ANN ARBOR, Mich. - IU Indianapolis women's golf senior Yanah Rolston carded an opening round 77 at the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional on Monday (May 11), opening the three-day tournament at the University of Michigan Golf Course. Rolston opened her round with a brilliant birdie and ultimately avoided big numbers throughout the round in her first career postseason appearance.

Starting on No. 10 in the final group of the day, Rolston knocked her initial approach shot of the day within a foot for a tap-in birdie on her first hole of the day.  

She gave back a shot with a bogey on the par 3, No. 12 to begin a stretch of three straight bogeys. She closed her opening nine with four straight pars, including a nifty chip on No. 18 to setup an easy putt. 

She made a fifth straight par on the long, par 5 No. 1 before making bogey on the tough No. 2. Rolston continued to avoid trouble down the homestretch of her round, including multiple tough recoveries that resulted in bogeys. 

No. 32 Northwestern and No. 29 Ohio State are tied atop the team leaderboard at 5-under 279 and No. 2 USC is third at 2-under 282. Northwestern's Ashley Yun and USC's Elise Lee are tied atop the individual leaderboard after shooting 5-under 66 on Monday.