MAC Championships: Akron Ranks Sixth After Day 1

Sunday, April 21

Pinnacle Golf Club | Grove City, Ohio

18 Holes

University of Akron

Mid-American Conference Championships

MAC Championships: Akron Ranks Sixth After Day 1

April 21 | Women's Golf

Grove City, Ohio – Akron golf has three players rankled in the Top 25 as the Zips carded a 316 (+28) opening round score of the 2024 Mid-American Conference Women's Golf Championships at Pinnacle Club on Sunday.

Leading the Zips' scoring efforts through the initial 18-holes was sophomore Avery Wright (Jackson, Ohio) with a 3-over par 75 score at the par 72, 6,201-yard course. Wright tallied 12 pars and a pair of birdies en route to a seventh-place finish after day one.

Junior Daphne van Son (Vlijmen, Netherlands) followed in the Top 25, ranking 13^th overall on the players leaderboard with a 5-over par 77 performance. She collected nine par scores and three birdies.

Rounding out the Top 25 for Akron was senior Jessica Hahn (Canton, Ohio). Hahn fired a 79 (+7) and finished 23^rd overall with nine pars and one birdie.

Senior Abbi Fleiner (Reno, Nev.) and sophomore Hridhika Vora (Mumbai, Maharashtra) completed the Zips scoring with 85 (+13) and 90 (+18) scores, respectively.

Akron sits sixth in the team scoring with a 316 (+28) ledger as Kent State leads the way with a 296 (+8) first round effort, followed by Toledo (+17, 305), Northern Illinois (+22, 310), Central Michigan (+27, 315) and Bowling Green (+27, 315). The Flashes' Veronika Kedronova and Leon Takagi posted a pair of field-low 1-under par 71 scores to lead the tournament.

Akron is set to start the second round of the 2024 MAC Championships from hole No. 1 at 11:10 a.m. with Vora leading the way followed by Fleiner (11:20 a.m.), Hahn (11:30 a.m.), van Son (11:40 a.m.) and Wright (11:50 a.m.).

6 Akron +28, 316
T7 Avery Wright +3, 7511:10
13 Daphne van Son +5, 77
T23 Jessica Hahn +7, 79
T43 Abbi Fleiner +13, 85
50 Hridhika Vora +18, 90

Team Rankings
1 Kent State 296 (+8)
2 Toledo 305 (+17)
3 Northern Illinois 310 (+22)
T4 Central Michigan 315 (+27)
T4 Bowling Green 315 (+27)
6 Akron 316 (+28)
7 Ball State 317 (+29)
8 Western Michigan 319 (+31)
9 Ohio 321 (+33)
10 Eastern Michigan 322 (+34)

Top 20 Players
T1 Veronika Kedronova, Kent State, 71 -1
T1 Leon Takagi, Kent State, 71 -1
3 Sarah Gallagher, Ball State, 73 +1
T4 Ashley Goh, Central Michigan, 74 +2
T4 Amelia Lee, Toledo, 74 +2
T4 Sophia Wygonik, Eastern Michigan, 74 +2
T7 Yedam Lee, Toledo, 75 +3
T7 Avery Wright, Akron, 75 +3
T9 Makenna Jones, Bowling Green, 76 +4
T9 Sydney Naro, Northern Illinois, 76 +4
T9 Emily Romancew, Northern Illinois, 76 +4
T9 Hester Sicking, Kent State, 76 +4
13 Daphne van Son, Akron, 77 +5
T14 Kyleigh Dull, Toledo, 78 +6
T14 Jennifer Gu, Kent State, 78 +6
T14 Macy Hanus, Toledo, 78 +6
T14 Jenna Hayes, Western Michigan, 78 +6
T14 Angel Hii, Toledo, 78 +6
T14 Rachel Kauflin, Central Michigan, 78 +6
T14 Caroline Kent, Northern Illinois, 78 +6
T14 Morgan Rodgers, Ohio, 78 +6
T14 Megha Vallabhaneni, Western Michigan 78 +6