Arkansas golf 3rd in South Carolina

Maria Fassi, from the University of Arkansas, watches her drive off the 10th tee Friday, June 24, 2016 during the LPGA Wal-Mart NW Arkansas Championship at Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers. Fassi earned a spot in the tournament with a sponsors exemption.

Maria Fassi moved up four spots while helping No. 3 Arkansas remain in third place with a 586 with one round to play at the 2018 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate on Saturday in Hilton Head, S.C.

Fassi got out to a tough start with a triple on the first hole of her round. Playing catch up, she birdied the third and sixth holes, dropping two strokes and moving to 1-over. Fassi was 3-over after back-to-back bogeys before she settled in, posting five consecutive pars and finished with three birdies in her final five holes. She is 1-under through two rounds at 141.

Alabama leads the field with a 577, followed by Northwestern at 583.