SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — NC State women’s golf kicked off its fourth NCAA Championships team appearance on Friday afternoon as it played the first 18 holes of the annual season-ending national tournament.
Following one round of play, the Wolfpack is in a tie for 29th place after shooting a team score of 305 (+17) on the day. Every player in the Pack’s travel party made her NCAA Championships debut on Friday.
Natalie Armbruester and Vania Simont tied for the team lead on day one by posting event-opening scores of 74. Aarmbruester birdied two on the back nine, and Simont added a pair of birdies of her own as they each shot two-over in round one.
Lauren Olivares Leon sits a pair of strokes behind them at 76 (+4) after 18 holes of play. Isabel Amezcua knocked in three front-nine birdies to kick off her day and finished the round with a score of 81 (+9).
After being substituted in prior to the round, Wolfpack junior Jaclyn Kenzel rounded out the lineup with a score of 85 (+13) in her first collegiate stroke-play event played since early March.
NC State Scores
T66. Natalie Armbruester: 74 (+2)
T66. Vania Simont: 74 (+2)
T106. Lauren Olivares Leon: 76 (+4)
T149. Isabel Amezcua: 81 (+9)
T154. Jaclyn Kenzel: 85 (+13)
NC State’s second round of NCAA Championships action will be in the afternoon wave on Tuesday, May 20. The team will go off of #1 with tee times every 11 minutes beginning at 1:20 p.m. local time (4:20 p.m. EST), and live stats throughout the tournament will continue to be available on Golfstat.com. After 54 holds of competition, the top 15 teams and top nine individuals not on one of those teams will move on to a final round of stroke play on Monday, May 22.
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