Solid at Showdown

NAPA, Calif. – Receiving season-best showings from junior Ziyi Wang and sophomore Kelsey Zeng, the third-ranked Stanford women's golf team finished third on Tuesday in the Silverado Showdown at Silverado Resort & Spa.
 
Competing without junior All-Americans Andrea Lee and Albane Valenzuela, the Cardinal combined for a last-round score of 6-over 294 on the North Course for a 54-hole total of 17-over 881.
 
No. 16 Northwestern won the 18-team tournament with a score of 6-over 870, followed by No. 2 USC at 10-over 874.
 
Wang earned her highest finish of the season by closing with a 2-over-par 74 and tied for seventh at 3-over 219. It was Wang's third top-10 showing of the season and sixth in the last two years.
 
Zeng (79) tied for 23rd at 8-over 224 for her best performance at Stanford. Freshman Aline Krauter, who recorded a hole-in-one on Monday, matched that total and led the Cardinal with a 2-under 70, her fifth sub-par score of the season. She fashioned a squad-leading five birdies.
 
Sophomore Mika Liu (74) tied for 29th at 9-over 225, while freshman Calista Reyes (76) tied for 46th at 12-over 228.
 
The individual winner was Brooke Riley of Northwestern with a score of 1-under 215.    
 
Next Monday through Wednesday, Stanford starts postseason play at the Pac-12 Championships at Palos Verdes Golf Club in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.  On Feb. 5, Stanford won the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge on the same course by two shots over current No. 9 UCLA and three over No. 2 USC. Led by Lee, the individual winner, the Cardinal tallied a 15-over total of 867.
 
For live scoring, visit GoStanford.com.