Piller maintains lead

Gerina Piller followed her opening 8-under 63 with a 68 on Friday to maintain a one-stroke in the Marathon Classic in Sylvania, Ohio. Winless on the LPGA Tour, Piller had four birdies and a bogey at Highland Meadows to reach 11-under 131. U.S. Solheim Cup teammate Lexi Thompson had a 65 to move into a tie for second with fellow American Nelly Korda, South Korea’s In-Kyung Kim and Taiwan’s Peiyun Chien. Korda had a 64, Kim shot 67, and Chien 68. India’s Aditi Ashok was 9 under after a 68. Sung Hyun Park, the U.S. Women’s Open winner, had a 70 to join fellow South Korean player Chella Choi (67) and Americans Brittany Lincicome (67) and Laura Diaz (67) at 8 under. Emily Tubert (Arkansas Razorbacks) was 4 under and in a tie for 27th place. Stacy Lewis (Razorbacks) was 2 under after a 71. Lydia Ko, winless since her victory last year at Highland Meadows, had a 68 to reach 1 under.