ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – In his first collegiate golf tournament, University of Hawai'i freshman Josh Hayashida fired a second round 5-under 67 and is in contention at the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate after Friday's first two rounds at the UNM Championship Course.
 
The Mililani, O'ahu native opened with a 71 in the morning round and then tallied one eagle and five birdies in the afternoon for a 67 and is currently tied for fourth place at 6-under 138. Hayashida is two strokes off the lead held by UNLV's Caden Fioroni, who carded rounds of 67 and 69.
 
As a team, the Rainbow Warriors are tied for 10^th place at 588. San Diego State (559) has a five-stroke lead over host New Mexico (564) entering Saturday's final round.
 
San Diego transfer Remington Hirano is 3-over 147 in his first tournament as a Rainbow Warrior. The Honolulu native carded rounds of 73 and 74 and is tied for 42^nd place.
 
Blaze Akana, a transfer from Sacramento State, is tied for 60^th at 150 (78-72) followed by sophomore Atsuya Oishi (153; t-87^th), and freshman James Whitworth (155; t-92^nd).
 
The third and final round begins at 7:30 a.m. MT on Saturday.
 

T10	Hawai'i	301	287	588
T4	Josh Hayashida (4)	71	67	138
T42	Remington Hirano (3)	73	74	147
T60	Blaze Akana (2)	78	72	150
T87	Atsuya Oishi (1)	79	74	153
T92	James Whitworth (5)	79	76	155