Ferris State Women's Golf Tied For Eighth Place After Round One At NCAA East Regional

Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University women's golf team opened competition at the 2023 NCAA Division II East Regional Championships on Monday (May 8) and currently sits tied for eight overall following day one play in Springfield, Ill.

The Bulldogs shot a 319 team figure over the initial 18 holes of action at the Panther Creek Country Club and are tied with both Northern Michigan and Ohio Dominican. All three squads are only two strokes back of sixth place in the standings among the 15 competing schools.

Freshman Kamryn Shannon paced the Bulldogs with a 76 on Monday and is tied for 19th in the field. Meanwhile, Lizzie Anderson shot a 79 and is tied for 35th.

Both junior Alayna Eldred and sophomore Abby Grevel carded 82 scores in the opening round and are tied for 52nd in the field while Dani Staskowski did not record a score for FSU in round one.

Overall, Findlay holds the first-day lead with a 284 total followed by Indianapolis (286) and Wayne State (293) in the top three overall.

The Bulldogs are one of five squads from the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) to secure a postseason berth for the East Regional, which runs thru Wednesday (May 10). The regional championships are being hosted by the University of Illinois-Springfield.

This year's berth marks the Bulldogs' second-straight berth. A year ago, the Bulldogs placed 11th at the East Regional Championships in their first team trip to the postseason since 2014 when FSU finished fourth overall in the regional championships. The Bulldogs previously made 13 consecutive NCAA appearances from 2002 to 2014.

A total of 15 teams were selected from the East Region from a total of six different conferences in addition to six individual competitors from non-advancing schools.

All participants will compete through the 54 holes of competition with the top six teams from the East Region along with the top two individuals not on an advancing team moving on to the national championships set for May 116-20 at Fox Run Golf Club in Eureka, Mo.

Overall, the Bulldogs have twice captured a regional championship in 2003-04 and 2006-07 while attaining runner-up honors four times (2004-05, 2005-06, 2007-08, 2008-09).

Ferris State reached the NCAA Tourney this year as the GLIAC's automatic qualifier after winning the league championship for the first time since 2007 in Augusta, Mich.

Live scoring from the NCAA East Regional can be found during the tournament at this link:
https://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=team&tid=27712