For the second straight tournament of the winter season, the No. 7 Stanford women’s golf team delivered an uncharacteristic sub-par performance. This time, the Cardinal women tied for 10th place at the Arizona Wildcat Invitational in Tucson, Ariz. on Monday and Tuesday.

At the Invite, Stanford’s final three-round tally was a 62-over-par 914 with rounds of 299, 309 and 306. In comparison, No. 2 Arizona State took home top team honors with a two-day total of 868 (16 over par; 300-277-291). It was an eight-stroke victory over the two-time defending national champion, No. 4 Duke, which totaled an 876 (24 over par; 296-292-288). Rounding off the top five were No. 11 Southern California (881), No. 22 Brigham Young (895) and No. 16 New Mexico and No. 3 Pepperdine (897).

Notably, No. 6 Vanderbilt shot a 30-over-par 314 on the final day, tying for 10th with the Card. No. 10 Virginia finished 14th overall out of 15 teams with a 935.

For the second straight week, seniors Jennifer Tangtiphaiboontana and Lauren Todd led the way for Stanford. Tangtiphaiboontana finished the Invite tied for fourth place overall with a total of 216 (three over par) with rounds of 74, 70 and 72. The tourney was the second straight in which Tangtiphaiboontana’s strong play paced the squad.

“Our seniors are definitely playing well and leading the team in many respects,” coach Caroline O’Connor said. “The biggest difference for Jennifer this week, compared to last week, was the improvement of her short game and course management. When she did miss the greens, she missed them in the right spots and got the ball up and down a great majority of the time.”

Following Tangtiphaiboontana, Todd dropped 12 places to 23rd on the final day. Her seven-over-par 78 on the final round brought her total to 225 (12 over par). She tied with five other golfers.

“Lauren’s ball striking was exceptional, particularly during the first 36 holes, but she struggled a bit with ball control yesterday,” O’Connor said. “Additionally, her short putting — inside 6 feet or so — was very solid.”

Next highest among the Cardinal contenders was freshman Catherina Wang, coming in at 54th with rounds of 75, 84 and 77 for a 23-over-par 236. One stroke behind Wang was sophomore Mari Chun at 237 (24 over par) with rounds of 76, 82 and 79. Finally, sophomore Ki-Shui Liao finished 78th with rounds of 86, 86 and 87 for a total of 259 (46 over par).

Taking into consideration the last two weeks, some changes may be made to the Stanford lineup.

“I think the core of the team is intact, but we clearly need support throughout the lineup,” O’Connor said. “The line-up changes often, so you might see a change in this next event.”

After beginning its spring season below par, the team will not see tournament play again for nearly a month. Stanford’s next scheduled match will be the PING ASU Invitational in Tempe, Ariz. on Mar. 30. The break provides the team with time to regroup.

“We need to be playing as much as we can during the next month, competing amongst ourselves,” O’Connor said. “Generally speaking, our fundamentals are solid, but we need to do a much better job adapting to the different courses, environments and consequently, scoring. Our short game must continue to get better. Our overall up-and-down average needs to be at least 65 percent, and we’re not close to that.”