LITCHFIELD PARK, Ariz. – Led by Sydney Eye's 7-over-par 79, the MSU Denver women's golf team stands in second place after the first day of the Southwest Minnesota State Spring Classic.
 
The Roadrunners compiled a team score of 33-over 321 and stand 10 strokes behind Division I Lehigh and one stroke ahead of Division I Bucknell on the leaderboard heading into Tuesday's final day.
 
"I think we can make a good run tomorrow if we can just minimize the mental mistakes," MSU Denver coach Stef Ferguson said.
 
Eye had four birdies while shooting 40-39-79 and is tied for seventh in the eight-team, 55-player event. Eye is third among Division II players in the field.
 
"I'm super proud of Syd for how she hung tough today," Ferguson said. "She had a lot of ups and downs, but stayed steady and shot a decent score. The team had a lot of good birdies and we saw some great stuff from all of them."

Mackenzie Carpenter and Isabel Botero each shot 80 and are tied for 10^th, while Winnie Shaw carded an 82 and is tied for 15^th.
 
"Overall we really struggled on the par 3s – of the four scores we took, we were +22 on the par 3s and that just killed us," Ferguson said. "We expected some rust for this first day but need to tighten up for tomorrow."