Greyhounds, Cederholm Lead After Brutal Day 1 at GLVC Championships

COAL VALLEY, Ill. – The UIndy women’s golf team grinded out a challenging opening day at the 2024 GLVC Championships, hosted at Oakwood Country Club in Coal Valley, Ill. Battling cold, rainy and windy conditions—as well a lengthy lightning delay—the Greyhounds earned a five-stroke advantage through 18 holes of stroke play.
 
Friday’s scheduled originally included 36 holes, but Mother Nature had other plans. The field will now look to get in two rounds tomorrow, starting with an 9 a.m. ET shotgun start. The top four teams after 54 holes of stroke play will advance to the medal/match play semifinals on Sunday. Meanwhile, the top five finishers after stroke play will be named All-GLVC.
 

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INS & OUTS
The Hounds got off to a slow and found themselves in the bottom half of the leaderboard early. UIndy clawed back with a strong back nine, as Caroline Whallon shot even par on the back and Anci Dy strung together five straight pars coming in.
 
But it was Matilda Cederholm that had the most consistent round, finishing with a six-over 77 to lead the field by two strokes. Whallon and fellow-freshman Jess Haines sit at +9 to share ninth place. Macey Brown sits at T-20, while Dy’s late push positioned her in a tie for 26th.