{"id":523477,"date":"2026-03-09T00:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T00:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/523477\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T00:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T00:08:09","slug":"zanatta-leads-womens-golf-during-opening-round-in-alabama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/523477\/","title":{"rendered":"Zanatta Leads Women&#8217;s Golf During Opening Round in Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GADSDEN, Ala. \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/cmuchippewas.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/ella-zanatta\/7204\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7204\" target=\"_blank\">Ella Zanatta<\/a> shot a 3-over par 75 on Sunday to lead the Central Michigan women&#8217;s golf team during the opening round of the Chris Banister Classic at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Silver Lakes Course.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe second round of the 54-hole, stroke-play event is scheduled for Monday (9:30 a.m.). The third and final round is set for Tuesday.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nZanatta is tied for 18th in the 93-player field. The Chippewas posted a 321 team total on Sunday and are in 14th place in the 16-team event.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nCMU&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/cmuchippewas.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/rachel-niskanen\/7201\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7201\" target=\"_blank\">Rachel Niskanen<\/a> shot an 8-over 80 on Sunday, while teammates <a href=\"https:\/\/cmuchippewas.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/brooke-morris\/7200\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7200\" target=\"_blank\">Brooke Morris<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cmuchippewas.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/zoe-dull\/7205\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7205\" target=\"_blank\">Zoe Dull<\/a> both shot 11-over 83. Niskanen is tied for 51st, while Morris and Dull are among a group tied for 64th.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nAlso for the Chippewas on Sunday, <a href=\"https:\/\/cmuchippewas.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/lexi-schulman\/7202\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7202\" target=\"_blank\">Lexi Schulman<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cmuchippewas.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/alexis-mcmurray\/7199\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7199\" target=\"_blank\">Alexis McMurray<\/a> both shot 86, <a href=\"https:\/\/cmuchippewas.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/lauren-davis\/7198\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7198\" target=\"_blank\">Lauren Davis<\/a> posted an 88, and <a href=\"https:\/\/cmuchippewas.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/evanka-shah\/7203\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7203\" target=\"_blank\">Evanka Shah<\/a> carded a 93.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nMcMurray, Davis and Shah are playing as individuals.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nCaroline McConnell of Bradley shot a 2-under 70 on Sunday and leads by one shot over Yang Tai of Indiana State.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nTennesse, which is ranked 21st nationally, leads the tournament after an opening round 291 team total. The Volunteers are 12 shots clear of second-place Indiana State.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GADSDEN, Ala. \u2013 Ella Zanatta shot a 3-over par 75 on Sunday to lead the Central Michigan women&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-523477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}