Missouri maintained its lead at the top at the 2022 College Disc Golf National Championship. Photo: Conrad Meyer / PDGA

It’s going to be a thrilling race to the top spot in College Disc Golf on Saturday.

The final day arrives at the 2022 College Disc Golf National Championship with tight races in both the men’s and women’s Division I team standings.

At the conclusion of Saturday, two teams from the record-breaking field at North Cove Disc Golf Club in Marion, North Carolina will emerge as champions and take bragging rights home to the respective universities.

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On the women’s side, the Missouri team of Alexis Kerman and Renae Beasley saw their lead cut in half on Friday, but still hold a five-stroke lead over the Ferris State duo and defending champions of Tianna Halfaday and Rachel Dupre.

Defending champions Ferris State cut the deficit in half heading into the final round at the 2022 CDGNC. Photo: Conrad Meyer / PDGA

Taking on the Boulders track at North Cove for the first time, Halfaday and Dupre fired off a three-under round of 57, the hottest round by five strokes over Missouri to cut the deficit of 10 strokes down to five with 18 holes to play.

Saturday’s finale shifts back to the River Run course. Missouri has rounds of 52 and 47 on River Run, while Ferris State turned in back-to-back rounds of 55 earlier in the week.

Brigham Young’s Devri Tanner and Hannah Hunter are in third place.

Collin Thompson and Northern Illinois have a one-stroke lead heading into Saturday's final. Photo: Conrad Meyer / PDGA

On the men’s side, Illinois State skyrocketed to the top of the leaderboard with a strong showing in singles action, in which all the scores from the team are averaged and added to the overall team standings.

On Friday, back to team play on the Boulders course, Illinois State put it all together with the hot round of 45 to build a two-stroke lead at the top.

Ferris State, who was in second placed, was disqualified from the team competition due to an eligibility issue set forth by College Disc Golf.

That bumped Appalachian State into second place at 19-under par, two strokes back with 18 holes to play on the challenging Gorge course.

But it’s anyone’s game with three teams – Missouri, Iowa State and Texas – three strokes back at 18-under. Liberty and Northern Arizona are 17-under.

Just call it April Madness.