MONROE, La. - April Butler and Kate Larimore led WKU on the opening day of the ULM Fred Marx Invitational at Bayou DeSiard Country Club in Monroe, Louisiana, posting solid second round scores to help WKU improve their opening round scores by six shots.

The event is the third of five fall tournament's and second in less than 10 days for the WKU Women's Golf team.

The Lady Toppers shot an opening round 316, followed by an afternoon round of 310. Butler and Larimore are tied for 45th place in the event after finishing +12 in the opening 36 holes. Freshman Michaela Bordeianu finished one stroke back at +13 through the opening day of the event.

In their last outing, WKU finished the Great Smokies Intercollegiate with the highest finish for WKU in the event in program history (fifth) and second lowest overall score (596) for the team. WKU made it's 11th appearance in the event all-time. WKU had previously finished seventh on two prior occasions.

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Team Standings
T1 McNeese State 297 296 593 +17
T1 Southern Mississippi 292 301 593 +17
3 Sam Houston State 299 297 596 +20
T4 Lamar 300 300 600 +24
T4 Troy 308 292 600 +24
6 Louisiana Monroe 294 307 601 +25
7 South Alabama 312 294 606 +30
8 Stephen F. Austin St 308 303 611 +35
T9 McLennan CC 317 297 614 +38
T9 Northeastern St 311 303 614 +38
11 Houston Baptist University 307 309 616 +40
12 Oklahoma City U. 311 306 617 +41
13 Western Kentucky 316 310 626 +50
14 Centenary College 329 323 652 +76
15 Jackson State Univ. 335 322 657 +81
16 New Orleans, U. of 348 363 711 +135

Individual Standings
T45 April Butler 80 76 156
T45 Kate Larimore 82 74 156
T52 Michaela Bordeianu 75 82 157
T61 Kelsey Burrell 80 80 160
T63 Ellinor Haag 81 80 161

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