PORTAGE, Mich. - Sophomores Olivia Aronhalt and Li (Sherry) Xia led the way for the IU Indianapolis women's golf team at the Bronco Fall Classic on Monday (Oct. 12) as the Jaguars finished the day in third-place among the four team field. IU Indy carded rounds of 307 and 309 at Moors Golf Club ahead of Tuesday's final round. 

Both Aronhalt and Xia are tied for ninth overall at 9-over 153 and junior Cassidy Ayres sits at 10-over 154. 

"My ball striking was strong all day but I struggled to get the putts to fall early on," Aronhalt said. "I kept hitting greens and eventually the putter came around."

In the morning round, Xia shot 2-over 74 as the team's low number while Ayres and freshman Janelle Garcia shot 5-over 77. Aronhalt capped the lineup at 7-over 79 and senior Nina Wojtczak shot 10-over 82. Freshman Emma Frauhiger shot 7-over 79 as an individual in her morning round, including ripping off six straight pars midway through the round. Aronhalt, Ayres and Xia each made a pair of birdies in round one and Garcia and Wojtczak had one each. Xia was at even par for much of her first round before closing with back-to-back bogeys. 

Aronhalt paced the Jaguars with a 2-over 74 in round two while Ayres shot 5-over 77. Xia and Garcia notched rounds of 7-over 79 and Wojtczak shot 8-over 80. Frauhiger followed up her morning 79 with a second round 84. 

Xia had a team-high three birdies in round two while Aronhalt had two along with 13 pars. Xia's five birdies on Monday tied for fifth among the field while Aronhalt tied for ninth with four. 

Host Western Michigan leads the team scoring at 592 and Butler is second at 598. WMU's Danielle Daniy is atop the leaderboard at 3-under 141. 

Play will conclude on Tuesday, beginning with a 9:00 a.m. shotgun start.