KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- After 36 holes of play on Monday, the Western Michigan University women's golf team sits in first at the Bronco Fall Classic.
Both sophomore
Danielle Daniy and junior
Saanvi Venkatesh had career-low rounds on the first day of the Broncos home tournament. Four of WMU's five team golfers are in the Top 10 on the individual leaderboard while the Brown and Gold lead the team field following two rounds. As a team, Western Michigan carded rounds of 298 and 294 to end day one at 592 (+16). Daniy leads the entire Bronco Fall Classic field at three under par.
WMU started off the day strong as Daniy shot a new career low in her first round, going three under par at 69. She finished out the day with a second round at par for 141 strokes following 36 holes and is currently the only player still under par. Venkatesh isn't far behind Daniy, sitting in fifth place overall after having a career low round to close out Monday. The junior shot one under par for 71 strokes in round two after carding a first round of 77 for 148 strokes (+4) overall.
Freshman
Annie Flavin and junior
Lauren Lupinek also had Top 10 finishes for the Brown and Gold in seventh and ninth place respectively. Both players shot a round of 76 (+4) in the first round of the day. Flavin then lowered her second round to only 74 (+2) strokes to end the day at 150 (+6). Lupinek carded a second round of 77 to finish day one at nine above par.
Sophomore
Lea Lemieux leads Western Michigan's individual golfers after two rounds at 155 (+11) as she had a first round of 76 and a second round of 79. Lemieux currently holds 15th while freshman
Abigail Stendahl is tied for 18th after rounds of 67-82 (+14).
The Broncos other freshman individual,
Katie Pill, sits 20th overall following rounds of 80-79 (+15). Senior
Bella Brooks rounds out WMU's field at the Bronco Fall Classic at 16 over par.
The Brown and Gold will look to earn back-to-back Bronco Fall Classic titles on Tuesday. The 30 player field will tee off from The Moors at 9:00 a.m. with a shotgun start.
