FAIRFAX, Calif. – Three Waves finished in the top-20 at the Juli Inkster at Meadow Club Invitational on Tuesday afternoon, helping the Pepperdine women's golf team to a fourth-place finish.
 
Freshman Jeneath Wong picked up her second top-five finish in as many tournaments, tying for third at 215, which was good for 1-under par.  It's her best finish since joining the blue and orange - she finished fourth at The Show at Spanish Trail in her previous best outing in late February. 
 
Lion Higo and Kaleiya Romero also finished in the top-20 as Higo tied for 11^th and Romero tied for 17^th.  It's Higo's sixth time in the top-20 just this year as she has achieved the feat in every single tournament the Waves have played since September.
 
The Waves collected a three-round total of 878 (294-289-295) at the par-72, 6,157-yard Meadow Club.  Top-ranked Stanford took home the hardware, while #11 USC and #5 San Jose State finished in second and third respectively.  Pepperdine bested Cal and fellow West Coast Conference competitor BYU by six- or eight-strokes respectively and there were 13 teams competing in the tournament.
 
PLAYER SCORES

• Freshman Jeneath Wong (Melbourne, Australia) finished tied for third after a three-round total of 215 (70-73-72).  She had eight birdies throughout the tournament and finished 1-under par.  She finished with a better score than six other golfers ranked in the Golfstat national rankings, including two top-16 players from both #1 Stanford and #5 San Jose State.
• Junior Lion Higo (Gold Coast, Australia) finished tied for 11^th, having moved up 16 spots from the second to third rounds.  She scored 218 (77-71-70) with her final two rounds under par.  She marked 10 birdies throughout three rounds, including three birdies and only one bogey in the final round.   
• Junior Kaleiya Romero (San Jose, Calif.) finished tied for 17^th at 221 (75-71-75).  She tallied seven birdies.
• Sophomore Lauren Gomez (Murrieta, Calif.) and freshman Yingzhi Zhu (Nanjing, China) finished tied for 64^th (231; 77-74-90) and 68^th (233; 72-83-78) respectively.

 
UP NEXT
Pepperdine will return to action on March 27-29 as the Waves travel to Lahaina, Maui, Hawai'i for the Anuenue Spring Break Classic.
 
THE NUMBERS
Team Standings: 1. Stanford 858; 2. USC 863; 3. San Jose State 867; 4. Pepperdine 878; 5. California 884; BYU 886; 7. Washington 887; 8. Texas Tech 888; 9. Washington State 891; 10. San Francisco 894; 11. Oregon State 895; 12. Colorado 902; 13. San Diego State 905.
 
Individual Leaders: 1. Rose Zhang (Stanford) 205; 2. Kajsa Arwefjall (SJSU) 207; T3. Jeneath Wong (Pepperdine) 215; T3. Sadie Englemann (Stanford) 215; T3. Amari Avery (USC) 215; T6. Shannon Tan (Texas Tech) 216; T6. Catherine Park (USC) 216; T6. Cristina Ochoa (Cal) 216; T9 Megha Ganne (Stanford) 217); T9. Brianna Navarrosa (USC) 217; T11. Lion Higo (Pepperdine) 218; T11 Allysha Mae Mateo (BYU) 218; T11 Darcy Habgood (Washington State) 218.