WAHIAWA, Hawai'i – The Western Washington University men's golf team wrapped up play at the Southwest Airlines HPU Sharks Shootout Wednesday finishing in 13th place out of 16 teams.

 

WWU opened the day tied for 7th in the field, but slipped 16 spots on the leaderboard despite shooting a team round of 1-under-par 287. The Vikings finished the 36-hole tournament at 3-over-par 579.

 

Sophomore Ryan Ho led the Vikings tying for 23rd in the 90-player field at 1-under-par 143. Ho shot a 3-under-par 69 in the opening round and was at 2-over-par 74 in Wednesday's final round on the par 72, 7,019-yard layout. Sophomore Seth King also notched a top-30 finish with an even-par 144 carding rounds of 1-over-par 73 and 1-under-par 71. Senior Jordan Lee bounced back from a first-round 4-over-par 76 to shoot WWU's lowest score of the final round at 2-under-par 70.

 

Chris Ebster of Stanislaus State won the tiebreaker over Tyler Ashman of Chico State to earn individual medalist honors. Both players finished the tournament at 9-under-par 135, with Ebster firing a 7-under-65 in the final round. Griffin Pace (Sonoma State), Dakota Ochoa (Chico State) and Matthew Pennington (Cal State San Marcos) were one shot back of the leaders tying for third place at 8-under-par 136.

 

Chico State earned team champion honors winning a tiebreaker over Stanislaus State with both teams completing the tournament at 18-under-par 558. Stanislaus State shot the low team round on Wednesday at 14-under-par 274.

 

The Vikings wrap up the fall season and the trip to Hawai'i Friday-Saturday at the Southwest Airlines Dennis Rose Intercollegiate hosted by the University of Hawai'i Hilo. The two-day, 36-hole tournament will be held at Waikaloa Beach Golf Resort in Waikaloa, HI. The Dennis Rose Intercollegiate can be tracked via the Golfstat.com Live Leaderboard at wwuvikings.com/MG_Live. 

 

Here is a look at WWU's individual results and the team leaderboard following the final round of the Southwest Airlines HPU Sharks Shootout at Leilehua Golf Course in Wahiawa, Hawai'i:

 

 

Here is a look at the 2022-23 fall portion of the schedule for the WWU Men's Golf program, in addition to the 2023 postseason schedule. The spring tournament schedule will be finalized later this fall. All tournament recaps, season statistics and program history can be found on WWUVikings.com/MGolf.

 

 

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 23 seasons the program has competed at the NCAA Division II level dating back to the 1998-99 season, which includes this season after earning the automatic bid from winning the GNAC Championships. WWU placed 3rd at the 2013 national championship for the highest finish in program history. The program has produced 16 NCAA All-Americans and has won 10 of 14 Great Northwest Athletic Conference championships since the tournament debuted in 2008, including the 2022 title. The Vikings have also featured the GNAC Championships individual medalist in nine of 14 tournaments with Aidan Thain joining the long list of conference champions in 2022 and nine GNAC Player of the Year awards.