OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – [Full Leader Board] After a series of weather related delays, play finally commenced at the 2022 NAIA Women’s Golf National Championship. Thirty teams, comprised of 156 qualifying individuals descended on Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to compete for a red banner.

A morning delay caused a shift to two separate shotgun starts to stay on pace for a 54-hole tournament. The first set of golfers began round one at 11:30 a.m., while the next wave replaced the morning group around 4:30 p.m. The second set of teams only managed to play a partial round due to darkness.

Day Two will begin bright and early at 7:00 a.m. so last night’s competitors can finish round one and immediately shuffle into their second round. The pairings will stay the same for all groups in round two with shotgun starts lined up similar to day day.

Following the second round, the field will be cut to the top 17 teams and the top 40 individuals, including ties.

Truett McConnell (Ga.) and Cumberland (Tenn.) have put themselves in good positions through the first round. They are the top two teams that have completed a full round with 10-over 298 and 11-over 299 team scores.

Through roughly half of the first round, three of the last four NAIA women’s golf national champions are in a packed together with some of the best scores of the field so far. British Columbia so far is one-under, while Oklahoma City, SCAD – Savannah (Ga.), and Menlo (Calif.) are only three strokes behind at two-over.

Highlights

• MinJi Kang for Truett McConnell posted the lowest completed round, going for three-under for a score of 69.
• Of the completed rounds, the scoring average was an 80.22.
• Five women’s golfers that have finished round one have a score of even or under-par.
• Lincoln Park West Golf Course saw 157 birdies, 1220 pars, 647 bogeys, and 136 double bogeys on day two.
• Southeastern (Fla.), Embry-Riddle (Ariz.), and Indiana Wesleyan are in 16^th, 17^th, and 18^th respectively. There’s only one stroke separating each spot to try and make the cut after round two concludes. Indiana Wesleyan is at 15-over and done with round one, while Southeastern and Embry-Riddle still must complete their first round, as they sit at 13-over and 14-over.
• The top two individuals that have completed round one, MinJi Kang three-under (69) and Emma Hermansson one-under (71), also earned 2022 NAIA Golfer of the Week awards this season.

Top 10 Team Scores After Day Two

1 – British Columbia – 165 [-1]
T2 – Oklahoma City – 165 [+2]
T2 – SCAD – Savannah – 165 [+2]
T2 – Menlo (Calif.) – 164 [+2]
5 – William Carey (Ala.) – 158 [+3]
6 – Keiser (Fla.) – 170 [+4]
7 – Dalton State (Ga.) – 167 [+5]
8 – Ottawa (Ariz.) – 134 [+8]
T9 – Milligan (Tenn.) – 175 [+9]
T9 – Texas Wesleyan – 171 [+9]
T9 – SCAD – Atlanta – 167 [+9]
T9 – Loyola (La.) – 166 [+9]

Top Five Individual Scores After Day Two

1 – MinJi Kang – Truett McConnell – 69 [-3]
2 – Mogie Adamchik – SCAD - Atlanta – 39 (10) [-2]
T3 – Emma Hermansson – Cumberland – 71 [-1]
T3 – Julika Grosspietsch – Menlo – 43 (11) [-1]
T3 – Alessia Avanzo – SCAD Savannah – 43 (11) [-1]
T3 – Serra Evrengil – Keiser – 42 (11) [-1]
T3 – Sonja Tang – British Columbia 43 (11) [-1]
T3 – Maddi Kamas – Oklahoma City - 43 (11) [-1]
T3 – Sydney Hermann – Dalton State – 39 (10) [-1]
T3 – Catherine Batang – Menlo – 38 (10) [-1]
T3 – Dasa Urbankova – Menlo – 39 (10) [-1]
T3 – Nichakorn Prapsripoom – William Carey – 37 (9) [-1]

After the second round, the cut will be made and the Round 3 Pairings will be established. The cut will be the Top 17 teams and Top 40 individuals including ties for both. If Individuals are in the Top 40 and on a team in the Top 17, they will be removed from the individual competition. The removed individuals will not be backfilled.