Silver Finish for Cardinal

SAMMAMISH, Wash. – Stanford moved up one spot from its opening round at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational to finish second, wrapping up the fog-shortened event Wednesday. The women’s golf team went 296-294 to finish at 14-over, eight shots clear of third-place UC Davis and 19 shots behind tournament champion and host Washington.

At the par-72 Sahalee Country Club, Stanford placed three performers in the top-10, highlighted by Lauren Kim’s final-round 2-under 70 to finish fourth. Kim, who was tied for 30th after Tuesday’s round, knocked in four birdies in her final stretch to secure a 2-over (76-70) for the event.

Casey Danielson and defending individual champion Mariah Stackhouse tied for eighth with identical rounds of 72-75, 3-over par for the 36 holes.

Shannon Aubert (76-74) tied for 18th and Quirine Eijkenboom (77-77) tied for 27th.

Washington’s SooBin Kim picked up individual medalist honors, finishing at 8-under to win by nine strokes over teammates Jennifer Yang and Eimi Koga.

The Cardinal returns home to play host to the Stanford Intercollegiate (Oct. 17-19) at Stanford Golf Course.