Ferris State Women's Golf Sits Tied For Seventh After Round One At NCAA East Regional

Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University women's golf team opened action at the NCAA Division II East Regional Championships on Monday (May 6) in Indiana, carding a 318 team figure in the first round at the Prairie View Golf Club in Carmel.

The Bulldogs presently sit tied for seventh overall after day one play in the 15-team regional field and are only a single shot away from fifth place heading into day two play.

Day two action takes place on Tuesday (May 7) with the Bulldogs slated to hit the tee for round two beginning at 8:39 a.m. (ET). The final round of the tournament is Wednesday (May 8).

Overall, Findlay carded a 299 figure and holds the first-day lead at +11 overall followed by Indianapolis (+12), Ashland (+20) and Davenport (+27) in the top four. Both Grand Valley State (+29) and Missouri-St. Louis (+29) sit one stroke ahead of FSU and McKendree as both carded +30 totals.

FSU's Dani Staskowski shot a 77 in round one and is tied for 19th in the field individually while both Lizzie Anderson and Hallie Crozier are tied for 36th with 80 scores in the first round.

Ferris State's Taylor Musselman shot an 81 and is tied for 44th in the field with Kamryn Shannon rounding out the FSU lineup in a share of 57th overall with an 84 in the first round.

The day one individual leader was Saginaw Valley State's Brook Herbstreit with a two-under par 70 on the par 72 course measuring 6,061 total yards.

This year's berth marks the Bulldogs' third-straight berth. Two years 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. Last season, Ferris State placed seventh overall in the East Regional in Springfield, Ill.

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 five teams from the East Region along with the top two individuals not on an advancing team following Wednesday's final round moving on to the national championships set for May 21-25 at the Orange County National Golf Center and Lodge in Winter Garden, Fla.

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).

Prior to earning an at-large bid this year, Ferris State reached the NCAA Tourney last year as the GLIAC's automatic qualifier after winning the league championship for the first time since 2007 during the 2023 spring season in Augusta, Mich. This year, the Bulldogs reached the conference semifinals back in mid-April in Augusta.

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=participants&tid=29160