DUPONT, Wash. – The Western Washington University men's golf team returned to action Monday with the first two rounds at the Saint Martin's West Regional Preview on The Home Course.
 
The Vikings turned in a 36-hole team score of 11-over-par 587, shooting rounds of 293 (+5) in the morning and 294 (+6) in the afternoon. Western is tied for 3^rd in the 11-team field playing on the par 72 layout that will serve as the postseason tournament host for both the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships (April 19-20) and the NCAA II West/South Central Super Regional Championship (May 6-8).
 
Junior co-captain Aidan Thain (Bellevue, WA/Sammamish) is tied for 5^th in the 70-player field to lead the Vikings, turning in rounds of 1-under-par 71 and 1-over-par 73 to complete the day at even-par 144. Thain was crowned the GNAC Golfer of the Week following his season-opening tie for 3^rd at the Nighthawks Invitational.
 
Junior Brody Bonfilio (Boise, ID/Bishop Kelly) is also in the top 20 in the field with a two-round score of 5-over-par 149 with rounds of 73 (+1) and 76 (+4).
 
Sophomore Jordan Lee (Tacoma, WA/Bellarmine Prep) and junior co-captain Devin Andrews (Kirkland, WA/Juanita) are tied for 22^nd at 6-over-par 150.
 
Freshman Kyle Cooley made his Western debut playing as an individual, and is tied for 30^th at 7-over-par 151 (77-74).
 
No. 12 nationally-ranked Colorado State-Pueblo leads the 11-team field completing the first two rounds at 3-under-par 573 with rounds of 280 (-8) and 293 (+5). WWU is tied with Western Mexico for 3^rd place, three strokes behind tournament host Saint Martin's (+8, 584).
 
CSU-Pueblo's Andre Ni and Jamie Roberts are tied for the individual lead at 2-under-par 142 with both players shooting matching rounds of 1-under-par 71.
 
The 54-hole tournament wraps up play Tuesday with a shotgun start at 8 am.
  Here is a look at WWU's individual results and the team leaderboard following Monday's first and second round of the West Regional Preview hosted by Saint Martin's University:
 

2021 Saint Martin's Invitational/Regional Preview Host: Saint Martin's University The Home Course  8 DuPont, WA  8  Par 72  8  6,977 Yards
Pos.	Team/Player	To Par	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total
T-3rd	Western Washington	+11	293	294	--	587
T-5th	Aidan Thain	E	71	73	--	144
T-19th	Brody Bonfilio	+5	73	76	--	149
T-22nd	Jordan Lee	+6	78	72	--	150
T-22nd	Devin Andrews	+6	77	73	--	150
T-30th	Kyle Cooley (ind)	+7	77	74	--	151
T-37th	Drew Halili	+8	72	80	--	152
Pos.	Team	To Par	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total
1.	Colorado State-Pueblo (#12)	-3	280	293	--	573
2.	Saint Martin's (RV)	+8	293	291	--	584
3.	Western Washington (RV)	+11	293	294	--	587
	Western New Mexico	+11	293	294	--	587
5.	Regis	+19	298	297	--	595
6.	Colorado-Colo. Springs (RV)	+21	294	303	--	597
7.	Colorado Christian	+22	300	298	--	598
8.	Colorado School of Mines (#16)	+23	300	299	--	599
9.	Northwest Nazarene	+35	301	310	--	611
10.	Montana State Billings	+36	302	310	--	612
11.	Hawai'i Hilo	+45	310	311	--	621
National rankings are the GCAA NCAA II Coaches Poll from March 5, 2021

  Here is a complete look at the 2020-21 WWU Men's Golf schedule, which is subject to change at any time. Results following each round and any Live Leaderboard links will be posted on the homepage of WWU Golf at WWUVikings.com/MGolf.
 

Dates	Tournament	Location / Course	Result
March 8-9	Nighthawk Invitational	Livermore, CA (Poppy Ridge Golf Course)	1st of 14 teams
March 22-23	West Regional Preview	DuPont, WA (The Home Course)
March 29-30	Redhawk Invitational	University Place, WA (Chambers Bay)
April 5-6	Mustang Intercollegiate	Goodyear, AZ (Palm Valley Golf Club)
April 19-20	GNAC Championships	DuPont, WA (The Home Course)
May 6-8	NCAA II West/South Central Regional	DuPont, WA (The Home Course)
May 17-21	NCAA National Championships	Palm Beach Gardens, FL (PGA National Resort)

Fans can follow the WWU Men's Golf program online at WWUVikings.com/MGolf, and via social media on Twitter (@WWUGolf), Instagram (@wwugolf) and Facebook (@WWUMGolf).
  The WWU men's golf team has an incredible streak of advancing to the NCAA Championships in each of the 21 seasons the program has competed at the NCAA Division II level dating back to the 1998-99 season, including a 3^rd-place finish at the 2013 national championship. The program has produced 16 NCAA All-Americans and has won 9 of 12 Great Northwest Athletic Conference championships since the tournament debuted in 2008, including the 2019 title. The Vikings have also featured the GNAC Championships individual medalist in 8 of 12 tournaments, including 2018 champion Ethan Casto and 2019 champion Brody Bonfilio.