COLUMBIA, Mo. – Little Rock shaved three shots off its opening round total Tuesday, posting a 15-over 303 in round two of the Johnie Imes Invitational. The Trojans sit 13th in the team standings after 36 holes of play, shooting a 33-over 609 heading into Wednesday's final round.
2018 Johnie Imes Invitational Live Scoring
The Trojan effort was led by freshman
Tilde Bocker Tuesday as she matched her opening round total with a 1-over 73, sitting tied for 18th overall with a 2-over 146 through 36 holes. Bocker remains among the tournament leaders in par-five scoring, tied for third among the field at 3-under, while also sitting tied for third with 27 pars through two rounds.
Senior
Emelie Blennow is tied for 23rd overall at 3-over 147, carding a 2-over 74 in round two. Blennow is tied for fourth in par-three scoring at 1-under and has posted 25 pars through 36 holes, tied for ninth overall.
Freshman
Kellie Gachaga and junior
Thea Wakeford-Wesmann are tied for 65th overall as the duo have both shot 14-over 158. Freshman
Malena Austerslaatt rounds out the Trojan scorecard with a 21-over 165 while freshman
Sydney Scraba has posted a 12-over 156 competing as an individual, tied for 61st.
Little Rock will have its work cut out for it Wednesday as the Trojans trail both Bradley and UMKC (28-over 604) by five shots as the duo are tied for 11th. Little Rock will need to make up seven shots to catch rival Arkansas State (26-over 602) and post a top-10 team finish.
Host Missouri holds the team lead at 12-under 564, leading second-place Florida Gulf Coast (6-under 570) by six shots. Fresno State (5-under 571) also sits under par in third place with Mercer (Even-par 576) and Florida International (7-over 583) rounding out the top-five.
Wednesday's final round will get underway with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. as the Trojans will begin on holes 15 through 18. Live scoring will be available at
BirdieFire.com.
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