OLATHE, Kan. – After round one of the team’s first tournament of the season, the Missouri Western women’s golf team sits in ninth place out of the 17 teams competing in Olathe. Missouri Western finished with an overall team score of 317 and +29.

Leading the Griffons in the first round was Shi Qing Ong. Ong finished the round +4 with a score of 76. Her score places her tied for 13th out of the 90 golfers competing at the event. Ong enters this season looking to build off of her 2017 campaign, in which she won the MIAA Women’s Golf individual title.

The next Griffon on the leaderboards is Chong Yong, who shot a 79 in the round. Anna Bech shot at 80 for the Griffons.

There is a lot of room for movement along the team leaderboards. Missouri Western sits just two strokes out of seventh place, and only four strokes away from cracking into the top six.

The Griffons will begin the second round of the Central Region Preview at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.

— MWSU Athletics —