BATAVIA, Ohio - IU Indianapolis women's golf freshman Li (Sherry) Xia finds herself in third-place among the 70-player field and the Jaguars are fourth of 12 teams after day one of the NKU Julie Invitational at Elks Run Golf Club on Monday (Mar. 23). Xia carded rounds of 73 and 75 and is four shots off the lead heading into Tuesday's final round. 

The Jaguars posted team scores of 320 and 317 and sit fourth among a tightly bunched field. IU Indy was forced to play four-count-four as senior Reagan Sohn was unable to finish her opening morning round due to injury. In her absence, Xia and company did enough to put themselves easily among the top half of the field. 

In the opening round, Xia led the way at 2-over 73 and senior Yanah Rolston carded an 81. Sophomore Cassidy Ayres shot 82 and freshman Olivia Aronhalt rounded out the scorers at 84. Sophomore Lexi Stuart paced the individual entries at 8-over 79 and Emma Frauhiger shot 82. 

In round two, both Xia and Rolston shot 4-over 75 to buoy the lineup. Rolston opened her round with 10 straight pars while Xia finished with eight straight of her own. Ayres checked in at 82 while Aronhalt shot 85. Both Stuart and Frauhiger turned in afternoon rounds of 83 apiece. 

Xia is second among the field with 24 pars and made a team-high three birdies on Monday. 

Oakland leads the team scoring at 599 and Green Bay is second at 621. The Jaguars trail host NKU by four shots heading into the final 18. Oakland's Olivia Hemmila and Lily Bargamian each ended the day tied atop the leaderboard at 2-over 144.

Teams will return to action at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday.