SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. --- Tusculum's Nilubol Panno carded a three-over par round of 74 and is tied for eighth place after the opening day of the 2022 Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate. The two-day, 36-hole tournament is being hosted by Tennessee Tech and held at Highlands Course of the Sevierville Golf Club.
The Pioneers finished with a team score of 308 and are in sixth place in the 13-team tournament field.
Findlay has the day one lead with 294 and lead by four shots over second-place Carson-Newman (298). North Alabama is third with 300, followed by Radford (305), Murray State (307), Tusculum (308), Indiana State (311), Bellarmine (311), Tennessee Tech (313), Lindsey Wilson (314), Tennessee Tech B (327), Northern Kentucky (328) and Maryville, Tenn. (410).
Panno is three shots off the lead held by first round leader Ellie Haughton of Carson-Newman who posted an even par 71. Four players are in second place with 72 including Payton Carter (Murray St.), Jahnavi Prakhya (North Alabama), Gabby Woods (Findlay) and Jessica Stephens (Bellarmine).
Tusculum's Oliva Cunningham fired a 76 and is tied for 16th place, while teammate Hannah Brown shot 77 and is in 23rd place. Sofie Lorentzen is 46th with her 81, while Braelyn Pippin finished with 87 and is in 67th position.
The final round will be played on Tuesday on the par-71, 5,803-yard layout.
