BOULDER CITY, Nev. - The IU Indianapolis women's golf team carded rounds of 311 and 308 as the Jaguars opened play at the Jackrabbits Invitational at Boulder Creek Golf Club on Monday (Mar. 16). Freshman Li (Sherry) Xia paced the Jags with rounds of 75 and 74 and is tied for 25th among the 63-player field. 

UNLV leads the team scoring at 8-under 568 while Morehead State is second at 577. The Jaguars are ninth overall at 619, trailing eighth-place CSU Northridge by five shots heading into Tuesday's finale. 

In the morning round, Cassidy Ayres and Xia led the way, each carding rounds of 75. Ayres got off to a hot start, making birdie on two of her first three holes of the day and staying at par for the bulk of the round. A late double bogey and bogey on her final hole pushed her score to 3-over 75. Xia also had a pair of early birdies help buoy her round of 3-over 75. 

Freshman Olivia Aronhalt had a team-high three birdies in round one, making all three in a four-hole span, as part of a 6-over 78. Senior Reagan Sohn rounded out the scoring four at 83 and Emma Frauhiger posted a 97. Sophomore Lexi Stuart carded a round of 88 while playing as an individual. 

The Jaguars started well in round two as both Xia and Sohn made two early birdies and Aronhalt made birdie on her first hole of the round. Xia stayed under par for the majority of the round before giving back a stroke with a bogey on No. 9 and a double bogey on No. 11 to close at 2-over 74. Sohn closed at 4-over 76 and Aronhalt shot 5-over 77, playing her final four holes of the round to 1-under. 

Ayres shot 9-over 81 and Frauhiger finished at 85. Stuart registered a round of 82 in the afternoon 18. 

Xia is tied for 25th overall at 5-over 149 and Aronhalt is tied for 41st at 155. 

Three players are tied atop the leaderboard at 5-under 139, including the UNLV duo of Foong Zi Yu and Pin Hsi Chen and Morehead State's Amelia Greenlee. 

The Jaguars will wrap up play on Tuesday (Mar. 17), beginning at 8:00 a.m. PST (11 Eastern).