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Posted: May 03, 2021

Women’s Golf in Action at First Day of NCAA Championship East Regional

Franklin Pierce women's golf.

CARMEL, Ind. (May 3, 2021) - The Franklin Pierce University women's golf team embarked on its second NCAA Championship appearance in program history on Monday, with the first of three rounds at the East Regional. Freshman Kayla Schuberth (Wrentham, Mass.) led the way on the first day for the Ravens, as she carded a nine-over-par 81 to finish the day tied for 27th. As a team, the Ravens sit eighth of nine teams through the first round of play, with a score of 339 (+52). The East Regional is being hosted by the University of Indianapolis at the par-72 Prairie View Golf Club, which checks in at 6181 yards.

Graduate student Taylor Hartley (Las Vegas, Nev.) finished just one shot behind Schuberth, with an opening-round 82 (+10), and is currently tied for 29th in the 48-golfer field. Graduate student Zoey Yamamoto (Honolulu, Hawaii) and sophomore Alia Godek (Feeding Hills, Mass.) rounded out Franklin Pierce's scoring foursome with rounds of 87 (+15) and 89 (+17), respectively. Yamamoto is 41st through the first round, while Godek is tied for 42nd.

Sophomore Micaela Leandro (Harlingen, Texas) rounded out the Ravens' five on the day, with a first-round 98 (+26) and sits 47th.

Host UIndy, the 2015 and 2018 national champion, put together an opening-round 298 (+10) to lead by a stroke at the end of play Monday. Findlay was second with a 299 (+11), while Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL) sat third after shooting a 305 (+17). Franklin Pierce is within striking distance of seventh-place Charleston, which turned in an opening-round 333 (+45). Gannon is currently four shots behind the Ravens in ninth, after a first-round 343 (+55).

Individually, it was a three-way tie for the lead after the first round, as UMSL senior Emma Thorngren, Findlay junior Jill Schmitmeyer and UIndy junior Cailyn Henderson all fired even-par 72s. Grand Valley State senior Katie Chipman is fourth after a one-over 73, while five players sit tied for fifth with two-over-par 74s.

East Regional competition will continue on Tuesday and Wednesday at Prairie View Golf Club.