DADE CITY, Fla. - Round one of the 2019 Sunshine State Conference Women's Golf Championship is complete. Nova Southeastern University is atop the team leaderboard on the South Course at Lake Jovita Golf and Country Club in Dade City on Sunday, April 14th. Play resumes on Monday, April 15th at 10:30 a.m. The 2019 event is hosted by Saint Leo University.
Round 2 Pairings
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Women's Round 1 Recap
Kiira Riihijarvi from the University of Tampa, the No. 1 ranked GolfStat player in Division II, finished the day with a 3-under, 69 and on top of the player leaderboard. The junior from Oulu, Finland is the first Tampa Spartan to ever lead the field in the SSC tournament. Barry University’s Lauren Grinberg sits in second at 2-under, while Hanna Ahlander of Nova Southeastern University and Matilda Wahren of Lynn University are tied for third at 1-under. NSU’s Sofia Garcia Austt rounds out the Top-5 with an even-par 72.
Individual Full Leaderboard - Day 1
Nova Southeastern, winners of the last two SSC championships, shot 7-over, 294 on Day 1 as a team to hold the early lead. The Sharks placed four golfers in the Top-15 participants after Round 1, including two within the Top-5. Lynn sits in second place, three shots behind the Sharks. The Fighting Knights also boast four Top-15 competitors, with two within the Top-10. Barry and Saint Leo University are tied for third place at 11-over, 299, while Tampa is right behind at 12-over.
Team Leaderboard - Day 1
Women's Tournament Notes
Riihijarvi becomes the 12th athlete to shoot 3-under or better during an SSC Championship round. She’s the second Spartan (Heather Kipness - Osprey Point, 2018) to achieve the feat.
Marie Coors' [Saint Leo University] 6-under in 2014 at Lake Jovita stands as the best all-time.
NSU's Day 1 7-over (295) stands as the third best team round at Lake Jovita during the SSC championship.
Golfers found the par four 15th hole the most challenging during Round 1, as it played a shot over par (+1.11). Scoring was the best on the par five ninth hole, which produced the most birdies (13) and least bogies (8).
Tilda Larsson [Barry] looks to join nine other women who have finished Top-10 in the SSC championship four times and a list of 10 golfers that have finished Top-5 three or more times.
2019 marks the 21st women's tournament for the conference and the seventh competition at Lake Jovita.
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