The Wayne State College women's golf team is in fifth place with a 331 after the opening day of the 2024 Northern Sun Conference Championships played in rainy conditions Friday at Paradise Point in Smithville, Missouri.
            Augustana holds the team lead at 300 with Minnesota State second at 305.  Winona State is a close third at 308 followed by Concordia-St. Paul fourth with a 330, one shot ahead of the Wildcats in fifth.
            Other team scores are University of Mary sixth at 333, Sioux Falls (339), Minot State (341), Southwest Minnesota State (343), Minnesota Crookston (343), MSU Moorhead and Bemidji State (369).
            Senior Abbey Kurmel had the top Wayne State score Friday with an opening round eight-over par 80, tied for 16^th overall.  Senior Jazmine Taylor was next with an 82, tied for 23^rd.  Freshman Erica Lee was 25^th after posting an 85.  Sophomore Saffire Sayre shot an 86, tied for 33^rd, with junior Abbigail Brodersen carding an 87 tied for 36^th.
            Wayne State will continue play Saturday with another 18 holes starting at 9 a.m. in the 54-hole NSIC Championship.