BATAVIA, Ohio - The IUPUI women's golf team carded an opening round 303 and leads the 13-team field at The Julie, hosted by Northern Kentucky at Elks Run Golf Course. The 13-team field includes six Horizon League foes as host NKU is second at 304 and Purdue Fort Wayne is third at 306. Green Bay is fourth overall at 307.
The Jaguars were solid throughout, staying at or near the top of the leaderboard throughout day one, which started in cold, windy temperatures, but ended under pleasant conditions.
Pape started well, making birdie on her first hole and getting to 2-under after a birdie on No. 5. She also made a pair of birdies on the back nine, tying atop the field with four for the day. Both she and sophomore
Yanah Rolston ended the day at 3-over 75 and are tied for fourth-place among the 82-player field.
Senior
Annaliese Fox shot 4-over 76 and was at 1-under 35 at the turn. Classmate
Shelby Busker shook off a slow start to end her round at 5-over 77, including a birdie on her final hole of the day. Junior
Nerea Lancho rounded out the lineup at 8-over 80.
Freshman
Nina Wojtczak also shot 80 while playing as an individual and sophomore
Reagan Sohn ended her day at 81. Sohn made eagle on her final hole of the round to make amends for a slow start.
A pair of players are tied atop the leaderboard at 1-over 73 heading into Tuesday's finale.
Tuesday's final round is slated to begin at 8:30 a.m.