{"id":225198,"date":"2026-03-18T11:57:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T11:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/225198\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T11:57:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T11:57:28","slug":"long-beach-state-de-castro-in-first-place-as-wildcats-intercollegiate-halted-in-round-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/225198\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach State, de Castro In First Place As Wildcats Intercollegiate Halted In Round 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

TUCSON, Ariz. \u2013 Long Beach State held the top spot on the leaderboard towards the close of the second round after a magnificent day from senior Alejandro de Castro Piera<\/a>, who leads the tournament by four strokes through 13 holes of the second round.
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\nDay One Results<\/a>
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\nSome of the top competitors finished the second round on Monday, but Alejandro de Castro Piera<\/a> still had five holes to play and was -6 through 13 in the second round, which followed a seven-under 65 in the first round to push him to a four-stroke lead at -13 over Pongsapak Laopakdee of Arizona State as the first day of competition came to a close. The senior had eight birdies and one bogey in the first round, and had six birdies with no bogeys in the second in another strong start to a tournament for de Castro.
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\nAs a team, Long Beach State holds a two-stroke lead over the hosts, No. 22 Arizona and a three-stroke lead over No. 5 Arizona State as play was paused Monday evening. The Beach had four players under par in the second round, led by Jaden Huggins<\/a> who was four-under par after a 72 in the first round to sit in the Top 10.
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\nGraduate Steen Zeman<\/a> was -2 after a first-round 71, and Krishnav Chopraa bounced back from a first-round 75 with a three-under 69 in the second as the only member of the team to complete the second round. Jack Cantlay<\/a> had the team’s fourth counting round in the first, a 74.
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\nThe second round will conclude Tuesday followed by the final round of action from Tucson Country Club. Live scoring will be available via SCOREBOARD at https:\/\/scoreboard.clippd.com\/tournaments\/239371\/scoring\/team<\/a>.
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