ESTERO, Fla. (2/12/16) – Aracelly Jimenez Rios ended the FGCU Eagle Invitational’s opening round Friday tied for first place, leading the Arkansas State women’s golf team to a sixth-place tie through the 54-hole tournament’s first day of action at the Stoneybrook Golf Club.
The Red Wolves, competing in their first spring tournament this season, posted a first-round 310 that left them tied with Southern Illinois and ahead of eight teams entering tomorrow’s second round. A-State is currently within five strokes of fourth-place Xavier and nine strokes behind first-place Mercer.
Jimenez Rios carded a season-best 70 to put her in a two-way tie atop the individual leaderboard with Mercer’s Payton Schanen.