WATERLOO, Iowa (Oct. 11, 2026) - The Buena Vista women's golf team is off to a solid start to the American Rivers Conference Championships with a pair of individuals sitting inside the top-10 and the team in a tie for third overall after an opening round 336 at Sunnyside Golf and Country Club.

Playing in warm and sunny conditions, the field did have to battle through some breezy conditions at times out on the course. BVU freshman Hannah Swanson turned in a round of 80 and finds herself in third overall and only three shots back of the clubhouse leader. Senior Riley Haschke is one shot back and in a three-way tie for fourth after an 81. Freshman Payton Hartman is just outside the top-10  after carding an 83 and in a four-way tie for 12th.

Freshman Hannah Patrick (92) and Ella Whited (101) round out the five-player line-up for the Beavers who are tied with Simpson College and only three shots back of Wartburg College for second.

The University of Dubuque (327) sits as the clubhouse leader following 18 holes of the 54-hole event. Central College's Allie Pfantz is the individual clubhouse leader following an opening round 77.

Buena Vista will tee-off in the second wave of golfers for round two on Monday, Oct. 12 starting at 9:45 a.m.