STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford finished third at its home tournament, The Goodwin, and placed six student-athletes in the top-20 Saturday at Stanford Golf Course.
Stanford (280-279-280) was 1-under par to conclude the three-day, 54-hole event. UC Davis (-13) took home the team title with UNLV (-3) taking second among the 26-team field.
UC Davis’ Luke Vivolo was the tournament’s medalist with a 10-under 200.
“Hats off to UC Davis on an impressive win,” Knowles Family Director of Men’s Golf Conrad Ray said. “They played really well with a lot of their guys knowledgeable of the course having grown up in the area.
“I felt like we had a nice team effort from all 10 players this week, and both of our seniors deserve a lot of credit for playing well in their last event at Stanford. Our second five finishing in the top-5 was a huge boost. We’re still trying to determine who our best five players will be as we make our move into the spring.”
Stanford fielded two units, and its second squad tied for fifth at 8-over after rounds of 281-283-284.
David Boote led Stanford with a fifth-place finish at 4-under, including an even-par final round. Boote went 72-64-70 in his home finale as a Cardinal.
Dominick Francks was a force to be reckoned with after rounds of 70-69-70 to finish at even-par and tied for 10th with Brandon Wu (71-68-71).
Checking in at 13th was Franklin Huang with rounds of 70-70-71, four spots ahead of Jeffrey Swegle (70-69-73) and Maverick McNealy (71-75-66). Swegle and McNealy were 2-over for the tournament.
McNealy saved his best round for Saturday, connecting for five birdies and one bogey during a stellar 4-under.
Christopher Meyers (71-76-69) moved up 30 spots to place 41st with a red score in his last circuit. Viraat Badhwar (70-74-73) was 50th, Bradley Knox (68-73-78) was 63rd and Isaiah Salinda (71-75-74) was 70th.
Stanford next will travel to the Western Intercollegiate (April 11-13) in Santa Cruz, California.