SALISBURY, N.C. --- The Tusculum University women's golf team posted a first round score of 304 and are in sixth place after opening day action at the Patsy Rendleman Invitational. The two-day, 36-hole tournament is being hosted by Catawba College and held at the Country Club of Salisbury.

Tusculum placed four players in the 70s led by senior Olivia Cunningham who carded a team-best 74 and is tied for 16^th place. Sofie Lorentzen is 20^th following her opening round 76. Nilubol Panno and Hannah Brown each shot 77 and are tied for 29^th place, while Braelyn Pippin is 48^th after her opening day 80.

Anderson, the fourth-ranked team in NCAA Division II, shot 288 and has the first round lead. Queens is second with 296, while Wingate and Lander each shot 297 and are tied for third place. Erskine is fifth with 302, followed by Tusculum, Lenoir-Rhyne (305), King (306), Mount Olive (307), Young Harris (311), North Greenville (320), host Catawba (328) and Barton (334).

Amanda Guzman of Erskine shot a four-under par 68 and has the first round lead. Hannah Stephenson of Lander and Wingate's Mary Ma are tied for second with 69 (-3). The duo of Charleigh Hodges (Queens) and Kerington Lamb (Anderson) are tied for fourth place with 70 (-2) to round out the top-five.

Tusculum's team score of 304 is tied for the 22^nd-lowest in program history.

The final round of the Patsy Rendleman Invitational will be played on Tuesday at the par-72, 5,930-yard layout.

Team Results

Tusculum Individual Scores