Led by Maeve Rossi's -1, 71 Rutgers played much better in the afternoon Round shooting a team +5 for a 2 Round total of of +22. This enabled them to move up 5 spots to 6th. Rossi is T15, the best position on the team. Following her with +2, 74's were Leigha Devine, Lucrezia Rossettin, and Nicole Ewing. Rikki Nordvik shot 80.
While it will be tough after the 1st Round for RU to improve on 6th, they will need another good performance to stay ahead of the 3 teams within 3 strokes behind.
Top 6
1. Grand Canyon...........+8
2. Fresno State.............+10
3. Long Beach St..........+12
4. Xavier........................+14
5. CSU Fullerton...........+16
6. Rutgers......................+22
B1G rival Iowa is 11th at +29