PUEBLO, Colo. – The Western Washington University men's golf team regained its form Friday with a 1-under-par team round during the second round of the NCAA Division II West/South Central Super Regional Thursday at Pueblo Country Club.
 
The Vikings were one of 10 teams in the 20-team field to record a team round under par on Friday, showing a 13-shot improvement from Thursday's opening round. WWU fired a 1-under-par 283 on the par 71 layout and is in 15th place entering Saturday's final round at 11-over-par 579. Only the top four teams advance to the national championships in Detroit, so the Vikings know they will have to record an impressive final round to keep the season going. WWU is 13 strokes back of the top four spots entering Saturday's final round.
 
"Today was a small step in the right direction. A couple ups and downs, we had it to 5-under-par on the day twice going into more holes with opportunities, and we went the opposite direction," said WWU Director of Golf Luke Bennett. "The guys definitely have the ability and are close to throwing out a low one. We are looking forward to the opportunity to go out early tomorrow with the hopes of posting a low score."
 
WWU's second round was highlighted by all four scoring players recording a round of par or better, led by a 1-under-par 70 from junior Jordan Lee. Senior Devin Andrews backed up his 1-under-par 70 in the first round with an even-par 71 and is tied for 20th in the 108-player field at 1-under-par 141. Lee is also in the top 30 in the field tied for 25th place at even-par 142.
 
Senior Aidan Thain bounced back from a first-round 6-over-par 77 to shoot an even-par 71, which included four birdies and an eagle. The GNAC Player of the Year played his final 11 holes at 3-under-par.
 
No. 16 nationally-ranked Midwestern State leads the team standings at 11-under-par 557 following a 13-under-par team round of 271 Friday. They hold a one stroke lead over Colorado Mesa (-10, 558). Tournament host Colorado State-Pueblo is in third place at 7-under-par 561 and St. Mary's (TX) is holding down the fourth spot at 2-under-par 556.
 
Jake Doggett (Midwestern State) and Dakota Gillman (Colorado Mesa) are tied for individual medalist honors at 7-under-par 135, holding a one-stroke lead over Timmy Cavarno of Colorado Mesa.
 
The final round of the regional can be followed through the Golfstat Live Leaderboard at wwuvikings.com/MG_Live. WWU is scheduled to begin the final round with tee times at 9:10 am MT/8:10 am PT with the Vikings paired with Cal State Monterey Bay and Colorado-Colorado Springs.
  Here is a look at WWU's individual results and the team leaderboard through the first two rounds of the NCAA Division II West/South Central Super Regional at Pueblo Country Club in Pueblo, Colorado. The three-round, 54-hole tournament concludes with Saturday's final round:
 

2022 NCAA II WEST/SOUTH CENTRAL SUPER REGIONAL Pueblo Country Club  » Pueblo, CO Par 71  »  6,522 Yards
Pos.	Team/Player	To Par	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total
15th	Western Washington	+11	296	283	--	579
t20th	Devin Andrews	-1	70	71	--	141
t25th	Jordan Lee	E	72	70	--	142
t76th	Aidan Thain	+6	77	71	--	148
t76th	Conrad Brown	+6	77	71	--	148
t103rd	Seth King	+15	78	79	--	157
Pos.	Team	To Par	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Total
1.	Midwestern State	-11	286	271	--	557
2.	Colorado Mesa	-10	282	276	--	558
3.	Colorado State - Pueblo	-7	285	276	--	561
4.	St. Mary's (TX)	-2	281	285	--	566
5.	Oklahoma Christian	-1	290	277	--	567
	Cal State San Marcos	-1	288	279	--	567
	Stanislaus State	-1	279	288	--	567
8.	Colorado Christian	+3	288	283	--	571
9.	Cameron	+5	292	281	--	573
	West Texas A&M	+5	289	284	--	573
11.	Texas A&M - Commerce	+7	285	290	--	575
12.	Cal State San Bernardino	+8	293	283	--	576
13.	Cal State Monterey Bay	+9	286	291	--	577
14.	Colorado-Colo. Springs	+10	295	283	--	578
15.	Western Washington	+11	296	283	--	579
16.	Chico State	+12	296	284	--	580
17.	Cal State East Bay	+16	296	288	--	584
18.	Sonoma State	+17	300	285	--	585
19.	Simon Fraser	+23	296	295	--	591
20.	Hawaii Pacific	+34	299	303	--	602