STANFORD, Calif. – Host Stanford surged into the lead after two rounds in the 50th playing of The Goodwin at Stanford Golf Course.
The Cardinal put together a best four-out-of-five total of 1-under 279 on Friday morning, matching Thursday's finish and has a 36-hole score of 2-under 558. Washington is second at 565 and Cal is third at 566.
The three schools will play together in Saturday's final round.
"Excited about our chances tomorrow," said Conrad Ray, the Knowles Family Director of Men's Golf. "A great opportunity to build on our spring campaign and gain experience against high quality teams. The goal is stay aggressive and play how we know we can. The results will take care of themselves."
Individually, three Cardinal players reside in the top-10 and four are in the top-15.
Twenty-six schools are participating.
Playing in cool, damp conditions, Stanford received sub-par rounds from junior Henry Shimp and senior Brandon Wu on Friday. Shimp posted a squad-best 2-under 68 and Wu birdied his last hole – the par-4 ninth – to secure a 69.
Nice approach by @bwu97 at No. 11 leads to birdie.#GoStabford pic.twitter.com/n0Jzs7Tbz6
— Stanford Men's Golf (@StanfordMGolf) March 29, 2019
Junior David Snyder, the first-round co-leader and senior Isaiah Salinda, added 71's, while freshman Daulet Tulebayev shot 75. Shimp birdied two of his final four holes, while Tuleubayev fought back from a rough start to birdie his last three.
Individually, Snyder is tied for third at 2-under 138, while Wu is ninth at 1-under. Shimp is tied for 10th at even-par and Salinda has a share of 15th at 1-over. Tuleubayev is tied for 78th.
Kaito Onishi of USC is the individual leader at 5-under 135. He holds a two-stroke cushion over Collin Morikawa of Cal.
Two Stanford teams are competing. The White squad is tied for 19th at 29-over 589.
David Snyder rips opening drive at No. 10 and starts Round 2 tied for lead.#GoStanford pic.twitter.com/eFXX7kXGdZ
— Stanford Men's Golf (@StanfordMGolf) March 29, 2019
Junior Nate Menon (72) is tied for 23rd at 2-over and senior Christopher Meyers (70) is tied for 60th at 7-over 147. Junior Dakota McNealy (74) is tied for 84th at 10-over, followed by freshmen Ethan Ng (76) and Freddie Lee (80) at 14-over.
Stanford has won a tournament-record 15 times, earning team titles in 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1983, 1989, 1995, 2007, 20013, 2014 and 2017.
The Cardinal starts Saturday on the first tee from 1:50 p.m. to 2:34 p.m. The White team goes from 7:30 a.m. to 8:14 a.m. off No. 1.
Spectators are welcome and admission is free.