LANCASTER, Pa. – Emily McGarrigle sat atop the leaderboard as the Ursinus College women's golf team concluded the first day of the Centennial Conference championship in third place.

McGarrigle carded a 9-over 79 on the 5801-yard course at Conestoga Country Club, finishing the afternoon tied with Marymount's Alessandra Bertacche for first place.

Ursinus totaled 373 strokes on the day, 21 behind first-place Gettysburg and just two back of Dickinson in second. The Bears are 12 shots clear of Marymount and Muhlenberg in fourth. Ursinus' team score marks the third-best CC championship round in program history.

McGarrigle's 79 is the best score ever for an Ursinus golfer at the conference championship. The junior, who finished 10^th two years ago, birdied the par-4 13^th hole en route to a 38 on the back nine. She had eight pars for the round, putting herself in prime position to challenge for the individual title.

Junior Rebecca Chiger is tied for 13^th with a 94. Chiger birdied the par-4 seventh hole and made bogey or better on 11 holes.

Senior Sarah Thompson carded a 96 to sit tied for 17^th, logging three pars and eight bogeys.

In her first taste of championship golf, senior Meaghan Corbin finished with a 104. She made par on the par-3 11^th hole and tallied five bogeys, four of them in the midst of a 48 on the back nine.

Senior Shelby Bryant completed the round in 134 strokes, which included a bogey on the par-3 15^th hole.

The CC championship concludes Sunday with a noon tee time.