KENNESAW, Ga. (Mar. 21, 2022) – The ETSU women’s golf team had a strong first day at the Pinetree Women’s Collegiate. The Blue & Gold go into the final round of the tournament tied for third place.

In today’s first round, the Bucs had five players finish in the Top-50 of players. Sophie Bert (Deurle, Belgium) and Sera Hasegawa (Gifu, Japan) tied for seventh place, carding two-over-par. Hollie Muse (Liverpool, England) and Grace Chin (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) finished the first round tied at 36th place, carding a seven-over-par. Ellie Darnell (Kettering, Northamptonshire, England) tied for 43rd place, carding eight-over-par. As a unit, ETSU ended the first round in third place with 18-over-par (296).

Round two continued to go well for the Bucs as the team finished the day still tied for third place, carding 29-over-par (605).

Individually, four Bucs ended the day in the Top-50 player leaderboard. Hasegawa ended the day in ninth place after carding a three-over-par (147). Muse rocketed up to tied tenth with six-over-par (150). Muse achieved this with six birdies on holes two, four, 11, 13, 16, and 18. Bert ends the day tied for 12^th place with seven-over-par (151). Finally, Chin ends the day tied for 43^rd after carding a 13-over-par (157).

The host, Kennesaw State, leads the tournament with 11-over-par (587). The top three teams are rounded out by Xavier with 24-over-par (600), ETSU, and Northern Illinois. Both ETSU and Northern Illinois finished with 29-over-par (605).

Bella Kil of Kennesaw State currently leads all players after finishing the day four-under-par (140). Kil is followed by; Minori Nagano of Seminole state with three-under-par (141) and Jasmine Ly of Northern Illinois with two-under-par (142).

ETSU concludes the final day of the Pinetree Women’s Collegiate tomorrow starting at 9:40 a.m. The Bucs take the field with Kennesaw State and Xavier. Fans are encouraged to follow along as live stats will be provided by Golfstat.

For more information on Buccaneer women’s golf, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the women’s golf tab.