PUEBLO, Colo. – Vaijayanti Bharkhada and Isabel Botero are both tied for 10^th individually and led MSU Denver to fourth place Sunday at the first day of the Pack Classic.
 
As a team, MSU Denver scored a round of 17-over-par 305 on the 6,000-yard, par-72 Walking Stick Golf Course, putting them sixth strokes behind first-place and 43^rd-ranked Colorado Christian.
 
Among the other teams trailing MSU Denver in the 15-team event are 31^st-ranked Western Washington, 46^th-ranked Simon Fraser (B.C.) and 50^th-ranked Sonoma State (Calif.).
 
MSU Denver has had only nine rounds better than 305 in the history of the program.
 
Bharkhada and Botero each shot 3-over par 75s and are four strokes off the lead. Bharkhada's round included four birdies (tied for the tournament lead), while Botero had no birdies but did have an eagle on the 459-yard, par-5 fifth hole.
 
Mackenzie Carpenter is tied for 22^nd after shooting 77, and Sydney Eye is tied for 28^th after carding a 78. All five Roadrunners broke 80, as Winnie Shaw shot 79.
 
The second and final round is set for 10 a.m. Monday.