Oct. 27, 2006

Wilmington, NC - Virginia sophomore Jennie Arseneault continued her stellar play this fall by shooting even par 72 to share the lead after the first round at UNC Wilmington's Landfall Tradition. After shooting 13-over 301 in the rainy conditions, the ninth-ranked Cavaliers find themselves one shot behind Michigan for the tournament lead. Michigan State and Ohio State are tied for third at 305.

Arseneault was one of three UVa players in the top-10 after the first 18 holes of play. Leah Wigger and Lauren Mielbrecht both carded scores of 3-over 75 to tie for 10th. Whitney Neuhauser is 28th at 79 and Rachel Smith is 38th at 81.

Arseneault is tied on the leaderboard with Michigan's Brianna Broderick and Ohio Sate's Dana Jae. Megan Padua from Penn State is one shot off the lead. Arseneault has finished in the top 10 in her previous two outings this year.

Saturday's second round gets underway at 8:15 a.m. Live scoring of the tournament will be on the Internet at Golfstat.com.

The Landfall Tradition
The Country Club of Landfall
Wilmington, NC
Par-72, 6,115 yards
First-Round Results

Team Results
 1. Michigan          300
 2. Virginia          301
 3. Ohio State        305
 3. Michigan State    305
 5. New Mexico        309
 6. Wake Forest       310
 7. South Florida     315
 8. Penn State        316
 9. NC State          317
10. Tulsa             318
11. UNC Greensboro    320
12. UNC Wilmington    326
Individual Leaders
 1. Jennie Arseneault, Virginia    72
 1. Brianna Broderick, Michigan    72
 1. Dana Je, Ohio State            72
 4. Megan Padua, Penn State        73
 5. Ashley Bauer, Michigan         74
 5. Sara Brown, Michigan State     74
 5. Leisl Hasbrouck, Tulsa         74
 5. Nannette Hill, Wake Forest     74
 5. Gemma Webster, Ohio State      74
10. Jessica Buchta, South Florida  75
10. Giselle Claux, New Mexico      75
10. Lauren Doughtie, NC State      75
10. Lauren Mielbrecht, Virginia    75
10. Leah Wigger, Virginia          75
Virginia Results
 1. Jennie Arseneault  72
10. Lauren Mielbrecht  75
10. Leah Wigger         75
28. Whitney Neuhauser  79
38. Rachel Smith       81