GREENEVILLE, Tenn. -Weather conditions forced a shortened first day of action at the 2011 NAIA Women’s Golf National Championships Tuesday at Link Hills Country Club. Rain forced a four-hour delay and only half of the teams were able to complete 18 holes. Of those squads that were able to play a full round, California Baptist carded a 319 and holds a two-stroke advantage on British Columbia’s 321. Northwood (Fla.) is third at 323, Lubbock Christian (Texas) is fourth at 325 and Shorter (Ga.) is fifth at 326.

Kylie Barros of British Columbia leads the individual leader board of completed competitors after firing an even-par-73. Northwood’s Melanie Roux finished at 2-over-par 75. The California Baptist duo of Adriana Niclotti and Nathalie Silva posted a 76 and are tied for third. Danielle Bellet of Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) and Oklahoma City’s Laura Jones are at 4-over-par 77 to round out the top-five individuals.

The remaining 23 pairings will resume play at the hole they left off on after play was suspended due to darkness on Wednesday at 7 a.m. The Second Round will begin approximately 20 minutes following the completion of the First Round.

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. -The 2011 NAIA Women’s Golf National Championships are set to get underway Tuesday from Link Hills Country Club at 8 a.m. EDT. The 17th annual event is a 72-hole stroke-play tournament that will be played over the course of four days, concluding with the final round on Friday. LIVE SCORING

First-round action will tee off with Shorter (Ga.), Northwood (Fla.) and Lindenwood (Mo.) starting on No. 1 and British Columbia, South Carolina – Beaufort and Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) on No. 10 at 8 a.m. Victoria (B.C.), Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) and Minot State (N.D.) will start on No. 10 at 12:30 p.m. Action off of No. 1 will start at 1 p.m. with Embry-Riddle (Fla.), Lee (Tenn.) and Indiana Tech.

Greeneville welcomes 129 players representing 29 schools from across the country. Among those 29 teams that will be in action, 17 played in the 2010 National Championships. Headlining the returning s quads is defending national champion British Columbia. The Thunderbirds carded a 301-311-311-301—1224 to win their third national title in program history in 2010. They denied Oklahoma City its sixth-straight championship by seven strokes, 308-302-314-307—1231.

Oklahoma City has won the most national championships, capturing five consecutive from 2005 – 09. British Columbia has three banners to its credit, winning in 2001, 2004 and 2010. Northwood is the only other team competing in Greenville that has previously won a title, finishing first in 2003.

Not only does the team champion return to defend its title, so does individual medalist Nathalie Silva of California Baptist. Silva won top-honors in her freshman campaign to become the first Lancer to claim a national title. She held a two-stroke advantage (74-76-75-76—301) to runner-up Kylie Barros of British Columbia (78-77-75-73—303). Silva will look to become the first player in the event’s history to win back-to-back medalist honors.

OKLAHOMA CITY (April 25, 2011) - Lubbock Christian University’s Rachael Dansby has been named Sooner Athletic Conference Women’s Golfer of the Week for April 18-24.

Claremore, Okla. (April 19, 2011) - Lubbock Christian University entered the final round of the 2011 Sooner Athletic Conference Women’s Golf Tournament in third place, ten strokes behind defending champions No.2 Oklahoma City University. The No.11 Lady Chaparrals shot 17 strokes better than any other team in the second round at Heritage Hills Golf Course on Tuesday, carding a team score of 320 for a tournament total of 653, and the Lady Chaps claimed their first Sooner Athletic Conference Women’s Golf Championship in program history.