Neufeld's opening round 72 is her lowest round since shooting a season-best 70 back on Sept. 27 in the final round of the Badger Invitational.  She is tied for eighth after one day of play after carding her 64^th career round in the 70's.  Neufeld is three shots behind individual leader Brittany Penny of Grand Canyon, who fired a three-under par 69 and holds a one-shot lead on the field heading into Tuesday's second round. 

Sophomore Natalie Wisniewski (Williamsville, N.Y./South) carded a season-best 77 to open play and is tied for 31^st in the 82-person field.  Junior Kelly Amundrud (Calgary, Alberta/Strathcona Tweedsmuir) turned in an opening-round 78 for her team-leading 20^th round in the 70's.  Amundrud, who is the first player in program history with 20 or more rounds in the 70's in two different seasons, is tied for 43^rd overall.

Junior Erin Gorman (Rockford, Ill./Boylan) and senior Caitlin Deeken (California, Mo./California) finished the day tied for 68^th after both shot rounds of 82 Monday.  Freshman Ali Daly (Peosta, Iowa (Western Dubuque) is in the field as an individual and is tied for 77^th after a first-round 85.

Tournament-host and 86^th-ranked Northern Arizona shot a one-under par 287 to pace the 14-team field in the opening round.  Tarleton State is second at 293 and 64^th-ranked Indiana is third overall at 296.  Eastern Michigan and Grand Canyon finished the opening day tied for fourth at 298 and hold a three-shot lead on sixth-place Florida International (301).

Akron closed Monday's action in seventh (302) with Northern Colorado following in eighth at 306.  Bradley is three shots back in ninth at 309 and holds a two-shot advantage on 10^th-place British Columbia.  McNeese State finished the day in 11^th at 314, while 98^th-ranked Montana is 12^th in the standings at 315.  Weber State and Portland round out the field in a tie for 13^th at 321.

The Braves continue play in the three-day, 54-hole event Tuesday with one round of play beginning at noon (CDT).