YORKTOWN, Ind. - The IU Indianapolis women's golf team carded rounds of 313 and 303 on a steamy opening day of the Brittany Kelly Classic at The Players Club at Woodland Trails on Monday (Sept. 15) and is fifth among the eight-team field. Host Ball State leads the way at 587, followed by Dayton (601) and Indiana Wesleyan (603). 

"I'm really proud of the progress these girls have shown from our first tournament," Associate Head Coach Kara Blair said. "We left some putts out there and had a few trouble holes, but that's expected. We kept our game faces on and had some grit to keep pushing forward. 

"Our goal for tomorrow will be as simple as beating our round two score, just like we did in round one."

Freshman Li (Sherry) Xia had an impressive collegiate debut on Monday with back-to-back rounds of 2-over 74 and is tied for seventh among the 50-player field. 

Emma Frauhiger, Lexi Stuart and Yanah Rolston all ended their day tied for 28th at 157 and freshman Olivia Aronholt finished Monday at 161 (86-75). Sophomore Alexandra Chiew posted rounds of 90 and 91 while playing as an individual. 

Xia was 1-under for much of her opening round before ultimately closing at 2-over. Both Stuart and Frauhiger chimed in with rounds of 79 and Rolston was countable at 81. 

Like the morning round, Xia got to 1-under again after starting with 10 straight pars before making birdie on the par-4, No. 10. She finished her second round with a team-best 74. Aronhalt played a clean round of 75, mixing 15 pars with three bogeys in a 3-over effort. Rolston was countable at 76 while both Frauhiger and Stuart finished at 78. 

The Jaguars lead the field with 114 pars, but made just nine birdies on the day. Xia is tied for the tournament lead with 28 pars after 36 holes. 

Play is slated to resume at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday.