WESTFIELD CENTER — The Wittenberg women's golf team is in fourth place after Day 1 of the three-day North Coast Athletic Conference Championships on Friday.

The Basics

• Venue: Westfield Country Club North Course - Westfield Center, Ohio, Par 70, Yardage: 5,528
• Hiram is serving as the host school for the tournament.
• The top five individual finishers (including ties) earn All-NCAC First Team honors. Places six through 10 (including ties) earn Second Team recognition, and places 11-15 (including ties) earn Third Team accolades.
• Wittenberg is seeking its fourth all-time conference title and first since winning three straight from 2015 to 2017.
• Senior Ellen Frame (Mason, Ohio/Mason) and sophomores Izzy Selby (Cincinati, Ohio/Seton) and Hillary Humbaugh (Haubstadt, Ind./Gibson Southern) are returning All-NCAC performers from a year ago. Frame and Selby earned Second Team honors after finishing tied for sixth at the 2023 NCAC Championships, and Humbaugh earned Third Team recognition with a 13th-place finish.
• Denison, which received votes in the latest WGCA Coaches Poll, is the three-time defending champion.

The Tournament

• Wittenberg shot a 35-over-par 315 in Friday's opening round to sit in fourth place in the five-team field. Denison leads with a 15-over-par 295, and Wooster is second with a 19-over-par 299. DePauw is third with a 28-over-par 308.
• In the individual standings, DePauw's Becky Williams leads the 25-woman field by three strokes after shooting a 1-under-par 69 on Friday.
• Humbaugh was Wittenberg's top performer on Friday, shooting a 7-over-par 77 to sit tied for 10th.
• Junior Halley McNair (Cincinnati, Ohio/Bishop Fenwick) is tied for 12th with an 8-over-par 78.
• Frame and Selby are tied for 15th with a 10-over-par 80.
• Freshman Taylor Rausch (Mechanicsburg, Ohio/Mechanicsburg) is 20th with a 17-over-par 87.

Quote - Head coach David Wetterich

• "The tournament couldn't be won today, but we did what we needed to do to stay in it going into the final two days. We look forward to the challenge both teams face heading into Saturday and Sunday."

Up Next

• The Tigers return to action on Saturday for the second of the three rounds in the NCAC Championships at Westfield Country Club beginning at 12:10 p.m.