TicketsMarch 9, 2007
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RIO VERDE, Ariz.---Senior Sarah Bires and sophomore Marianne Erb each fired opening round scores of 75, helping the University of Cincinnati women's golf team to a tie for ninth after 18 holes at the Rio Verde Invitational. The tournament is being played on the Rio Verde Country Club's Quail Run Course.
For Bires, the score tied for her second-lowest of the 2006-07 season, while Erb's total marked a season-best. The duo is tied for 19th in the individual standings.
The team rundown has Cincinnati tied with cross-town rival Xavier with a score of 306. UC sits just three shots out of the fifth place slot occupied by Eastern Michigan. Baylor, the 46th ranked team in the nation, holds a nine-shot lead over Toledo and Arkansas-Little Rock in the battle for team champion honors.
The Rio Verde Invitational continues with the tournament second round, consisting of 18 holes on Saturday. Live scoring for the entire tournament is available by logging onto www.golfstat.com.
Day One UC Individual Scores
T19 Sarah Bires 75
T19 Marianne Erb 75
T43 Sarah Stamper 78
T43 Allison Mayborg 78
T60 Hillery Wilson 79
T99 Mya Pronschinske 86
Day One Team Scores
1 Baylor 289
T2 Toledo, U. of 298
T2 Arkansas-Little Rock 298
4 Texas Tech Univ 300
5 Eastern Michigan 303
T6 Wisconsin, U. of 304
T6 Western Michigan U. 304
8 Missouri State 305
T9 Xavier University 306
T9 Cincinnati, U. of 306
11 Southern Illinois U. 307
12 Illinois, U. of 309
T13 Illinois State Univ. 310
T13 Minnesota, U. of 310
15 Bowling Green State 312
T16 Bradley University 317
T16 Ohio University 317
18 Ball State 321