Sandestin, Florida - The Trinity women's golf team is tied for seventh place with Illinois Wesleyan University and Methodist University after shooting a cumulative 324 Sunday in the opening round of the Golfweek DIII Fall Preview.

The three-round tournament features some of the top teams in the nation, competing at the Baytowne Golf Club.

Trinity leads Centre College (325), Berry College (326), Schreiner University (328), Southwestern University (329), Whittier College and Rhodes College “B” team (332), Oglethorpe University (344), and Birmingham-Southern College (366) in the 18-team field. Three of the Sewanee: University of the South players are competing as individuals.

Washington University-St. Louis (296) leads the tournament, and the University of Texas-Tyler (304) is in second place. Carthage College (305) stands at No. 3, Washington and Lee University (308) is fourth, Huntingdon College (314) is fifth, and defending national champion Rhodes College (320) is in sixth place.

Brigette Lee shot a 5-over-par 77 and is tied for 15th place in the individual tournament , while Taylor Moser went 7-over 79 and is in a tie for the No. 27 position. Hanna Niner (83) is tied for 49th place, Shelby DeVore (85) is in a tie for the No. 58 slot, and Alessa Hutter (86) stands in a tie for 65th.

Round 2 will be played Monday, while the event concludes Tuesday.  The Tigers finished in sixth place at last year's tournament.