Mt. Pleasant, S.C. – Senior Victoria Ladd carded an opening-round score of 2-under par 70 on Sunday to lead Western Carolina in a four-way tie for sixth place at the RiverTowne Invitational, hosted by Charleston Southern at the par-72, 6,107-yard RiverTowne Country Club. The Catamounts sit in 10th place overall after shooting a team 294, just three strokes outside of the top five after 18 of the scheduled 54 holes.
 
Action resumes on Monday with the second round. Live scoring through BirdieFire is available online through a link at CatamountSports.com.
 
Ladd carded three of her four birdies on Sunday on the front nine, countering a bogey to make the turn to the back nine at 2-under par. Her fourth birdie came on the par-4 10th to move to 3-under for the day before a second bogey on the par-4 13th left her at 2-under for the day. The Greensboro, N.C., native then posted five-straight pars to finish the day at 70, her career-low round.
 
Sophomore Elizabeth Lohbauer is tied for 17th after shooting an even-par 72, countering three bogeys with a trio of birdies. Seven pars and two birdies on the front nine left her turning for home at 2-under par. She collected a third birdie on the par-4 15th, but three bogeys relegated her to even.
 
The remainder of WCU's scoring five is tied for 55th at 4-over par 76 with fifth-year senior Madison Isaacson, redshirt freshman Kayleigh Baker, and true freshman Brie Mapanao each tied after 18 holes. Isaacson was even-par through 10 holes with a bogey and a birdie on the front nine before four-straight bogeys between the 11th and 14th holes led to her 4-over round. Baker likewise had five bogeys with one birdie coming on the par-4 sixth, with Mapanao carding a birdie on the par-3 14th to work against three bogeys and one double-bogey on the par-4 12th.
 
Playing unattached as an individual, sophomore Kaitlyn Wingnean shot a 2-over par 74 to enter Monday's second round in a tie for 34th overall. The Edmonton, Alberta, product carded three-straight birdies over her first four holes to start the day, finishing with five bogeys and nine pars over the final 14 holes of the first round.
 
Boston College carded an opening-round team score of 285 to lead the 19-team field by four strokes over a two-way tie between Tulane and Charleston at 289. Morehead State sits in fourth at 290 with Elon rounding out the top five at 291.
 
Five players are tied atop the individual leaderboard at 3-under par 69 including Carla Bernat (Tulane), Susana Olivares (Jacksonville), Phoebe Carles (UNC Asheville), Annabelle Jennings (Longwood), and Sarah Kahn of High Point.
 
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10 – Western Carolina – 294 = 294 (+6)
T6 – Victoria Ladd (2) – 70 = 70 (-2)
T17 – Elizabeth Lohbauer (4) – 72 = 72 (E)
T55 – Madison Isaacson (1) – 76 = 76 (+4)
T55 – Kayleigh Baker (3) – 76 = 76 (+4)
T55 – Brie Mapanao (5) – 76 = 76 (+4)
T34 – Kaitlyn Wingnean (ind.) – 74 = 74 (+2)