ROHNERT PARK, Calif. – Through the opening round of the 2023 NCAA Division II West/South Central Super Regional Championships the Western Washington University men's golf team is tied for 8th place in the 20-team field.

 

The Vikings carded an opening round team score of 7-over-par 295 to sit in a three-way tie for 8th place with Colorado State-Pueblo and Cal State Monterey Bay. 

 

Oklahoma Christian fired a first-round leading 7-under-par 281 to carry an eight-stroke lead into Friday's second round on the par 72 Foxtail Golf Club. Western New Mexico, Simon Fraser and Stanislaus State are all tied for 2nd place at 1-over-par 289.

 

Senior All-America candidate Jordan Lee and First Team All-GNAC sophomore Seth King paced the Vikings in Thursday's first round with 1-under-par rounds of 71 to tie for 6th individually in the 108-player field. Lee continued his late-season dominance carding his 11th consecutive round of par or better.

 

Junior Drew Halili is tied for 60th at 4-over-par 76 and sophomore Conrad Brown is tied for 74th at 5-over-par 77.

 

WWU had a great start to the first round holding the tournament lead through a portion of the front nine, but played the back nine at 8-over-par as a team.

 

"We hung in there until the end, showing some nerves and indecisiveness down the stretch," said WWU Director of Golf Luke Bennett. "The good news is it is just day one and we are still very much in the hunt. Tomorrow is a big day for the team and I am confident they put together a great second round."

 

Peyton Jones of Colorado Christian holds the lead for individual medalist honors after carding a 6-under-par 66 on Thursday. 

 

WWU will tee off starting at 8:20 am for Friday's second round with live scoring available via Golfstat.com.

 

The 20-team Super Regional features 18 holes each day in the three-round, 54-hole tournament with the top five teams (and top two individuals on non-advancing teams) qualifying for the NCAA II Championship Finals that will be held May 22-26 at Avalon Lakes Country Club in Warren, Ohio.

 

The NCAA Division II Championship field consists of 80 teams and 32 individuals that will play in the super regional tournaments across the country May 11-13. WWU has competed at the NCAA II National Championship Tournament nine times in program history, last finishing 16th at the 2017 tournament in Kissimmee, Florida.

 

Here is a look at WWU's individual results and the team leaderboard following Thursday's first round of the 2023 NCAA Division II West/South Central Super Regional Championship at Foxtail Golf Club in Rohnert Park, California:

 

 

Fans can follow all the action from Rohnert Park via the following handy links:

 

• Golfstat Live Leaderboard
• Tournament Central
• NCAA Championships Program
• NCAA Division II Rankings 
• Golfstat Team Rankings

 

Here is a look at the 20-team field for the 2023 West/South Central NCAA Division II Golf Championships that will be played May 11-13 at Foxtail Golf Club in Rohnert Park, California. The top 10 teams in the West and South Central Regions, along with four individuals from the region, make up the 108-player field. The tournament is a 54-hole, three-round competition with 18 holes played each day (Thursday – Friday – Saturday). The top five teams will advance to the NCAA II Men's Golf Championships May 22-26 at Avalon Lakes Country Club in Warren, Ohio. The finals will be hosted by the Mountain East Conference and Avalon Lakes at The Grand Resort.

 

2023 WEST/SOUTH CENTRAL SUPER REGIONAL

May 11-13, 2023

Foxtail Golf Club | North Course | Par 72 | 6,851 yards

Rohnert Park, CA

Format: 54 hole stroke play

Rounds: 3 (Thursday-Friday-Saturday)

Tournament Size: Teams-20, Individuals-8, Field Size-108

Host: Sonoma State University

 

West Region:

1. Cal State San Marcos
2. Sonoma State
3. Western Washington
4. Simon Fraser
5. Chico State
6. Cal State San Bernardino
7. Stanislaus State
8. Cal State Monterey Bay
9. Holy Names
10. Hawai'i Hilo

 

Individuals:

1. Easton Hether, Cal State East Bay
2. Xavier Coreno, Cal State East Bay
3. Max Turnquist, Saint Martin's
4. Andy Yoon, Cal State Dominguez Hills

 

South Central Region:

1. Oklahoma Christian
2. Cameron
3. Midwestern State
4. Colorado Christian
5. Colorado State-Pueblo
6. Colorado Mesa
7. Texas Permian Basin
8. Western New Mexico
9. Colorado-Colorado Springs
10. West Texas A&M

 

Individuals:

1. Mauricio Figueroa, Texas A&M International
2. Lukas Taggart, Colorado School of Mines
3. Tanner Lundgren, St. Mary's (Texas)
4. Max Lange, Colorado School of Mines

 

WWU is part of a stacked super regional field with eight of the 20 teams in the West/South Central Super Regional listed in the national top 25 via both the latest Bushnell Golfweek Division II Coaches Poll and Golfstat Relative Team Rankings. 

 

Here is a look at the 2022-23 schedule for the WWU Men's Golf program, in addition to the 2023 postseason schedule. 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 2243 seasons the program has competed at the NCAA Division II level dating back to the 1998-99 season. 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 15 Great Northwest Athletic Conference championships since the tournament debuted in 2008. The Vikings have also featured the GNAC Championships individual medalist in 10 of 15 tournaments with Jordan Lee joining the elite list of conference champions in 2023 and nine GNAC Player of the Year awards.