Sophomore Duo Paces IU in First Round of NCAA Championship

Friday, May 17

Fayetteville, Ark.

9:21 AM (Eastern)

Indiana University

NCAA Women's Golf Championship (Stroke Play)

Sophomore Duo Paces IU in First Round of NCAA Championship

5/17/2019 10:01:00 PM | Women's Golf

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Tournament: NCAA Championship
Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas
Course: Blessings Golf Club (Par 73)
Indiana team standing: 21st/24 teams – 3222 (+30)
Top Indiana individual: T67th – Mary Parsons/Priscilla Schmid (80; +7)
Online Scoring: Golfstat.com

QUOTABLE
"This is a lot of golf course. It's a challenging golf course and it should be, because this is for the national championship. I thought it wasn't our good shots that defined us today, and we hit a lot of good shots. I thought we were defined by our misses and on a course like this, if you get it going sideways a little bit, it can be a big number." – Head coach Clint Wallman

CHIP-INS
• In the Hoosiers first NCAA Championship appearance since 2007, they posted a team score of 322 (+30), which puts them in 21^st place heading into round two. Indiana is ranked 24^th out of the 24 teams in the field entering the tournament.

• The top 15 teams after three rounds advance to the final stroke play round. Indiana is just seven shots behind UCLA in 15^th place.

• The 132-player field registered an average score of 79.93. Exactly half the field shot 80 or worse.

• Sophomore's Mary Parsons and Priscilla Schmid led Indiana with 80 in the opening round and are tied for 67^th at 7-over par.

• Parsons finished with three birdies in her round, tied for the most by an IU player on the day, as she posted scores of 40 on both sides.

• Schmid tied Parsons for the team lead with three birdies on the day, including birdies on her first and 18^th holes. She was able to generally avoid the larger numbers on the day, recording eight bogeys and one double bogey.

A ?? at the closing hole for Priscilla Schmid! ??

The ???? post a team score of 322 in round 1!

See how that's holding up against the afternoon start times ?? https://t.co/kFSdCPMAQ4 pic.twitter.com/84hnX4cjts
— IU Women's Golf (@IndianaWGolf) May 17, 2019

• Seniors Kari Bellville and Erin Harper posted matching 81's in round one to tie for 81^st.

• Bellville logged a 43 on the front nine before settling down on the back nine to post 38. She carded birdies on No. 3 and No. 14.

• Harper was just 1-over par through her first eight holes before a double bogey gave her 37 on her outward nine. Coming in, she had three bogeys and one double bogey for 41 on the back nine.

• Freshman Alexis Miestowski is tied for 126^th at 16-over par after her 89 in the opening round. She got off to a difficult start, as she was 10-over par after just five holes. She made the turn at 13-over par but played the back nine just 3-over par, including back-to-back birdies on 15 and 16.

BY THE NUMBERS
Pos.    Name                           R1
T67     Mary Parsons               80 (+7)
T67     Priscilla Schmid            80 (+7)
T81     Kari Bellville                 81 (+8)
T81     Erin Harper                   81 (+8)
T126   Alexis Miestowski        89 (+16)

Team
21st    Indiana                         322 (+30)

UP NEXT
• The Hoosiers will once again be paired with Tennessee and Central Florida for Saturday's second round, which will begin at 1:01 p.m. (Central) off of No. 10 tee.