Falcons Conclude Opening-Round Action at NGI

MARICOPA, Ariz. – Addison Kartusch shot a one-under-par 71 as the Bowling Green State University women's golf team opened play at the National Golf Invitational (NGI) on Friday (May 15), at the AK-Chin Southern Golf Club. Head coach Erin Fahey's Falcons are competing in the national postseason action in back-to-back seasons for the first time in program history.

Kartusch led the way for the Orange and Brown, entering the clubhouse tied for the lead before finishing the day deadlocked for fourth on the leaderboard.

As a team, the Falcons are eighth out of 10 teams with a day-one score of 304. BGSU, at 16 over par, sits just six strokes out of fourth place and nine behind the second-place teams. Wyoming finished day one in the lead with a team score of 287, nine strokes ahead of Bradley and Rutgers (296).

Kartusch tallied a trio of birdies to combat two bogeys for the -1 round. Two of her birdies came on Par 5s, birding half of the Par 5s on the course, with the third being on a Par 4. At the time of her round finishing, Kartusch was one of just two players in the field with multiple birdies on Par 5s. In addition to Kartusch, McKenzie Miller was among the leaders in the field for birdies during the first day, logging four over the course of her round, tied for second at the time of her round concluding, and good for the top 10 after all teams concluded Friday action.

Miller finished the day at four over par, with Macie Elzinga (+6), Sammie Dolce (+7) and Ava O'Sullivan (+9) rounding out the Falcons' competitors.

BGSU, paired with Mercer University on Saturday (May 16), will begin second-round action at 7:25 a.m. local time (9:25 ET).

BGSU SCORES AFTER DAY 1
T4 – Addison Kartusch – 71 (-1)
T24 – McKenzie Miller – 76 (+4)
T40 – Macie Elzinga – 78 (+6)
42 – Sammie Dolce – 79 (+7)
T48 – Ava O'Sullivan – 81 (+9)

TEAM LEADERBOARD AFTER DAY 1
1 – Wyoming – 287 (-1)
T2 – Bradley – 296 (+8)
T2 – Rutgers – 296 (+8
T4 – Denver – 298 (+10)
T4 – Stetson – 298 (+10)
6 – Lipscomb – 301 (+13)
7 – Mercer – 303 (+15)
8 – Bowling Green – 304 (+16)
9 – Missouri State – 306 (+18)
10 – Coastal Carolina – 307 (+19)

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