TURLOCK, Calif. – The Western Washington University men's golf team completed a wire-to-wire tournament victory at the 47th Annual Hanny Stanislaus Invitational with the 54-hole tournament wrapping up play Tuesday at Turlock Golf & Country Club.
 
The Vikings tamed the par 72, 6,688-yard layout to finish with a team score of 2-over-par 866 to win the 15-team tournament. WWU held off GNAC foe Simon Fraser for a one-stroke lead for the second tournament victory of the 2021-22 season. The Vikings, who entered the tournament with the No. 1 ranking in the West Region, completed play in the two-day tournament with a 5-over-par 293 on Tuesday.
 
"Talk about a fantastic team win. They all contributed to this victory and I am so happy for them," said WWU Director of Golf Luke Bennett. "I'm excited to feed off this momentum as we get closer to conference and the postseason."
 
Senior Aidan Thain recorded his collegiate victory, sharing individual medalist honors with Saint Martin's senior Tyler Fitchett. Thain and Fitchett, two of the GNAC's top scoring leaders, played four sudden-death playoff holes to a tie before travel plans ended the playoff.
 
Thain carded a trio of under par rounds (69-70-70) for a tournament total 7-under-par 209. Thain's final round four birdies, with his only blemish a double-bogey six on the Par 4 12th hole. For the tournament the senior co-captain recorded 35 pars, 12 birdies and one eagle. He played Turlock G&CC's 10 par 4 holes at a tournament-best 3-under-par.
 
"Aidan played some extremely solid golf especially down the stretch. Her birdied three of the last four holes to get the win. I am so happy for him," added Bennett. Freshman Conrad Brown held the individual lead to open the final round and finished in a tie for 5th place at 4-under-par 212 (68-70-74). Brown matched Thain with 12 birdies in the tournament.
 
"Truly a very solid tournament by Conrad," said Bennett. "He showed he is wise beyond his years with how he rallied after starting with a double bogey. He birdied two of his last three holes, which was big for him and huge for the team." Freshman Seth King recorded a top-30 finish in the 83-player field finishing in a tie for 29th place at 7-over-par 223 (76-72-75). Junior Jordan Lee moved up five spots on the leaderboard to place in a tie for 36th place at 10-over-par 226 (77-75-74) and senior Devin Andrews tied for 53rd place at 14-over-par 230 (73-81-76).
 
Western held off a late-charging Simon Fraser squad that finished in 2nd one stroke back of the Vikings at 3-over-par 867. Tournament host Stanislaus State finished in a tie for 3rd place in the 15-team field on its home course at 4-over-par 868. Sonoma State turned in the low team round of the final round at 16-under-par 272 to move up four spots on the leaderboard to tie Stanislaus State for 3rd place. The Vikings look to carry its momentum into the final regular season tournament next week at the Palm Valley Classic (April 4-5) at Palm Valley Golf Club in Goodyear, Arizona. The 2022 GNAC Championships will be held April 18-19 at Coeur d'Alene Golf Resort in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
  Here is a look at WWU's individual results and the team leaderboard from the Hanny Stanislaus Invitational hosted by Stanislaus State University:
 

2022 HANNY STANISLAUS INVITATIONAL Turlock Golf & Country Club  »  Turlock, CA Par 72  »  6,668 Yards
Pos.	Team/Player	To Par	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total
1st	Western Washington	+2	286	287	293	866
t1st	Aidan Thain	-7	69	70	70	209
t5th	Conrad Brown	-4	68	70	74	212
t29th	Seth King	+7	76	72	75	223
t36th	Jordan Lee	+10	77	75	75	226
t53rd	Devin Andrews	+14	73	81	76	230
Pos.	Team	To Par	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total
1.	Western Washington	+2	286	287	293	866
2.	Simon Fraser	+3	287	295	285	867
3.	Stanislaus State	+4	292	283	293	868
	Sonoma State	+4	305	291	272	868
5.	Holy Names	+6	290	290	290	870
6.	Chico State	+11	289	290	296	875
7.	Cal State Monterey Bay	+17	294	295	292	881
8.	Cal State Dominguez Hills	+21	306	292	287	885
9.	Cal State Bernardino	+29	303	294	296	893
10.	Saint Martin's	+31	307	298	290	895
11.	Montana State Billings	+34	309	299	290	898
12.	Hawai'i Hilo	+35	307	307	285	899
13.	Cal State San Marcos	+44	308	302	298	908
14.	Cal State East Bay	+60	309	313	302	924
15.	Academy of Art	+62	312	299	315	926

Here is a look at the complete 2021-22 schedule for the WWU Men's Golf program, which includes four fall and four spring tournaments leading up to the GNAC Championships. All tournament recaps, season statistics and program history can be found on WWUVikings.com/MGolf.
 

Dates	Tournament	Location / Course	Result
Sept. 24-25	Saint Martin's Invitational	DuPont, WA / The Home Course	1st of 12 teams
Sept. 27-28	WWU Invitational	Blaine, WA / Loomis Trail Golf Club	6th of 9 teams
Oct. 11-12	Chico State Wildcat Classic	Corning, CA / The Links at Rolling Hills	2nd of 10 teams
Oct. 18-19	Otter Invitational	Seaside, CA / Bayonet Golf Course	6th of 15 teams
Feb. 14-15	CSUSM Fujikura Invitational	Vista, CA / Shadowridge Golf Club	3rd of 14 teams
Feb. 21-22	Bay Area Invitational	Pleasanton, CA / The Club at Ruby Hill	3rd of 14 teams
March 28-29	Hanny Stanislaus Invitational	Turlock, CA / Turlock Golf & Country Club	1st of 15 teams
April 6-7	Palm Valley Classic	Goodyear, AZ / Palm Valley Golf Club
April 18-19	GNAC Championships	Coeur d'Alene, ID / Coeur d'Alene Golf Resort
May 5-7	NCAA West Regional	Pueblo, CO / Pueblo Country Club
May 16-20	NCAA National Championships	Dearborn, MI / TPC Michigan

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 22 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 13 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 13 tournaments.