VISTA, Calif. – The Western Washington University women's golf team finished in 12th place at the Fujikura Invitational hosted by Cal State San Marcos.

 

After a grueling 36-hole day to open the tournament Monday, the Vikings opened the final round tied for 5th place in the 15-team tournament field. WWU slipped seven spots on the leaderboard on Tuesday to finish in 12th place at 83-over-par 947. After shooting competitive rounds of 306 (+18) and 308 (+20), the Vikings turned in a final round score of 45-over-par 333.

 

Sophomore Emma Worgum continued her solid early spring play tying for 13th place in the 81-player field by finishing at 13-over-par 229 (73-76-80). Sophomore Kasey Maralack turned in the Vikings top score in both the second and third rounds to finish tied for 24th at 16-over-par 232 (81-75-76).

 

Tournament host Cal State San Marcos won the team title with a seven-stroke victory over UT Tyler.

 

Madison Murr of Cal State San Marcos won individual medalist honors finishing at 1-under-par 215 (66-78-71) to record a five-stroke victory over Karina Duran of UT Tyler.

 

The Vikings will take the next three weeks off before returning to competition to close out the regular season April 8-9 at the Sonoma State Spring Invitational at Foxtail Golf Club in Rohnert Park, California. The GNAC Championships will be held April 22-23 at Coeur d'Alene Golf Resort in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

 

Here is a look at WWU's individual results and the team leaderboard from 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.