Bradley University Athletics

Women’s Golf Fifth After Day One At Rio Verde

Barathwaj Rudraboina

Rio Verde Live Scoring & Results

Women's Golf 2/23/2018 10:48:00 PM

RIO VERDE, Ariz. – Bradley Women's Golf is fifth in the 17-team field after the opening round of play at the 16^th annual Rio Verde Invitational, paced by sophomore Taylor Ledwein and junior Frankie Saban who both carded first-round 77's Friday.

The Braves are just five shots off the lead, closing Friday's action fifth overall at 310. Little Rock is atop the team standings at 305, followed by Akron (306), Seton Hall (307) and Eastern Michigan (308) to round out the top four. Bradley has a one-shot advantage on sixth-place Arkansas State (311) heading into Saturday's second round and a three-shot edge on Wichita State and Missouri State, which are tied for seventh overall at 313.

Ledwein and Saban were the low performers for Bradley Friday, with the duo both shooting 77's at the par-72 Quail Run Golf Course at the Rio Verde Country Club. Ledwein extended her streak of consecutive sub-80 rounds to 26, while Saban turned in her 16^th sub-80 round of the season. The duo is tied for 24^th in the field, just two shots out of the top 10 and six back of individual leader Jacinta Pikunas of Akron (71).

Senior Ally Scaccia and junior Brooke Thompson shot 78's on the first day of competition and are tied for 34^th overall. Fellow junior Chloe Horton rounded out the team scoring for the Braves with an 83 and is tied for 63^rd in the field.

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