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WAHIAWA, O'ahu – The University of Hawai'i women's golf team moved up one spot to fourth place following Round 2 of the Rainbow Wahine Invitational, Wednesday at a picture-perfect day at the Leilehua Golf Course.
 
The Rainbow Wahine shot 296 and currently sits in fourth place at 596, 12 strokes behind Round 2 leader No. 34 Brigham Young, who fired 289 for a 584 total. Round 1 leader Mississippi and New Mexico State are tied for second at 592.
 
UH junior Eimi Koga rebounded from a first round 78 with the day's best round of 4-under 68 and is tied for sixth at 2-over 146. Koga posted five birdies and one bogey on her season-low round, and one stroke off her career-best of 67.
 
Junior Raquel Ek leads the Rainbow Wahine at even par 144 following a second round 73 and tied for fourth place, three strokes behind Brigham Young's Rose Huang (69) and Brooklyn Hocker (73), who are each 3-under 141 and share the tournament lead. Junior Izzy Leung is tied for ninth at 3-over 147 after posting a second round 76.
 
Also competing for Hawai'i in the team portion are senior Nichole Cruz (79, t-59^th), and junior Daezsa Tomas (81, t-72^nd). Three others are competing as individuals including freshmen Kaci Masuda and junior Kelli-Anne Katsuda, who each shot 2-over 74 on Wednesday. Masuda (153) is tied for 32^nd while Katsuda (160) is tied for 62^nd. Sophomore Lauren Kirkwood is tied for 78^th after a second round 81.
 
The tournament concludes on Thursday with the third and final round beginning with an 8:00 a.m. shotgun start.

 

4	Hawai'i	300	296	596
T4	Raquel Ek (1)	71	73	144
T6	Eimi Koga (2)	78	68	146
T9	Izzy Leung (4)	71	76	147
T59	Nichole Cruz (5)	80	79	159
T72	Daezsa Tomas (3)	81	81	162

 

T32	Kaci Masuda (Hawai'i)	79	74	153
T62	Kelli-Anne Katsuda (Hawai'i)	86	74	160
T78	Lauren Kirkwood (Hawai'i)	86	81	167