AIEA, Hawai'i – The Western Washington University women's golf team opened its two-tournament trip to Hawai'i competing Tuesday in the first round of the Southwest Airlines HPU Sharks Shootout at Pearl Country Club.

 

The Vikings are in 11th place out of 16 teams following a first-round team score of 31-over-par 319. WWU entered the tournament ranked No. 37 in the Golfstat.com team rankings and is the top GNAC program on the leaderboard ahead of Simon Fraser, Northwest Nazarene and Saint Martin's. No. 24 Cal State San Marcos tops the leaderboard at 2-over-par 290.

 

WWU junior Elise Sumner leads the Viking contingent in a tie for 18th place in the 84-player field after shooting an opening-round score of 4-over-par 76. Freshman Emma Worgum is tied for 22nd at 5-over-par 77.

 

Kellie Yamane of host Hawai'i Pacific University shot a 5-under-par 67 to build a two-stroke lead over Arnie Taguines (Texas-Permian Basin) and Breann Horn (Cal State San Marcos) for individual medalist honors.

 

Wednesday's final round begins with a 7:30 am shotgun start (Hawaii time) with the Vikings teeing off holes 12-13-14-15-16 and paired with West Texas A&M, Simon Fraser and Vanguard. The HPU Shark Shootout live leaderboard can be viewed online through Golfstat at wwuvikings.com/WG_Live.

 

Here is a look at WWU's individual results and the team leaderboard following first round of the 2022 Southwest Airlines HPU Sharks Shootout at the Par 72, 6,109-yard Pearl Country Club:

 

Here is a look at the Vikings 2022-23 fall schedule for the WWU Women's Golf program. All tournament recaps, season statistics and program history can be found on WWUVikings.com/WGolf.