KAPOLEI, O'ahu – University of Hawai'i sophomores Hyeonji Kang and Mayumi Umezu are in contention at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational following Tuesday's second round at the Kapolei Golf Club.
 
Kang carded a 3-over 75 and is four strokes off the lead at even par 144 and tied for fourth place. Umezu is one stroke behind Kang and tied for sixth place at 1-over 145 after shooting the best round of the day for the Rainbow Wahine with a 73.
 
Gonzaga's Cassie Kim and Colorado State's Andrea Bergsdottir share the individual lead at 4-under 140. CSU's Sofia Torres is two strokes back at 2-under.
 
Colorado State is atop the team leaderboard at 1-under 575 followed by Gonzaga (583), College of Charleston (586), Fresno State (594), Sacramento State (595), and UH (600). Hawai'i is the top Big West team among the 13-team field.
 
Also competing for the Rainbow Wahine are sophomore Monica Johnson (153, t-35^th), freshman Wendy Song (158, t-56^th), and junior Kralyn Salazar (176, 78^th). Focus Jonglikit (159, t-61^st) and Ting-Yu Liu (171, 75^th) and are competing as individuals.
 
The tournament concludes with the third and final round on Wednesday with a 9:00 a.m. shotgun start.
 

6	Hawai'i	292	308	600
T4	Hyeonji Kang (2)	69	75	144
T6	Mayumi Umezu (1)	72	73	145
T35	Monica Johnson (3)	74	79	153
T56	Wendy Song (4)	77	81	158
78	Kralyn Salazar (5)	86	90	176