UW women close Nanea with 294, finish tenth as Temple praises response

Washington finished its fall women’s golf schedule with a better round and a modest climb up the leaderboard. The Huskies shot 294 on Tuesday, October 27, to finish tenth of eleven teams at the Nanea Invitational in Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i. Their 908 total was 32 over par across 54 holes.

A stronger finish after Monday’s setback

Washington had played 36 holes Monday because organizers moved the final round forward to avoid an incoming storm. Its opening 301 was followed by 313, leaving UW eleventh through two rounds. Tuesday’s score was nineteen strokes better than that second round and seven better than the opener. That improvement is the clearest measure of the closing-day response.

The early rounds had contained individual highlights: Hannah Ounap made an eagle during her opening one-under 72, and Amber Li produced an eagle in her second-round 72. The issue was assembling enough scoring support around those performances. Tuesday supplied a more balanced team return, even though the overall result remained near the bottom of the field.

Li and Tang lead the closing round

Li and Wendy Tang each finished with a one-under 72. Li ended two over for the tournament, tied for thirtieth; Tang finished three over, tied for thirty-third. Ounap closed with an even-par round. Mads Smith shot four over in the finale, and Athena Ni shot ten over.

Arizona State won at 33 under, one stroke ahead of Stanford, according to Texas’ official tournament report. UCLA was third at 26 under and Texas fourth at 20 under. For Washington, those scores provide context for the distance still to close against the field’s leading programs.

Temple points to mindset and execution

In UW’s October 27 report, head coach Anna Temple said, “I'm incredibly proud of how the team showed up today.” She credited a better mindset, attention to what the players could control and improved execution after Monday’s difficulties. She also emphasized learning from both days. Those are Temple’s documented observations, rather than an account of an interview conducted by this publication.

Analysis: make the recovery a starting point

The final round deserves credit without becoming a substitute for evaluating the whole tournament. Recovering from a difficult day is a useful competitive skill. Building a strong team total across every round is the larger task. Washington demonstrated the first on Tuesday; tenth place shows why the second remains important.

The useful offseason question is how to make the better stretches repeatable. Course decisions, recovery shots and avoiding a second costly mistake after the first are sensible areas for review. The published summaries do not include enough detail to identify a particular technical fault or assign responsibility for every dropped stroke. Those recommendations are editorial analysis, not a diagnosis from the coaching staff.

What comes next

Washington’s next scheduled event is the Collegiate Invitational at GCC, beginning January 29, 2027. That leaves a substantial break before the spring schedule. The benchmark to carry into that return is consistency across the lineup and across rounds: enough steady scoring to support an under-par performance, and a response to adversity that arrives before the final day.

Rain City Sports editorial desk | Published October 28, 2026. Source reports checked October 28, 2026. Image: illustrative Seattle scene.

Sources

• UW final report and Anna Temple comments, October 27 (checked 2026-10-28)
• UW opening-day report and revised tournament dates (checked 2026-10-28)
• Texas official final report: tournament completed Tuesday (checked 2026-10-28)
• Washington schedule (checked 2026-10-28)

Analysis and recommendations are the editorial desk’s interpretation. Reporting and attributed perspectives are linked above. Information is current as of the publication date.