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Bruin Wave Invitational
Piar in Top 20, CSUN Sixth After Two Rounds of Bruin Wave Invitational
2/23/2026 6:29:00 PM | Women's Golf
LIVE SCORING
VALENCIA, Calif. - Senior Gracie Piar opened the Bruin Wave Invitational with rounds of 71-74 and is tied for 15th after two rounds on Monday at Valencia Country Club.
As a team, CSUN posted rounds of 296-302 on Monday and is alone in sixth place in the 14-team field. Top-ranked Stanford leads the team competition at 15-under 561, eight shots better than No. 12 UCLA (569).
Piar got off to a great start, firing six birdies in an opening round 1-under 71, her fifth under-par round of the season. She was 2-under after consecutive birdies on No. 8 and No. 9, before finishing her final 11 holes at 1-over. Piar added four more birdies in round two, finishing the day at 2-over for the round and 1-over on the day. She heads into Tuesday's final round just two shots out of the top 10.
Tournament:Â Bruin Wave Invitational
Dates:Â Feb. 23-24, 2026
Location:Â Valencia, Calif.
Course: Valencia Country Club (par-72)
CSUN Place: 6th out of 14 teams (296-302--595, +22)
Team Leader:Â Stanford (281-280--561, -15)
Individual Leaders: Kacey Ly, UCLAÂ (70-67--137, -7), Paula Martin Sampedro, Stanford (68-69--137, -7)
CSUNÂ SCORES
- Ariya Soldwisch and Kim Turgut each finished the day at 8-over 152 and are among four players tied for 30th. Soldwisch had four birdies in round one, finishing at 3-over 75. She added two more birdies - along with 10 pars - in a second round 5-over 77. Turgut played largely error-free golf in round one, finishing at 1-over 73 with two birdies, 14 pars, one bogey, and one double bogey. She added one bogey in round two, but also had eight bogeys in a round of 7-over 79.
- Meghan Paracuelles is tied for 34th at 9-over 153 after posting a 5-over 77 in the opening round and a 4-over 76 in round two.
- Nicole Tanoue rounded out the CSUN scoring, tying for 42nd at 10-over 154 following rounds of 79-75.
TEAM SCOREBOARD
1. Stanford 281-280--561 (-15); 2. UCLA 296-273--569 (-7); 3. Pepperdine 287-288--575 (-1); 4. Cal State Fullerton 285-295--580 (+4); 5. Oregon State 292-303--595 (+19); 6. CSUN 296-302--595 (+22); 7. New Mexico State 302-300--602 (+26); 8. UC Irvine 3-8-302--610 (+34); 8. Nihon University 296-314--610 (+34); 10. Long Beach State 316-304--620 (+44); 10. Yale 306-314--620 (+44); 12. Fresno State 3-7-315--622 (+46); 13. California Baptist 312-312-624 (+48); 14. Cal State Bakersfield 322-315--637 (+61).
UP NEXT
The Matadors will be paired with Oregon State and Cal State Fullerton for Tuesday's final round, which gets underway with tee times starting at 8:00 a.m.
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