OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. -- Junior Allison Temple shot a career-low 3-under 69 in the second round to finish 2-under on the day and find herself in third place after two rounds of play at the Sydney Cox Invitational.

Sydney Cox Invitational:

Location: Oklahoma City, Okla.
Host: Oklahoma City University
Course: Lincoln Park
Par: 72
Yardage: 5,980 yards
Teams: 6
Golfers: 38

Recap:

Temple began the day by posting a very strong 1-over 73 before logging a career-best second round score of 3-under (69). She finished the day 2-under, tied with Oklahoma City's Lauren Behnken for third place.

Temple began each round on the 18^th hole. She was 2-over through her first four holes but birdies on 5 and 7 pulled her even. A birdie on 14  had her 1-under before consecutive bogeys saw her score slip above par. She rebounded by birdieing 3, 7, and 9 and shooting par on the other 15 holes in the second round.

Oklahoma City golfers occupy the two spots atop the leaderboard. Maddi Kamas is 8-under through 36 holes, three strokes ahead of Reagan Chaney (-5).

Teammates Megan Harty and Tylah Saifoloi are tied for 23 with matching scores of 157 (+15). Saifoloi carded a first round 79 and backed it up with a second round 80. Conversely, Harty opened with an 80 before carding a second round 79.

Harty played a very consistent couple of rounds, shooting above bogey on just two holes (4 in round 1, 17 in round 2). She birdied 18 and 13 in the first and second round, respectively.

Saifoloi produced a very similar scorecard with just one double bogey in the first round and a birdie on No. 9. In the second round she countered a triple bogey with the lone eagle by a BU golfer on No. 13.

In the team standings, No. 1-ranked Oklahoma City (560) out-paces the field at 16-under as a team. The Stars are 30 strokes ahead of second place, and No. 3-ranked, Texas Wesleyan (590) and 35 stokes in front of the OCU "B" team (595).

Up Next:

Bellevue concludes play at the Sydney Cox Invitational to wrap up the fall portion of their schedule tomorrow morning with an 8:30 a.m. tee time.