BELLINGHAM, Wash. – For the 12th time in program history, the Western Washington University women's golf program will compete in the NCAA Division II Golf Championships. 
 
The Vikings won their seventh Great Northwest Athletic Conference title, repeating as champions to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships. WWU was announced as the No. 12 seed in the West Region by the NCAA on Monday.
 
This will be Western's second consecutive trip to the NCAA Championships after finishing 9th during the 2021 season with the regional championship played in Denton, Texas.
 
The West regional, one of four across the country, will be held May 2-4 at Brookside Golf & Country Club in Stockton, California. The California Collegiate Athletic Association and Visit Stockton will serve as host for the three-day, 54-hole tournament. The NCAA Championships field consists of 48 teams and 24 individuals, with 12 teams in each of the four regions.
 
The top five teams in the east, south and west regions, and the top three in the central, along with the top two individuals from each region not on these teams will move on to the championship finals May 10-14 at Chattahoochee Golf Club in Gainesville, Georgia.
 
WWU earned the automatic bid with a 10-stroke victory at the 2022 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships held April 18-19 at The Coeur d'Alene Resort in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Sophomore Elise Sumner was the individual champion shooting 7-over-par. Sophomore Dani Bailey came in second shooting 9-over-par and junior Megan Billeter followed close behind in fifth place shooting 13-over-par.
  Here is a look at the 12-team field for the 2022 NCAA Division II Golf Championships West Regional that will be held May 2-4 at Brookside Golf & Country Club in Stockton, California. The West Regional features a 66-player field with five players from each of the 12 teams and six individuals. The tournament is a 54-hole, three-round competition with 18 holes played each day (Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday). The top five teams will advance to the NCAA II Women's Golf Championships that will be held May 10-14 at Chattahoochee Golf Club in Gainesville, Georgia.
 
2022 NCAA II WOMEN'S GOLF WEST REGIONAL
Brookside Golf & Country Club
Stockton, California
Dates: May 2-4
Format: 54-hole stroke play (18 holes each day)
Host: California Collegiate Athletic Association and Visit Stockton
 
West Region:

1. Dallas Baptist
2. West Texas A&M
3. Cal State San Marcos
4. Texas A&M International
5. Biola
6. Cal State Monterey Bay
7. Texas A&M-Commerce
8. St. Mary's
9. Arkansas-Fort Smith
10. Cal State East Bay
11. Colorado Christian
12. Western Washington

 
Individuals:

1. Iona Roska, Cameron
2. Claire Shubin, Dominican
3. Morgan Sjoerdsmann, Cal State LA
4. Anahi Servin, Academy of Art
5. Samantha Cabunag, Sonoma State
6. Lexi Nielsen, Sonoma State

 
Regional Sites:

• Central: Hot Springs, Arkansas (Hot Springs Country Club)
• East: Kansas City, Missouri (Shoal Creek Gold Club)
• South: Davie, Florida (Grand Oaks Golf Club)
• West: Stockton, California (Brookside Golf and Country Club)

  Here is a look at WWU's season player stats heading into the NCAA Championships:
 

                          No    No    Avg.     Vs. Low  In  Par or   Fin.        Best
 Name                 Yr Tour  Rds.  Score     Par Rd.  60s better   Pct.  Wins  Fin.
 Elise Sumner         SO   3   6.0   76.67   +5.00  73   0     0    60.2%    1      1
 Megan Billeter       JR   8  16.0   77.63   +5.75  68   1     2    63.2%    0      2
 Claire Moon          SO   8  16.0   78.25   +6.38  73   0     0    65.9%    0   T  3
 Danielle Bailey      SO   4   8.0   79.13   +7.38  75   0     0    42.2%    0      2
 Jaclyn Yoo           FR   3   6.0   80.83   +8.83  78   0     0    54.9%    0   T 19
 Sarah Shea           JR   8  16.0   80.94   +9.06  74   0     0    46.0%    0   T  7
 Lina Hattenbach      FR   3   6.0   82.17  +10.17  80   0     0    32.7%    0   T 16
 Sophia Schmidt       SO   3   6.0   83.33  +11.33  77   0     0    30.5%    0   T 40

Here is a look at the complete 2021-22 schedule for the WWU Women's Golf program, which included four fall and three spring tournaments leading up to the GNAC Championships. WWU will next play in the NCAA II West Regional May 2-4 at Brookside Golf & Country Club in Stockton, California. All tournament recaps, season statistics and program history can be found on WWUVikings.com/WGolf.
 

Dates	Tournament	Location / Course	Result
Sept. 13-14	Saint Martin's Invitational	DuPont, WA / The Home Course	1st of 6 teams
Sept. 27-28	Shootout at Estrella	Goodyear, AZ / Golf Club at Estrella	9th of 19 teams
Oct. 4-5	Sonoma State Invitational	Santa Rosa, CA / Valley of the Moon Club	T4th of 14 teams
Oct. 8-9	Wasatch Invitational	South Jordan, UT / Glenmoor Golf Course	3rd of 14 teams
Feb. 28-Mar. 1	Pioneer Shootout	Alameda, CA / Corica Park South Course	10th of 14 teams
March 7-8	CSUSM Fujikura Invitational	Vista, CA / Shadowridge Country Club	10th of 19 teams
April 1-2	Palm Valley Classic	Goodyear, AZ / Palm Valley Golf Club	23rd of 28 teams
April 18-19	GNAC Championships	Coeur d'Alene, ID / Coeur d'Alene Golf Resort	1st of 5 teams
May 2-4	NCAA West Regional	Stockton, CA / Brookside Golf & Country Club
May 11-14	NCAA National Championships	Gainesville, GA / Chattahoochee Golf Club

  The WWU women's golf team is in its 29th season as an intercollegiate sport in 2021-22. WWU has a rich history on the links, winning the first five GNAC Championships beginning in 2011 and returned to the podium with back-to-back titles in 2021 and 2022. WWU will be making its 12th appearance in the NCAA II West Regional Championships in 2022 after earning the GNAC's automatic bid. WWU has also made six trips to the NCAA II National Championships. A Viking has been named the GNAC Player of the Year in eight of the 10 years it has been awarded, including 2020-21 Player of the Year Elise Sumner. WWU has also produced the only two players in GNAC history to earn four First Team All-GNAC awards (Jenn Paul and Kristen Hansen) and has had nine All-Americans.