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http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=golfonline&id=3449748 ERIN, Wis. -- Not bad for someone going into fifth grade. Ten-year-old Allisen Corpuz of Kapolei, Hawaii, shot a 15-over-par 88 in the second round of the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship on Tuesday. Her two-day total of 169 was nine strokes over the 160 cut for the 64 golfers advancing to match play, but it was sensational for a girl who stands a mere 5-feet tall and weighs in at 111 pounds. "It was nice," the shy, soft-spoken golfer with the long ponytail said of her debut in national championship golf." In the first round Monday at the par-73 Erin Hills Golf Course, she became the youngest player to compete in a U.S. Golf Association championship at the age of 10 years, 3 months. She swiped the honor from another golfing phenom from Hawaii, Michelle Wie, who in 2000 was 10 years, 9 months when she played in the same tournament. Her college-age playing partners for two days also failed to make the cut. Molly Schemm of the University of Wisconsin-Madison had a 166 total and Mallory Fraiche of the University of Arkansas 167. Katie Kempter of Albuquerque, N.M., and Lizette Salas of Azusa, Calif., tied for the low score after two days at 2-under 144. ESPN.com 6/17/08