KEARNEY, Neb. — The Concordia-St. Paul women's golf team completed round one of the UNK Central Region Preview on Sunday afternoon. The Golden Bears ended the day with a team score of 319 (+35) at the Meadowlark Hills Golf Club. CSP ended the day in 18th place through 18 holes of play at the three-round tournament.
Addi Wood is CSP's individual leader through one round of play after carding a 76 (+5) on Sunday afternoon, ending the day in 38th place. Wood birdied twice in the opening round on holes two and six, shooting a 38 on the front nine and 38 on the back nine.
Junior Ella Matzke shot a 78 (+7) in round one, with one birdied on the par three 15th hole. Matzke tallied a total of 10 pars in the opening round to sit in a tie for 58th place through 18 holes of play.
Hattie Hemthong shot a 80 (+9) to open the tournament, ending the day in a tie for 78th place. The freshman tallied one birdie in the opening round on the 450 yard, par five, second hole, while adding 10 pars to her scorecard as well.
The final scorer of the day for CSP was Lexi O'Donnell with a 85 (+14) in the opening round, to finish the day in 94th place. O'Donnell recorded 10 pars on the afternoon as well. Mila Jenniges rounded out the CSP five with an 85 (+14) as well, mixing in one birdie on the par five, second hole.
Host school Nebrska-Kearney ended the day in first place as a team with a 286 (+2) finish, with two Lopers finishing inside the top 10 individually. Minnesota State leads among NSIC teams with a 297 (+13) first round.
Jaylee Castro of Arkansas Tech ended the day as the individual leader with a 68 (-3) first round.
Round two of the Central Region Preview gets underway tomorrow morning at the Meadowlark Hills Golf Club in Kearney, Nebraska.