ELKHORN, Neb. — The Concordia-St. Paul women's golf team wrapped up round one at the Indian Creek Shootout this afternoon. CSP finished the day with a collective score of 316 (+28) at the Indian Creek Golf Club to end the day in a tie for third place.
Addi Wood paced the Golden Bears effort with a 73 (+1) opening round, ending the day in a tie for first place atop the individual leaderboard. Wood's opening round included three birdies, all of which came on the front nine, where the sophomore carded a 36. On the back nine Wood made par on eight holes to close out the round with a total of 12 to cap the opening round.
Junior Ella Matzke shot a 79 (+7) in round one, finishing the afternoon in a tie for 13th place. Matzke tallied a total of 11 pars in round one, while shooting a 40 on the front nine and a 39 on the back nine.
Freshman Lexi O'Donnell ended round one with a score of 82 (+10), closing out the round in a tie for 21st place. O'Donnell's round was highlighted by back-to-back birdies in holes six and seven for a total of two in the opening round.
Mila Jenniges carded an 82 (+10) as well, finishing in a tie with O'Donnell for 21st place. Jenniges opened the first round with six consecutive pars, before mixing in a birdie on hole eight.
Hattie Hemthong rounded out the CSP five with an 82 (+10) as well, notching a birdie on hole three and adding in eight pars.
Freshman Addy Timm competed independently, shooting a 94 (+22) with one birdie on hole 10.
Nebraska-Kearney ended the opening round atop the team leaderboard with a score of 312 (+22) to hold a four stroke lead on second place Augustana with a score of 316 (+26).
The Lopers individual leader is Claire Berquist who shot a 73 (+1) in round one to end the day in a tie with Wood for the top spot on the individual leaderboard. Both golfers have a two stroke lead on the rest of the field entering the final round of competition.
The final round of play gets underway tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. at the Indian Creek Golf Club in Elkhorn, Nebraska.
