Three Sun Devils in Top-10 at Raleigh Regional

RALEIGH, N.C. – Sun Devil Women’s Golf got off to a fantastic start at the 2023 Raleigh Regional, hosted at Lonnie Poole Golf Course.

Arizona State (-4/284) sits in third place after day one of the Raleigh Regional, needing to secure a Top-5 finish after three days to advance to the NCAA Championship. A reason for the solid positioning early on is the play of three Sun Devils who each find themselves in the Top-10.

Freshman Paula Schulz-Hanssen leads the way in a tie for 5th, while junior Ashley Menne and sophomore Grace Summerhays are eached tied for 9th. All three find themselves within four strokes over the overall regional leader with 36 holes left to play. Head Coach Missy Farr-Kaye‘s team shot their third-best opening round of the season and are pacing the field in par four and five scoring average. The Maroon & Gold are back in action starting tomorrow morning, teeing-off on hole one with the featured group at 6:06 AM MST.

ROUND BREAKDOWN

Paula Schulz-Hanssen (-2/70/T-5TH)

Made her NCAA Postseason debut in impressive fashion, making birdie on her first hole of the Raleigh Regional. After staying steady with several pars, she managed to birdie another par five opportunity on the seventh hole. A bogey on the ninth hole matched her with Ashley Menne for the lowest front nine score at one-under.

The lone Sun Devil to sink a birdie on the par four 12th hole, Schulz-Hanssen carried over her strong start on the front nine. She bounced back from a bogey on 14 with another birdie on a par four opportunity at 16, moving to one-under on the back nine. She finished completed both nines at one-under, finding herself tied for 5th after shooting a 70 (-2).

BIRDIES (4): 1st Hole (Par 5; 507 Yards), 7th Hole (Par 5; 554 Yards), 12th Hole (Par 4; 392 Yards), 16th Hole (Par 4; 341 Yards)

Ashley Menne (-1/71/T-9TH)

The junior wasted no time getting acclimated with the golf course, recording a birdie on the par five opening hole. She bounced back from a bogey on the second hole with her second birdie of the day on the third hole, giving her two birdies in her first three chances. She finished out the remainder of the front nine at par, making the turn at one-under.

She started her back nine with a birdie on the par four tenth hole, continuing her strong play into the afternoon. After ending her day with five-straight pars,…