TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Feb. 13, 2015) – Junior Vivienne Chin (Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Malaysia) fired a first round score of 2-over-par 74 to finish tied for 18^th on the individual leaderboard, pacing the ETSU women’s golf team during the opening day of play in the Florida State Matchup Friday at the Southwood Golf Course.

Facing a field that includes No. 2 South Carolina, No. 9 Mississippi State, No. 16 Texas A&M, No. 17 Virginia, No. 26 Furman, No. 38 Florida State and No. 42 Coastal Carolina, the Buccaneers are currently 10^th on the team leaderboard after a first-round team score of 309.

Chin said she felt good on the course as the Bucs competed in their first tournament of the spring season.

“I was very confident throughout the round today and I’m going to try to repeat that tomorrow,” Chin said. “This is a process, and I’m going to focus on that. Playing without expectations and just work on getting better each day is my goal.”

No. 2 South Carolina currently holds the team lead by four strokes over No. 9 Mississippi State, as the Gamecocks finished the day with a 4-over 292. Individually, Texas A&M’s Bianca Fabrizio fired a 3-under-par 69 to hold the first-round lead by two strokes over Virginia’s Lauren Coughlin and Coastal Carolina’s Malene Krollboll Hansen.

While Chin posted the low round of the day for the Bucs, sophomore Linda Dobele (Ogre, Latvia) also had a solid round with a 4-over-par 76 to finish tied for 24^th. Other ETSU results included a tie for 52^nd by freshman Allyson Dunn (Kingsport) and ties for 57^th by freshman Dominika Czudkova (Cesky Tesin, Czech Republic) and sophomore Rachel Pollock (Guelph, Ontario, Canada)

Play at the FSU Matchup will continue Saturday with second round action, while third and final round play is set for Sunday. Fans can watch live scoring of the event by visiting Golfstat.com and clicking on the tournament link.

For more on ETSU women’s golf throughout the 2014-15 season, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the women’s golf link.