SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. --- Tusculum University's Nilubol Panno carded an opening round 74 and is tied for 10th place at the 2023 Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate. The three-day, 54-hole tournament is being hosted by Tennessee Tech University and held at the par-71, 5,803-yard Highlands Course at the Sevierville Golf Club.

The Pioneers posted team score of 325 and are in 13^th place in the NCAA Division I dominant field.

Panno's three-over par total of 74 on Sunday included three birdies, two bogeys, two double bogeys and 11 pars for her round. She finds herself five shots out of the lead held by co-leaders Madeline Ananthasane (North Georgia) and Taylor Dedmen (Austin Peay), who each carded scores of 69 (-2).

Tusculum's Reagan Padilla is in the top-20 individually as she opens with a 76. Adrienne O'Brien is 72^nd with 87, Emilie Bergh-Jacobsen is 78^th with 88 and Lindsay Self is 84^th with 101.

Austin Peay has the day one lead with 293, five shots clear of second place North Alabama. Dalton State is third with 302, while Dayton is fourth with 303 and Oklahoma City and Radford each fired a 304 to round out the top-five.

Findlay is seventh with 306, followed by Carson-Newman (308), North Georgia (310), Bellarmine (313), Northern Iowa (318), Indiana State (322), Tusculum (325), Tennessee Tech (326) and Tennessee State (353).

The second 18 holes will be contested on Monday followed by Tuesday's final round.

2023 Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate (after 1^st Round)

Tusculum Individual Scores