The Illinois State womens golf team sits in seventh place after the first round of the Lady Kat Invitational, held September 13-15 in Lexington, Ky., at the Big Blue Course.
The Redbirds shot a 18-hole score of 309 to position them 19 strokes behind the first-place team, the University of Tennessee (290). ISUs Samantha Richdale was the leading golfer of the day, turning in a 3-over-par score of 75. She sits in the 13th-place spot after the first round. Her teammates, Ashlee Johnson (76), Albiona Zhubi (78), Ashlie Rose (80), and Katie Laehn (86) are scattered throughout the rest of the field of golfers, holding the places of 22nd, 32nd,47th and 78th, respectively.
The Birds will have a chance to improve their performance as there are two more rounds of golf to be played. Eighteen holes will be played on Saturday, September 14, and a final round of eighteen will conclude the tournament on Sunday the 15th.
Illinois State head coach,
Ray Kralis, was content with the way his team performed today in the tough field of competitors.
Today was a average day for us, we got off to a pretty shaky start on the front nine, said Kralis. But we bounced back and played strong on the back nine. All-in-all we have ourselves in a decent position to go out tomorrow and make a move. The girls are really confident and we are looking for a great day tomorrow.
