ALAMEDA, Calif. – The Western Washington University men's golf team is off to a great start during its spring-opening tournament at the Pioneer Shootout.

 

WWU carded a team score of 10-under-par 566 in the first 36 holes of the 54-hole tournament at Corica Park South to sit in 3rd place out of 17 teams. This marks the opening of the spring season for the Viking men that are ranked No. 10 in the West Region.

 

The Vikings were situated at the top of the leaderboard throughout the long day of golf in the Bay Area, heading into the final round in the top five of a stacked tournament field. Sonoma State leads the tournament field at 17-under-par (559) with Cal State San Marcos in 2nd place at 15-under-par (561). WWU is one stroke ahead of tournament host Cal State East Bay (-9, 567) and Simon Fraser and Chico State are tied for 5th place (-1, 575).

 

"A very solid start for the team today," said WWU Director of Golf Luke Bennett. "I am thrilled with the scores coming out of the winter break with two team rounds in the red under par. We'll look to continue this confident play tomorrow in the final round."

 

Junior Peter Dionne-Yahr leads the Vikings in a tie for 3rd place in the 104-player field with rounds of 68 (-4) and 70 (-2) to record a two-round score of 6-under-par 138.

 

Senior David Sibbett made his WWU debut with a two-round score of 3-under-par 141 (70-71) to sit in a tie for 12th place. Freshman Ryan Vest had a solid start to his spring season with matching rounds of 71 to tie for 21st place at 2-under-par 142. Freshman Jack Kendrick is in a tie for 34th place at 1-over-par 145 (75-70), which featured a 2-under-par 70 in the second round to tie for the team low.

 

Greg Mouser of Cal State San Marcos holds a four-stroke lead for individual medalist honors at 11-under-par 133 with rounds of 67 (-5) and 66 (-6). Ivan Sablan of Sonoma State heads into the second round in 2nd place at 7-under-par 137.

 

Tuesday's final round features a 7:45 am shotgun start on the par 72 Corica Park South Course. Results can be tracked via the live leaderboard powered by Clipped at wwuvikings.com/MG_Live.

 

Here is a look at WWU's final individual results and the team leaderboard through the first two rounds of the Pioneer Shootout hosted by Cal State East Bay.

 

 

Following Tuesday's final round of the Pioneer Shootout, the Vikings are back in action March 21-25 competing in a pair of tournament in Arizona co-hosted by Colorado Christian University and Colorado School of Mines.

Here is a look at the Vikings 2024-25 tournament schedule for the WWU Men's Golf program. 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 25 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 and made its 10th trip to the National Championship Finals in 2023 placing 15th. The program has produced 16 NCAA All-Americans and has won 11 of 16 Great Northwest Athletic Conference championships since the tournament debuted in 2008. The Vikings have also featured the GNAC Championships individual medalist in 10 of 16 tournaments with Jordan Lee joining the elite list of conference champions in 2023 and nine GNAC Player of the Year awards.