COLUMBIA, Mo. ? Junior Bari-Lynn Erais (Lethbridge, Alberta/Lethbridge Institute) is one of four Bradley players in the top 20 after two rounds of play, helping Bradley to fourth place in the 10-team field after one day of play at the Johnie Imes Invitational at the par-72 The Club at Old Hawthorne.
Erais is tied for ninth in the 60-person field after 36 holes, following rounds of 79 and 74 as she finished the day at 153. Freshman Breanne Neufeld (Coaldale, Alberta/Coaldale) is tied for 12th at 157, after shooting firing rounds of 80 and 77.
Freshman Caitlin Deeken (California, Mo./California) followed up a morning round of 81 with a season-best round of 79 and is tied for 18th at 160. Senior Rikki Sobel (Deerfield, Ill./Deerfield) is also tied for 18th at 160, shooting round of 83 and 77. Senior Whitney Cox (Edmonton, Alberta/Harry Ainlay) carded rounds of 86 and 82 and is tied for 38th at 168.
Freshman Amanda Mendrek (Galesburg, Ill./Galesburg) played as an individual and is tied for 51st at 174, after firing rounds of 85 and 89, in her first collegiate rounds.
Missouri is first heading into Tuesday's final round of play after shooting 595. Princeton is 22 shots behind Missouri in second place at 617, while Indiana is one shot behind Princeton in third place at 618. The Braves followed up a morning round of 323 with the second-lowest round in the afternoon (307) to finish the day in fourth at 630.
Wichita State is fifth at 644, while Memphis is sixth at 650. Northern Iowa is seventh in the standings at 653. Eastern Illinois is eighth overall at 665 with Drury (9th ? 666) and UMKC (10th ? 691) rounding out the field, respectively.
Bradley closes out play at the Johnie Imes Invitational Tuesday with one round of play. Live scoring and results are available at http://www.golfstatresults.com/public/index.cfm?tournament_id=1053
