SAN FRANCISCO - Moving day at the 2018 NCAA Regionals saw senior Alivia Brown take a step forward by staying still as the Gig Harbor native shot an even-par, 72, Tuesday afternoon at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. Her 72 tied for her best round to par in regional play after eight rounds of competition in her career. Brown moved up the standings into a tie for 43rd overall with a two-day total of 148, four-over par, as the majority of the field struggled throughout Tuesday's play shooting over par thanks to windy conditions on the peninsula. 

Hitting the back half of the course to begin the day, Brown picked up where she left off the day prior, cruising to a 36 through her first nine holes. Just as she did Monday afternoon, Brown carded a pair of birdies on the back-nine with threes on the par-4 13th and 16th holes. Each birdie for Brown came as the senior standout recovered from a bogey on the previous hole. The give-one, get-one played out again after Brown made the turn to the front of the course when she dropped a stroke on the par-3, third hole, before picking it right back up on the par-5, fourth. Brown played the two holes in the exact same manner during her opening round of action. The senior would close out her second round of play with five-straight pars, posting a 36 on the front-nine, five strokes better than the previous round.

With 18 holes to play, Brown has work to do in the final round of play at the NCAA Regionals with the top three unattached individuals heading into Wednesday sitting at three-under or better. Overall, Pepperdine's Hira Naveed holds the individual lead at five-under after posting a 67 Tuesday afternoon. Naveed is one of three individuals on pace to claim a spot in the NCAA Championships with her team at six-over and sitting in a tie for ninth place.

The final round of the NCAA Regional begins Wednesday, May 9, with Brown teeing-off at 8:50 a.m. from the first hole along with Abegail Arevalo (San Jose State) and Ingrid Gutierrez (New Mexico)

T43.  Alivia Brown     76(+4) - 72(E) = 148(+4)