WAIKOLOA VILLAGE, Hawai'i – The Western Washington University women's golf team is in 9th place through the first round of the Dennis Rose Intercollegiate.

 

WWU fired a 21-over-par team round of 309 Monday on the par 72 Village Course at Waikoloa Village. The Vikings are closing out their fall tournament schedule with a pair of events on the Big Island. Western is just four strokes back of a three-way tie for sixth place in the 15-team field. No. 20 nationally-ranked Simon Fraser holds a two-stroke lead over No. 13 Missouri-St. Louis following an 8-over-par 296.

 

Junior Lauren F. Lee leads the Vikings in a tie for 8th place in the 78-player field with a 2-over-par 74, which featured a pair of birdies and 13 pars. Junior Emma Worgum is also inside the top 20 in a tie for 18th place at 3-over-par 75. Junior Kasey Maralack turned in a 7-over-par 79 and is tied for 38th place.

 

Madison Murr of Cal State San Marcos is in the lead for individual medalist honors at 3-under-par 69, followed by Talia Gutman (-2, 70) of Sonoma State.

 

WWU will be paired with Colorado Mesa, Vanguard and Saint Martin's on holes 10-11-12-13 with a scheduled shotgun start at 8 am HT/11 am PT.

 

Here is a look at WWU's individual results and the team leaderboard through the first round at the Dennis Rose Intercollegiate, a 15-team field playing on the par 72 Village Course at Waikoloa. The tournament is being hosted by the University of Hawai'i Hilo.

 

 

The Vikings close out the two-day, 36-hole Dennis Rose Intercollegiate Tuesday with tee times starting at 8 am HT/11 am PT. WWU will be paired with Colorado Mesa, Vanguard and Saint Martin's beginning on holes 10-11-12-13. The tournament can be followed via the Golfstat Live Leaderboard. WWU remains in Hawai'i playing in the HPU Sharks Shootout Friday-Saturday at Waikoloa Beach Golf Resort.

Here is a look at the Vikings 2024-25 fall tournament schedule for the WWU Women's Golf program. All tournament recaps, season statistics and program history can be found on WWUVikings.com/WGolf.

 

 

The WWU women's golf team enters its 32nd season as an intercollegiate sport in 2024-25. 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 made 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 nine of the 12 years it has been awarded, including 2021-22 award winner Megan Billeter. 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.