CARBONDALE, Ill. - Opening the weekend at the Saluki Invite, the University of Evansville women's golf team impressed in the first round at Hickory Ridge Golf Course in Carbondale, Ill.

In the opening round, Evansville recorded a 313 as a team, placing the Aces in third among the 14-team field. Evansville sits 14-strokes back of leader and tournament-host Southern Illinois with Indiana State in second a team-total of 305.

Leading the Aces in the first round was Sophia Rohleder, who finished with a four-over 76. Rohleder's opening round was just six-strokes off the pace of the tournament lead and placed Rohleder in a tie for sixth.
 

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First Round Team Results - First Round Individual Results

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Two Aces tied one another with 77s in the opening round as Sydney Anderson and Madison Chaney both sit in a tie for 10th. Another pair of Evansville student-athletes are tied for 37th. Alyssa McMinn and Caitlin O'Donnel, who is competing as an individual, each tallied an 83 in the first round.

Sitting just two strokes behind the duo of McMinn and O'Donnel is Lexie Sollman after carding a first-round 85, placing Sollman in a tie for 48th midway through the comeptition.

Evansville closes the Saluki Invite with the final round on Monday morning with teams teeing off at 9:00 a.m.
 

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