SANTA CRUZ, Calif. – California (354-351-341 – 1046, -4) got off to a strong start and briefly moved into the lead on the front nine of Wednesday's third and final round at the 73^rd annual Western Intercollegiate presented by Top Golf before eventually settling for a second-place finish six strokes behind Stanford (354-346-340 – 1040, -10).

KK Limbhasut (70-70-64 – 204, -6) led the Golden Bears' effort with a fourth-place finish and had the best round of the day Wednesday with a six-under par 64 that tied the best of his collegiate career. Limbhasut began the round in a tie for 11th.

Collin Morikawa (71-70-66 – 207, -3) extended his string of consecutive top-10 finishes to 15 dating back to last season with a tied for seventh-place showing. Morikawa, who moved up eight spots Wednesday with a four-under par 66, had finished in the top five in each of his previous eight events this season and was a single stroke from extended that run to nine in a row.

Sebastian Crampton (70-69-73 – 212, +2) dropped eight spots into a tie for 17th finish, while Kaiwen Liu (72-71-70 – 213, +3) was down a single spot to finish in a tie for 24th, James Song (76-71-68 – 215, +5) up 17 spots to tie for 33rd. and Jamie Cheatham (71-71-76 – 218, +8) up 28 to tie for 47th.

Stanford's Isaiah Salinda (64-68-70 – 202, -8) earned individual medalist honors by defeating San Jose State's Sean Yu (64-71-67 – 202, -8) on the fifth playoff hole. Salinda forced a playoff with a birdie on the par-three 18th hole and then after each player made par on each of the first four holes of the playoff (18, 18, 10, 17) made another on the 18th when he found the bottom of the cup from seven feet for the win.

GOLF Channel provided three hours of live television each day of the tournament and will air a replay of Wednesday's third and final round Wednesday at 8:30 pm PT and Thursday at 9 am.

Cal returns to action April 22-24 at the Pac-12 Championships to be played at Eugene Country Club.
 
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• Limbhasut's six-under par 64 that equaled the best round of his collegiate career at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational in the fall of 2017 included six birdies (2, 3, 4, 9, 15, 16) and no bogeys
• Morikawa's round featured a four-under par 31 on the front nine with back-to-back birdies (3, 4), an eagle (6) and another birdie (8) following a bogey on two
• Crampton started the round tied for ninth but quickly fell out of the top 10 after a three-over par 38 on the front nine that included four bogeys (1, 3, 7, 9) and one birdie (6), while his even-par back-nine 35 featured three birdies (10, 13, 17) but also a double bogey (11) and bogey (16)
• Liu had 14 pars, two birdies (8, 13) and two bogeys (10, 18)
• Cheatham had an up-and-down round that included a team-high-tying four birdies with the final two in back-to-back fashion on the par-three 15th and par-four 16th holes after earlier ones on the par-three third and par-five sixth, while he also had a double-bogey on the par-five 13th and three bogeys on the par-three fifth, and par-four 11th and 17th holes
• Liu had three birdies (4, 5, 13) and four bogeys (2, 7, 15, 16)
• Song continued his up-and-down play with a wild two-under par round that included two eagles (9, 13) including a near albatross on his second eagle in as many days on nine, three birdies (2, 4, 12) and five bogeys (5, 7, 10, 14, 15)
• Cheatham managed just a single birdie on the par-four 16th that followed a double bogey (10) and five bogeys (1, 2, 3, 9, 12)

73RD WESTERN INTERCOLLEGIATE PRESENTED BY TOPGOLF FINAL LEADERBOARDS
(After 3 Of 3 Days, 3 Of 3 Rounds, 54 Of 54 Holes)
Pasatiempo Golf Club (Par 70, 6615 Yards)
 
TEAM
1. Stanford (354-346-340 – 1040, -10); 2. California (354-351-341 – 1046, -4); 3. San Jose State (346-353-352 – 1051, +1); 4. USC (348-357-347 – 1052, +2); 5. Pepperdine (356-351-353 – 1060, +10); T6. Oregon (348-359-358 – 1065, +15); T6. Colorado State (353-363-349 – 1065, +15); 8. Arizona (359-359-359 – 1077, +27); 9. San Diego State (369-364-350 – 1083, +33); 10. Washington (370-367-349 – 1086, +36); 11. UTEP (377-368-356 – 1101, +51); 12. UC Irvine (372-369-373 – 1114, +64); 13. Hawai'i (383-371-364 – 1118, +68)
 
PLAYER – INDIVIDUAL MEDALIST
*T1. Isaiah Salinda – Stanford (64-68-70 – 202, -8); T1. Sean Yu (64-61-67 – 202, -8)
*Salinda (par, par, par, par, birdie) defeated Yu (par, par, par, par, par) on fifth playoff hole (18^th, 18^th, 10^th, 17^th, 18^th)
 
PLAYER – CAL INDIVIDUALS
4. KK Limbhasut (70-70-64 – 204, -6); T7. Collin Morikawa (71-70-66 – 207, -3); T17. Sebastian Crampton (70-69-73 – 212, +2); T24. Kaiwen Liu (72-71-70 – 213, +3); T33. James Song (76-71-68 – 215, +5); T47. Jamie Cheatham (71-71-76 – 218, +8)