RIO VERDE, AZ – Seniors Manisa Isavas and Morgan Salm each carded even-par 72s to lead Toledo to a first-place tie following Friday's opening round of the Rio Verde Invitational.

The Rockets are tied for first place with Bradley at 10-over par 298 in a tight leaderboard that has just nine strokes separating the top 13 teams.

Isavas and Salm sit just one stroke out of first place on the individual leaderboard. Xavier's Hanna Lee, Bradley's Danielle Lemek and Wichita State's Gavrilla Arya each fired one-under 71s to lead the field. 

Senior Sathika Ruenreong also enjoyed a strong day for the Rockets, posting a two-over par 74 to tie for 11^th place. Rounding out the Rocket lineup are freshmen Natcha Daengpiem (80) and Pimchanok Kawil (82) tied for 67^th and 84^th place, respectively.

The second and third round will begin with 8:00 a.m. (PST) shotgun starts on Saturday and Sunday.

TEAM STANDINGS
T1. Toledo 298 ( 10); T1. Bradley 298 ( 10); 3. Northern Arizona 299 ( 11); T4. Wichita State 300 ( 12); T4. Eastern Michigan 300 ( 12); 6. Ohio 301 ( 13); T7. UMKC 302 ( 14); T7. Akron 302 ( 14); 9. Arkansas State 304 ( 16); 10. Xavier 305 ( 17); T11. Arkansas-Little Rock 306 ( 18); T11. Missouri State 306 ( 18); T13. Illinois State 307 ( 19); T13. Western Michigan 307 ( 19); 15. Bowling Green 310 ( 22); 16. Ball State 311 ( 23); 17. Northern Illinois 313 ( 25); 18. Seton Hall 315 ( 27)

TOP FIVE INDIVIDUALS
T1. Hanna Lee (XU) 71 (-1); T1. Danielle Lemek (BU) 71 (-1); T1. Gavrilla Arya (WSU) 71 (-1); T4. Manisa Isavas (UT) 72 (E); T4. Morgan Salm (UT) 72 (E); T4. Kim Cifuentes (NAU) 72 (E); T4. Caroline Boone 72 (E); T4. Grace Henderson (BU) 72 (E)

TOLEDO INDIVIDUALS
T4. Manisa Isavas 72 (E); T4. Morgan Salm 72 (E); T11. Sathika Ruenreong 74 ( 2); T67. Natcha Daengpiem 80 ( 8); T84. Pimchanok Kawil 82 ( 10)