an otherwise strong back nine. Blair, on the other hand, was 3-over at the turn after a birdie on No. 9 and proceeded to make nine straight pars on the back nine. Blair was second among the field with a team-high 13 pars on her scorecard.
Svejda's putter warmed up as the round wore on as she made late birdies on Nos. 14 and 16 to bring her round in at 78.
Nicole Howard, who admittedly struggled with her short game on Sunday, rounded out the scoring four with an 81.
Sophomore
Reece Malapit shot an 82, but was solid with 10 pars. The Ball State-transfer struggled to score the ball though and went without a birdie in round one.
Oakland's Veronica Haque and Maddie Zach and Cleveland State's Madison Butler are tied atop the leaderboard at 2-over 75.
IUPUI will be paired with Youngstown State again on Monday and begin tee times at 7:30 a.m.
