PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The University of Pennsylvania women's golf team had a solid first day at the Rutgers Invitational, with freshman Mi Li atop the individual leaderboard and the Quakers second behind only the host Scarlet Knights out of 16 teams.
 
Results (Clippd.com)
 
Penn shot 303 in Saturday's first round, then carded a 298 which was the best team score in the afternoon's second round. As a result, the Quakers are at 33-over-par 601 heading into Sunday's final round, just three strokes behind Rutgers (294-304—598, +30). Dartmouth is third, nine strokes behind Penn.
 
Li shot 76 Saturday morning and then carded the only under-par round by any individual on the day in the afternoon, a 1-under-par 70. That left her at 4-over-par 146 for the day and atop the 87-player field, one stroke ahead of Seton Hall's Marta Aguilar and two up on of Rutgers' Judy Amano. Li also leads the field in par-4 scoring (4.00) and pars (26) and is tied for third in par-3 scoring (3.20).
 
Maggie Ni followed up her first-round 77 with a second-round 73 (+2), leaving her at 8-over-par 150 which has her tied for fourth in the field. She is tied for second in par-4 scoring (4.06) and had the only eagle on the day, on the 18th hole during Saturday's afternoon round.
 
Freshman Adrienne Ahn-Upton tied for Penn's low round in the morning and then shot a 77 in the afternoon, leaving her tied for 12th at 152 (+10). Sophomore Claire Lu shot the other 75 on Saturday morning and ended the day at 14-over-par 156. Senior Julie Shin scored for the Quakers in the afternoon and ended the day at 161 (+19), while Bridge O'Keefe ended the day at 160 (+18) as an individual in the field.
 
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