'EWA BEACH, O'ahu – Freshman
Kotaro Murata carded a 4-over 76 to lead the University of Hawai'i men's golf team in the second round of the inaugural Hoakalei Country Club Invitational Tuesday.
The Matsuyama, Japan native, is UH's top golfer at 7-over 151 and tied for 89
th place heading into Wednesday's third and final round.
Louisville, the tournament's highest ranked team at No. 10, posted the round of the day (277) to move up four spots into a tie for the team lead with 32
nd-ranked East Tennessee State at 562. The Round 1 leader Ole Miss is third, two strokes back at 564.
San Diego's Harrison Kingsley and ETSU's Shiso Go are tied atop the player leaderboard at 8-under 136. Three golfers are one stroke back.
Senior
Nick Nelson shot a second round 79 for a 156 total and tie for 104
th. Also competing for UH are junior
Justin Ngan (158, 108
th), senior
Trevor Hirata (161, 110
th), and junior
Matt Lloyd (172, 112
th).
Three other UH golfers are competing as individuals – junior
Kanata Irei (157, t-106
th), junior
Cole Yoshida (164, 111
th), and sophomore
AJ Teraoka (173, 113
th).
Following Wednesday's final round, the Warriors jump on a plane to Maui where they will host the Kā'anapali Classic Collegiate Invitational Friday through Sunday at Kā'anapali's Royal Course.
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