CROMWELL, Conn. - A new leader emerged Monday for the Delaware State University women's golf team as freshman Brooke Foster (Prior Lake, Minn.) is tied for fifth place and two shots behind first place after the day one of the Quinnipiac Classic, held at the TPC River Highlands, a PGA-ranked course.

Foster recorded a season-best 18-hole scorecard of 81 on the par-70, 5,873-yard Pete Dye-designed course.  She posted a birdie on hole 12 with a mark of three.

As a team, the Hornets shot a 345 to hold at +65 through the first round.   DSU sits in fourth place at 15 shots behind leading Merrimack, who sits at a +50 score of 330.  Host Quinnipiac is in second at +52 while Fairfield is third at +61.  Behind DSU is Wagner at +65 in fifth place and St. Francis (N.Y.) in sixth at +93.

Freshman Marie-France Finn (Memramcook, New Brunswick, Canada) finished her 18-hole round tied for 12^th place with a +15 score of 85.  She recorded a birdie shot of three on hole 14.

Fellow freshman Mengxuan 'Rebecca' Gai (Guangzhou, China) shot a +18 card of 88 to sit in 16^th place through the first round.  Gai opened her day with a birdie on the second hole.

Rounding out the scores for the Hornets is freshman Ellisa Lee (Ellicott City, Md.), who tied for 20^th place with a score of +21. 

Merrimack's Ali Reed, Quinnipiac's Krissy Unger and Wagner's Kathryn Jimerson finished the day tied for first place with a +9 score of 79.

The Quinnipiac Classic wraps up Tuesday at The Farms Country Club in Wallingford, Conn.  Live scoring is available via DSUHornets.com. 

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