NORMAL, Ill. – The Sycamores carded a pair of strong opening rounds of 303 and 304 and are in 11^th  place after the first rounds of the Redbird Invitational, hosted by Illinois State. The tournament is being held at the par-72, 6,010-yard lay-out of the Weibring Golf Club.

In the morning's opening round, Alex Jennings and Kayla Ryan fired rounds of 75 while Sierra Hargens carded a score of 76. Sophomore Lauren Green tallied a mark of 77 while Kristen Hobbs made her Sycamore debut with a round of 82.

Ryan led the way in the evening with a round of 74 – a trip around the course which featured four birdies. Hargens and Green tallied second rounds of 76. Hargens owned three birdies while Green posted one. Alex Jennings posted a second round of 78 after tallying one birdie and Hobbs recorded a second round of 81 with a birdie.

The Sycamores posted an opening round of 303 and came back with a score of 304 in the afternoon for a total of 607 which is 11^th in the field of 17.

Ryan's total of 149 has her in a tie for 28^th place while Sierra Hargens is tied for 38^th place with a score of 152. Lauren Green and Alex Jennings are tied for 44^th place with a total of 153 while Hobbs finished with a total of 163 is tied for 87^th place.

IUPUI leads the field after posting a pair of rounds of 293. The Sycamores have a 10 stroke lead over Evansville who carded a total of 617. ISU is also ahead of Butler, Bowling Green, Western Illinois, Loyola and Ohio.

The Sycamore women's golf team is back in action on Monday, September 9 at 9 am (ET). Live stats will be available on GoSycamores.com