Akron Tied for Third After First Round of Bradley Spring Break Invite

Dallas, Texas – The University of Akron women's golf team fired a 308 (+24) opening round team score at the Bradley Spring Break Invite on Monday. Sophomore Danielle Nicholson (Geneva, Ohio) led the Zips with a 1-under par 70 effort at the 5, 921-yard Brookhaven Country Club course.

The Zips finished the first round in a tree-way tie for third with Illinois State and Bradley. Northern Illinois leads the team scoring with a 294 (+10), while Southern Illinois is second with a 307 (+23) team tally.

During the initial 18-hole round, Nicholson carded 13 pars, three birdies and two bogeys en route to a second place ranking on the leaderboard. She entered Monday's second round trailing NIU's Brielle…