*photo by Kennie Silvestri
 
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Arkansas Tech is in 10th place after two out of three rounds at the NCAA Division II Women's Golf National Championship. The Golden Suns improved to 310 (+18) in the second round for a total of 631 (+47). 
 
Yesterday, the Golden Suns finished the day in 14th place with a Round 1 card of 321 (+29). The Golden Suns must finish in the top eight tomorrow to advance to head-to-head play. The Suns trail current eighth-place team Limestone by eight strokes.
 
The current leader is the University of Indianapolis, whose seven-under total today gave them a five-stroke lead over second-place Barry. California State San Marcos, who led after Day 1, now trails Indianapolis by eight strokes and is in third. 
 
Freshman Jacqueline Klemm moved to the head of the Tech card today thanks to her under-par round total of 72. She currently has a total of 151 (+5) and is in a six-way tie for 10th place. Following her is Pia Nunbhakdi (156, +10, T29).
 
Peerada Piddon also improved significantly from her first round, carding a total that was 12 strokes lower than her Round 1 card. Her current card is 162 (+16). Joining her in a four-way tie for 52nd place is Sydney Staton, who matched her Day 1 card of 81 in today's stroke play. 
 
The other Great American Conference team competing in the national championship, Southwestern Oklahoma State, is tied for fifth place with a current total of 622 (+38).
 
The championship features 16 teams and 16 individuals from four different regions, totaling 72 participants. Instead of the traditional 72-holes of stroke play, all participants will play 54-holes of stroke play. The tournament will consist of both team and individual competition conducted concurrently. As in the past, only the top four individual scores will count toward a team's total.
 
The final round of normal play will take place tomorrow. The quarters and semis will be played on Friday, with the remaining two teams competing for the team national championship Saturday. Individual competition also concludes tomorrow.
 
ROUND 2 TEAM RESULTS
 

PLACE	SCHOOL	1	2	TOTAL	+/-
1	Indianapolis	306	299	605	+21
2	Barry	304	306	610	+26
3	Cal State San Marcos	299	314	613	+29
4	Florida Tech	315	303	618	+34
T5	Lynn	309	313	622	+38
T5	Dallas Baptist	308	314	622	+38
T5	SW Oklahoma	305	317	622	+38
8	Limestone	306	317	623	+39
9	Findlay	318	310	628	+44
10	Arkansas Tech	321	310	631	+47
11	Grand Valley State	312	320	632	+48
12	West Texas A & M	316	320	636	+52
13	Northeastern State	320	318	638	+54
14	Oklahoma Christian	313	329	642	+58
15	Central Missouri	336	325	661	+77
16	Missouri-St. Louis*	335	253	N/A	N/A

 
*Missouri St. Louis is disqualified due to no longer having enough players to compete. 
 
ROUND 2 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
 

PLACE	PLAYER	SCHOOL	1	2	TOTAL	+/-
T1	Anahi Servin	Academy of Art	73	71	144	-2
T1	Jaime Jacob	Cal State San Marcos	72	72	144	-2
3	Gloria Choi	SW Oklahoma	72	73	145	-1
4	Pilar Echeverria	Indianapolis	74	72	146	E
5	Lucy Eaton	Florida Tech	77	70	147	+1
T10	Jacqueline Klemm	Arkansas Tech	79	72	151	+5
T29	Pia Nunbhakdi	Arkansas Tech	74	82	156	+10
T52	Peerada Piddon	Arkansas Tech	87	75	162	+16
T52	Sydney Staton	Arkansas Tech	81	81	162	+16
93	Allie Weiner	Arkansas Tech	88	95	183	+37