ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – The top three spots on the individual leaderboard are occupied by UNC Pembroke golfers and the Braves broke 300 for the first time ever at the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Championships to hold an 11-stroke lead over No. 7 Flagler after 18 holes of the 54-hole tournament in St. Augustine.

UNCP's 296 is its lowest score overall since September of 2016 and breaks its previous PBC Tournament best of 301 by five strokes. The PBC Championship record of 294 was set by Flagler in the 2017 edition of the tournament. The Black & Gold led the field in par-3 scoring (+2), par-5 scoring (-3) and total birdies (14) in Friday's opening round. It's the first time the Braves have led after a round of the PBC Championship since 2014.

The Braves (+8) bested host and seventh-ranked Flagler (+19) by 11 strokes on the par-72, 6,049-yard Slammer and Squire Course at the World Golf Village. Eleven more strokes back is third-place Columbus State (+30), while North Georgia (+34) and Young Harris (+36) are slotted fourth and fifth.

Freshman Maddy Corley (-2) finds herself four shots clear of the field after carding an opening-round 70, including a field-best six birdies. Corley bogeyed two of her first three holes, but bounced back with birdies on six of her next 11 to move to four-under. Bogeys on 17 and 18 wrapped a two-under par round for the PBC Freshman of the Year. Corley led the field in par-5 scoring (-3) and total birdies (6) in the first round.

Sophomore Megan Munroe (+2) logged birdies on holes 10 and 14 to go along with four bogeys in a two-over par round of 74. She is solo second in the 25-player field after round one. Junior Alexandria Bare (+3) carded an even-par 36 on the front nine and a three-over par 39 coming home to shoot 75 and share third with Flagler's Natalia Azcue, who had the round's only eagle.

Sophomore Katy Flax used birdies on holes 8 and 11 to card a 77 on Friday and is in a two-way tie for eighth, while senior Savannah Thompson is tied 17th after an opening-round 81. She birdied holes 6 and 9 to make the turn at three-over, but played the back nine in six-over to close at nine-over par.

The Black & Gold will tee off in Saturday's second round at 9:05 a.m. as it looks for its third PBC Tournament title and first since 2014.