Arkansas improved its team score by eight strokes Tuesday in the second round of the NCAA Columbus Regional, but is still on the outside looking in for a berth in the NCAA Championships entering Wednesday's final round.
The Razorbacks fired a 13-over 301 on the Scarlet Course of the Ohio State Golf Club to fall one spot to eighth place after two rounds. The Razorbacks are at 34 over, 23 strokes behind No. 4 Florida and 20 strokes behind host Ohio State.
No. 5 Florida State is in third place at 21 over, followed by No. 12 South Carolina (22 over), Michigan (29 over), Purdue (31 over) and No. 21 Texas A&M (33 over). The top six teams from each of four NCAA regionals advance to the NCAA championships in two weeks.
Cara Gorlei shot an even par 72 to lead the Razorbacks. Gorlei, a sophomore is tied for fourth place in the medalist standings at 2-over par 146. Texas A&M’s Maddie Szeryk fired a 2-under on Tuesday to take a two-shot lead into the final round.
Arkansas junior Alana Uriell shot 1-over 73, eight strokes better than her opening round, to move up to a tie for 37th with teammate Kaylee Benton at 10 over. Benton, a sophomore, has carded back-to-back 77s.
Senior Summar Roachell shot 7-over 79 on Tuesday and is tied for 53rd place, while sophomore Maria Fassi had the non-counting score of 8-over 80.