A week after Mother Nature postponed the original date, the Missouri Western Women’s golf team along with nine other teams from the NCAA Central Region battled blustery, chilly conditions in the opening round of the MWSU Candlewood Suites Classic on Sunday at St. Joseph Country Club.

Western fired an opening round 355 which sits in 7th place in the 10 team field. Individually, senior Casi Webb leads
the Griffon lineup with an 85 while senior and lineup #1 player Natalie Bird finished with an 86. Two freshman rounded out the counting scores for the Griffons as Callie Wilson carded a 90 and Anna Kloeppel a 94.

Minnesota State fired a day one best team score of 328, while Arkansas Tech is 11 shots off the pace in second at 339 with Augustana in third place firing a team score of 340.

Individually, Kristina Weiszhaar of Southwest Minnesota State leads the 65 player field as she shot an opening round 77 on the par 72, 5855 yard layout.

The tournament concludes on Monday, April 1 with a 10 AM shotgun start.

— MWSU Sports Information —