NAPA, Calif. – The #17 Pepperdine women's golf team closed out the second round of the Chevron Silverado Showdown on Tuesday afternoon, amassing a 585 (287-298) score at the par-72, 6,146-yard Silverado Resort and Spa.
 
Two Waves are in the top-11, led by Kaleiya Romero who is tied for fifth-place and within one stroke of third.  Two players are tied for the individual lead currently – Kajsa Arwefjall (San Jose State) and Catherine Park (USC), who both shot 5-under 139 through two rounds.
 
As a team, the Waves are one shot behind #11 Northwestern in third and two behind #14 Arizona in second.  #9 USC has a nine-stroke lead.  Pepperdine leads #27 San Jose State in fifth by four shots, #8 Texas by five and #4 UCLA by nine.
 
PLAYER SCORES

• Senior Kaleiya Romero (San Jose, Calif.) is tied for fifth with a two-day score of 144 (69-75).  She followed up an impressive first round with the 3-over.  After going 3-over to open things up in the first five holes of the day, she rallied with a 1-under output through the following 12 holes to stay on task.  She has amassed six birdies and an eagle so far in the tournament.
• Sophomore Jeneath Wong (Melbourne, Australia) has posted a 145 (72-73) to sit tied for 11^th after two rounds. She opened the day with a birdie, but evened out by hole three.  After doing the same in reverse order on holes six and nine, she made the turn even par.  She went bogeyless through eight holes in the middle of the day, but finished 1-over down the stretch.  Wong has amassed six birdies through 36 holes.
• Junior Lauren Gomez (Murrieta, Calif.) is tied for 31^st with a score of 148 (74-74).  She picked up a birdie on hole eight and finished out the round bogeyless through the final seven holes.
• Senior Lion Higo (Gold Coast, Australia) is tied for 43^rd with a score of 150 (72-78).  She tabbed two birdies in the round today and has totaled five throughout the week thus far.
• Sophomore Yingzhi Zhu (Nanjing, China) has produced a 150 (74-76) to tie for 43^rd as well.  She has tallied four birdies through two rounds, including a pair on the back nine today.

 
THE NUMBERS
Team Scores: 1. USC 573; 2. Arizona 582; 3. Northwestern 584; 4. Pepperdine 585; 5. San Jose State 589; 6. Texas 590; T7. TCU 591; T7. Oregon 591; 9. California 592; 10. Oregon State 593; T11. UCLA 594; T11. Denver 594; 13. Washington 595; 14. San Francisco 602; 15. Iowa State 603; 16. Colorado 629.
 
Individual Scores: T1. Kajsa Arwefjall (SJSU) 139; T1. Catherine Park (USC) 139; T3. Lauren Nguyen (Northwestern) 143; T3. Hsin Chun Liao (Texas) 143; T5. Kaleiya Romero (Pepperdine) 144; T5. Constance Fouillet (Cal) 144; T5. Carolina Melgrati (Arizona) 144; T5. Lilas Pinthier (Arizona) 144; T5. Kyra Ly (Oregon State) 144; T5. Raya Nakao (Oregon State) 144.
 
NEXT UP
Pepperdine will be paired with USC, Arizona and Northwestern for the third and final round tomorrow, teeing off holes one through five beginning at 8:30 a.m.