Team sits 3 strokes back

For the third consecutive tournament, Karen Dennison and the IU women's golf team stand near the very front of the pack at the end of day one.\nAfter 36 holes at the Shootout at the Legends in Franklin, Ind., Dennison sits comfortably with a six stroke lead for the individual title, while the Hoosiers are three strokes behind Kent State for first place in the team portion.\nDennison, a junior who is the No. 13th ranked golfer in the nation by Golfweek/Sagarin, shot rounds of 68 and 70 to shoot six-under-par for the day.\nHer 138 score for 36 holes was the lowest in school history.\nShe broke her own record of 140, which she set last week while finishing second at the Lady Northern Invitational in Iowa City, Iowa.\n"My irons started clicking today and my putting was great," Dennison said.\nOn hole No. 15, a par five, Dennison sat 80 yards away from the cup after two shots, but on her third shot hit nothing but cup, scoring an eagle.\n"I used a sand wedge and I had my hands raised before it went it," Dennison said. "I just knew it was going in."\nDennison ended up birdying the final three holes of her first round, shooting a back nine score of 30, something she had never done before. \n"I never really thought I could shoot 30, but I was shooting the ball so well today. It just happened," Dennison said.\nShe leads Iowa State's Louise Kenney, who fired two rounds of 72, even par.\nThe No. 11 ranked Hoosiers, who lost a seven-stroke lead to No. 17 ranked Kent State on the final day of last week's Lady Northern Invitational, will try a role reversal today.\nThey are in striking distance of the Screaming Eagles, as Kent State shot a 589 team score to the Hoosiers' 592.\nMissouri (595), Illinois (599) and Wisconsin (603) round out the team top five.\nAfter Dennison, IU's top golfer was junior Ambry Bishop who shot a seven-over-par 151 to place tied for 18th.\nJuniors Mary Lidester (154) and Danah Ford (156), senior Cara Stuckey (156), and freshman Molly Redfearn (157) rounded out IU's scoring for the day.\nAfter Dennison's eagle on hole No. 15 in round one, Redfearn accomplished a rare feat. She also eagled that same hole in her second round. Redfearn's third shot came from 120 yards away from the pin.