PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic:

Jamaican golfer Mattea Issa continued her steady ascent up the leaderboard on day three of the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games, firing a hard-fought two-over-par 74 to climb into fifth place at the Corales Golf Club.

With a three-day total of 227, Issa sits just two strokes behind Mexico’s Maria Fernanda Solis and five shots adrift of Venezuela’s Alexandra Gilly Lora, who currently occupies the bronze-medal position.