KAPOLEI, O'ahu – University of Hawai'i freshman
Momo Sugiyama carded a 1-under 71 and currently sits in a tie for fifth place after Round 2 of the Rainbow Wahine Invitational Tuesday at the Kapolei Golf Club.
The Australia native shot a front nine 33 and carded five birdies on her round. The reining Big West Conference Golfer of the Month is among a three-way tie for fifth place and one of only seven golfers under par after 36 holes.
As a team, the Rainbow Wahine are in fourth place at 592. Sixth-ranked Baylor continues to the lead the nine-team field at 14-under 562. Santa Clara is 19 strokes back at 581 followed by Idaho (587), and UH
UH still tops the five Big West Conference teams competing in the field – Cal State Fullerton (596), UC Irvine (600), CSUN (619), and CSU Bakersfield (639).
Baylor's Britta Snyder maintains her lead in the individual leaderboard at 7-under 137 and posted the low round of the day at 68. Teammate Gurleen Kaur and Cal State Fullerton's Elina Saksa are three strokes back at 140.
Also competing for the Rainbow Wahine are junior
Hana Mirnik (149; t-17
th), freshman
Monica Johnson (151; t-22
nd), freshman
Focus Jonglikit (153, t-28
th), and freshman
Hyeonji Kang (155; 34
th).
Three other UH golfers are competing as individuals – freshman
Ting-Yu Liu (152; t-25
th), freshman
Mayumi Umezu (154; t-30
th), and sophomore
Kralyn Salazar (160; t-44
th), and
The third and final round begins on Wednesday with split tee times starting at 9:00 a.m.
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