VALENCIA, Calif. — No. 8 Pepperdine women's golf made up six strokes on fellow co-host UCLA to finish in solo second place at the Bruin Wave Invitational following Tuesday's final round.

The 2026 Bruin Wave Invitational Presented by Capillus was co-hosted by Pepperdine and UCLA at Valencia Country Club in Valencia, Calif.

The Waves shot +2 as a team on the day, finishing one-over par for the tournament as a unit. Three Waves finished in the top-11 individually, as Kylee Choi (3rd) and Eunseo Choi (T9) each earned top-10 finishes. 

No. 1 Stanford set a tournament record, finishing 21-under par as a team to claim the team title. Stanford's Paula Martin Sampedro won the individual title at -7, making birdie on the 54th hole to earn the win, as she entered the final hole of the tournament one stroke ahead of Pepperdine's Kylee Choi.

Three-under par (69) marked the low round of the day Tuesday, as the final round saw the highest average score for the tournament (76.63).

"Co-hosting the Bruin Wave Invitational with UCLA for 15 years has been a wonderful success," said head coach Laurie Gibbs. "The hard work of so many has provided student-athletes from more than 50 DI programs an excellent competitive experience. Congratulations to Stanford, the Waves will be focused the next three months to join them again to compete at the NCAA Championship."

Kylee Choi finished in solo third place at -5 (71-70-70) for the tournament. Choi carded a 70 in Tuesday's third round behind three birdies on holes eight, 11 and 17, with just one bogey on the day. 

Eunseo Choi logged a top-ten finish individually at -1 (73-71-71) for the tournament. Choi posted a one-under 71 in the final round, making her third birdie of the round on the 18th to go under par.

Jeneath Wong recorded a +1 (72-71-73) mark for the tournament, finishing tied for 11th. Wong carded five birdies on the day with four bogeys and a double bogey, getting in with a 73.

Yingzhi Zhu contributed a four-over 76 for the Waves to help push the team score past the Bruins for second place. Zhu finished +8 (71-77-76) for the tournament for a 22nd-place individual finish.

Grace Anderson finished in 35th individually, at +14 (77-76-77) across her three rounds. Anderson posted a five-over 77 in Tuesday's final round.

Competing individually, Irene Kim & Nishna Patel each finished at +17 for the tournament. Kim registered scores of 78-78-77 across her three rounds while Patel carded scores of  75-81-77.

Final Team Leaderboard
1. No. 1 Stanford (-21)
3. No. 8 Pepperdine (+1)
2. No. 12 UCLA (+2)
4. No. 36 Cal State Fullerton (+12)
5. No. 44 Oregon State (+32)
6. Cal State Northridge (+35)
7. UC Irvine (+49)
8. New Mexico State (+50)
9. Long Beach State (+52)
10. Nihon University (+57)
11. Fresno State (+65)
12. California Baptist (+73)
13. Yale (+74)
14. Cal State Bakersfield (+83)

Final Pepperdine Leaderboard
3. Kylee Choi (-5)
T9. Eunseo Choi (-1)
T11. Jeneath Wong (E)
T22. Yingzhi Zhu (+8)
T35. Grace Anderson (+14)
T50. Nishna Patel (+17) - IND
T50. Irene Kim (+17) - IND

Full results from the tournament can be viewed here.

The Waves will return next week at the Fresno State Classic, held from Mar. 2-3 at Fort Washington Golf Club in Fresno, Calif.

ABOUT PEPPERDINE WOMEN'S GOLF
Pepperdine women's golf has consistently been one of the top collegiate programs in the country under head coach Laurie Gibbs, exemplified by the current streak of 26 straight seasons with an NCAA Regional appearance. Having advanced to the NCAA Championships on 14 of those occasions, the Waves also boast 21 WCC Championships since 1998. Since the year 2000, 15 athletes have garnered All-American honors with a total of 31 selections.

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