Women's Golf Opens in 8th Place at Brickyard Collegiate

Sunday, April 8

Macon, Ga. (Brickyard Golf Club)

10:10 a.m.

University of North Florida

Brickyard Collegiate

Sydney Shrader follows through after hitting a tee shot

Photo by: Todd Drexler

4/8/2018 6:01:00 PM | Women's Golf

By: North Florida Athletics

EVENT: Brickyard Collegiate
DATE: Sunday, Apr. 8, 2018
LOCATION: Brickyard Golf Club (Macon, Ga.)
COURSE INFO: Par 72 / 6,155 yards
UNF FINISH: 8th of 14 teams
TOP OSPREY: Sydney Shrader (T14th | 75)
Day 1 Results (pdf)
Birdiefire.com Leaderboard

The short story: The North Florida women's golf team opened play at the Brickyard Collegiate on Sunday with a round of 312 to end the day in 8th place. Sophomore Sydney Shrader led the way with a round of 75.

FIRST TEE
- Sophomore Sydney Shrader sits in the Top 20 after an opening round 75 puts her in a tie for 14th
- Senior Courtney Cobb shot a 78 to be in a tie for 34th while sophomore Teresa Conroy posted a 79 in a tie for 45th
- Junior Kaye Kwon had an 80 (T52) and freshman Mindy Herrick added an 81 (T60) to round out the Ospreys first round performances

TEAM SCOREBOARD (## Golfstat Top 50 Rankings)
#27 Vanderbilt (294), Virginia Tech (302), Chattanooga (302), Old Dominion (302), #42 Kennesaw State (305), Marshall (308), Mercer (310), North Florida (312), Troy (314), Jacksonville (317), ETSU (317), #40 LSU (319), Southern Miss (320), Samford (321)

UNF RESULTS

8	North Florida	312	---	---	312 (+24)
T14	Sydney Shrader	75	--	--	75 (+3)
T34	Courtney Cobb	78	--	--	78 (+6)
T45	Sydney Shrader	79	--	--	79 (+7)
T52	Kaye Kwon	80	--	--	80 (+8)
T60	Mindy Herrick	81	--	--	81 (+9)

INSIDE THE SCORECARD
- Shrader ranks in the Top 25 after the opening round and seeks her team-leading 4th Top 25 of the season
- Ospreys recorded 49 pars on Sunday paced by 12 from Conroy
- Shrader notched 3 of the team's 6 birdies in the opening round
- A trio of golfers share the opening round lead at even-par 72, Kennesaw State's Madison Caldwell, Mercer's Payton Schanen and Louise Yu of Vanderbilt

UP NEXT
North Florida continues play at the Brickyard Collegiate with second round action on Monday. UNF will be paired with Mercer and Troy starting at 8:30 a.m. on Hole 1 of the Brickyard Golf Course.