Princess Superal moved in the threshold of a career breakthrough when she drove past world No. 4 Lydia Ko and erstwhile leader and former world No. 1 So Yeon Ryu with a plucky 71 on Friday and a resilient Pauline del Rosario got back into the scoring act, fired a 70 and helped put the Philippines back in the hunt in the second round of the Asia Pacific Cup in Jakarta.

Notwithstanding the Pinay aces' flubbed birdie chances on the closing par-5 hole, the Philippines moved into strong contention in team play with a second straight 141 for a six-under 282 total, rallying from nine down to within three as Team Korea 2 slowed down with a 147 for a 279 and Team Korea 1 battled back with a 138 to seize solo second at 281.