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EAST LANSING, Mich. - The IUPUI women's golf team carded an opening round 316 on day one of the NCAA East Lansing Regional and finds itself looking up at the field heading into Tuesday's second round at Forest Akers West. The Jaguars' second nine, which was played in a cool, light drizzle, was problematic after the team was 13-over at the turn.
Horizon League Player of the Year
Marion Debove was the Jaguars' top performer on day one, carding a first round 74 in less than pristine conditions.
Debove made a personal move after the turn, making three birdies in a five hole stretch to get to 1-under after she played the opening nine to 1-over. However, a late double bogey and a bogey on the long par-5, No. 8 pushed her to 2-over. She rebounded with a par on the par-3 No. 9 and is tied for 29th among the 96-player field.
Kent State's Pimnipa Panthong is atop the leaderboard at 4-under 68 and Michigan State's Haylin Harris is alone in second after a 3-under 69 on her home course. Kent State leads the team standings after a 6-under 282 while Arizona is second at 2-over 290. The top six teams and top three individuals will advance to the NCAA Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., later this month.
Sophomore
Nicole Howard posted a 7-over 79 and freshman
Kara Blair finished at 9-over 81. Both made a pair of birdies on day one while the former also made 10 pars. Sophomore
Sloane Winders, who replaced classmate
Reece Malapit in the lineup for postseason play, rounded out the Jaguars' scoring four at 82.
Sophomore
Amelie Svejda ended her round with an 84, but was even through her first eight holes of the day. A quadruple bogey on No. 18 tipped the momentum against her and she made another quad on No. 2, extending her to 8-over.
The Jags finished the day in the middle of the field in par-3 scoring, but found the long tees and high grass in the rough a little tougher as IUPUI was towards the bottom of the team scoring on par-4's and par-5's.
Day two will begin at Michigan State's Forest Akers West Course at 10:00 a.m. with IUPUI being paired with Harvard and Long Beach State for the second round. Live results will be available throughout on IUPUIJags.com and GolfStat.
