ALPHARETTA, Ga. - Stanford finishes strongly to win the the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate and gain a second fall season victory. The Cardinal was led by junior Michael Thorbjornsen's 3rd place finish on rounds of 68-70-67.

In addition to besting the hosts and No. 13 Georgia Tech, the No. 5 Cardinal defeated No. 6 Texas A&M, No. 7 Virginia, No. 10 Tennessee, No. 12 Alabama, No. 25 Pepperdine, No. 27 Wake Forest, No. 41 Washington, No. 43 Duke and No. 45 East Tennessee State.

Thorbjornsen, one of the nation's top players, closed with 4 birdies on his last 5 holes ending with 7 birdies on the day. Michael's tie for 3rd was his fourth top 10 finish of the season, including an individual victory at the Fighting Illini Invitational. He leads the team with a sparkling 68.67 average score per round.

Ethan Ng also had 7 birdies on his final round 68 to finish tied for 10th place. Karl Vilips started with a double bogey and two early bogies but added four birdies the rest of the way for his 72 to tie for 20th. Barclay Brown fired a 73, despite carding two double bogies that were offset by 5 birdies on his final 11 holes. Nate Menon ended the day with a 77, tying for 41st after contributing in the first two rounds. Freshman Dean Greyserman (Fr-Individual) also tied for 41st despite a final round 77, while Alex Yang (Soph-Individual) struggled to a final round 87.

The Fall season is over after a very successful campaign with two wins, a 3rd and a 7th place finish in addition to a dual match, combined men's and women's team, win over Cal. Next up will be a February 8-10 tournament in Hawaii.