VISTA, Calif. – The Western Washington University women's golf team is off to a great start tied for 5th place through the first two round at the Fujikura Invitational hosted by Cal State San Marcos.

 

Playing in a rare 54-hole tournament at Shadowridge Golf Club, the Vikings are 38-over-par through the first two rounds with a team score of 614 to sit in a tie with Point Loma in the 15-team tournament field. WWU is one stroke back of 4th-place UT Tyler and four strokes ahead of three teams tied for 7th place.

"It's not often we play 36 holes in one day, but today the team really held their own against a good tournament field," said WWU Director of Golf Luke Bennett. "We are looking forward to the opportunity tomorrow to get back out there and continue the start we had today."

 

Sophomore Emma Worgum is tied for 4th place in the 81-player field with opening rounds of 1-over-par 73 in the morning and 4-over-par 76 in the afternoon for a 5-over-par 149.

 

Sophomore Lauren Lee (+10, 75-79=154) is tied for 22nd place, sophomore Kasey Maralack (+12, 81-75=156) is tied for 28th and senior Dani Bailey (+13, 79-78=157) is tied for 34th.

"Emma continued her solid spring play. It's been impressive and fun to watch her focus and determination when she competes," added Bennett. "Lauren rallied in the morning and produced an overall solid day. And Kasey was fantastic in the second round with her 3-over-par 75. The winds picked up and the greens got faster, but she stayed very steady."
 

Tournament host Cal State San Marcos holds an eight-stroke lead at 23-over-par 599 with Biola in 2nd place at 31-over-par 607.

 

Madison Murr of Cal State San Marcos holds the 36-hole lead for individual medalist honors at even-par 144 following rounds of 6-under-par 66 and 6-over-par 78. Karina Duran of UT Tyler and Kiara Hernandez of Point Loma are tied for 2nd place at 3-over-par 147.

 

The Fujikura Invitational concludes Tuesday with an 8:30 am shotgun start for the 15-team field. The Vikings will be paired with Point Loma and Cal State East Bay starting on holes 4-7.

 

Here is a look at WWU's individual results and the team leaderboard following Monday's first and second rounds of the Fujikura Invitational hosted by Cal State San Marcos at Shadowridge Golf Club:

 

 

Here is a look at the Vikings 2023-24 tournament schedule for the WWU Women's Golf program. All tournament recaps, season statistics and program history can be found on WWUVikings.com/WGolf.