NSIC Women's Golf Championships Day 1 results

            Led by a one-over-par round of 73 by junior Jazmine Taylor, Wayne State College is tied for third place following the opening day of the Northern Sun Conference Women's Golf Championships played in Smithville, Missouri at Paradise Pointe Outlaw Course.
            The Wildcats shot an opening day round of 311, tied for third place with Minnesota State.
            Winona State is the team leader following the opening day at 300, five shots ahead of Augustana (305).  WSC and Minnesota State are tied for third at 311 with Southwest Minnesota State in fifth at 313.   
            Concordia-St. Paul is in sixth at 321 with University of Mary (328), Minot State (340), Sioux Falls (343) and Minnesota Crookston (358) rounding out the top 10 teams.  MSU Moorhead (359), Upper Iowa (362) and Bemidji State (371) close out the team standings. 
            Taylor, a graduate of Millard North High School, fired rounds of 36 and 37 to close the opening day at one-over-par 73.  She is tied for second overall out of 64 players.
            Freshman Saffire Sayre followed at five-over-par 77 (37-40) and is sitting 13^th overall after the first round.  Sophomore Abbigail Brodersen is next at 78 following rounds of 39 and 39 and tied for 14^th overall.
            Junior Tricia Hemann is tied for 31^st overall at 83 (41-42) while defending NSIC individual champion Abbey Kurmel closed out Wayne State scoring with an 85 shooting scores of 40 and 45.
            The second round of the three-day, 54-hole NSIC Championship will take place Saturday starting at 9 a.m.