OSTRANDER, Ohio -- The Trine women's golf team is in fifth place after the first round of the Laura Bump Invitational.
Thunder golfers combined for a score of 340 (+52). Ryleigh Gordon (Okemos, Mich. / Okemos) led Trine with an 84 (+12). She is tied for 13th individually. Denison sits atop the team standings with a score of 322 (+34). Denison's Anne Miller fired a two-under 70 to lead the individual standings.
Claire Barnett (North Manchester, Ind. / Manchester) and Brooke Johnson (Crystal Lake, Ill. / Prairie Ridge) each finished a stroke behind Gordon with 85s for Trine. Julia DeBelly (Sylvania, Ohio / Northview) shot an 86 to round out the top four.
Lyndsey Welper (Lake Orion, Mich. / Lake Orion) and Amanda Pucher (Holly, Mich. / Holly) rounded out Thunder participants, each with a score of 89. Pucher is competing as an invididual.
Trine will look to climb up the standings in tomorrow's final round, which is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m.