WAIKOLOA, Hawaii - Brandon Wu shaved seven strokes off of his opening-round score to help Stanford jump from 12th to 10th on Friday at the Amer Ari Invitational. Wu followed a 75 with a 4-under-par 68 while moving from 75th to 40th in the individual race.
Franklin Huang shot a 2-under-par 70 to contribute to the Cardinal effort. Huang was 4-under -- and bogey-free -- through 15 before a double-bogey set him back.
Huang is tied for 12th.
Stanford, currently 10th, went 6-under Friday after its opening-round performance of even-par.
Oklahoma State went 21-under to take the team lead, nine strokes clear of second-place Georgia Tech and Texas Tech. Oklahoma State's Hayden Wood leads the medalist race at 10-under.
Henry Shimp (t-55th) went 1-over, and Isaiah Salinda (t-55th) was 1-under with the help of an eagle on the par-5 18th.
Ashwin Arasu had four birdies but finished at 2-over. He is tied for 74th.
Bradley Knox (t-43rd) was 2-over.
The three-day event concludes Saturday at the par-72 Waikoloa Kings' Course, with live results available at GoStanford.com.
