COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho – The Western Washington University men's golf team made a charge up the leaderboard midway through Tuesday's final round of the GNAC Championships, but fell short of repeating as conference champions placing 2nd at the two-day tournament held at the Coeur d'Alene Resort Golf Course.

 

Midway through Tuesday's final round the Vikings closed to within four strokes of eventual champion Simon Fraser, but WWU ended up 10 strokes back of the Red Leafs to finish in 2nd place at the two-day, 54-hole tournament. The Vikings fired a final round team score of 2-under-par 282 on the par 71 layout on the shores of Lake Coeur d'Alene and totaled 17-over-par 869 across the three rounds.

 

Simon Fraser won its fourth GNAC title for the second-most in conference history behind the 11 by WWU. The Red Leafs finished at 7-over-par 859 with a third-round team score of 4-under-par 280 clinching the victory.

 

The Vikings were led by sophomore Nick Ennis tying for individual runner-up honors at even-par 213, closing out the tournament with an even-par 71 Tuesday. Ennis improved upon his 6th-place finish at the GNAC Championships last year while competing for Saint Martin's University. Over the two-day tournament the Everett native fired rounds of 73-69-71, playing his final 36 holes at 2-under-par.

 

Freshman Michael Killmer tied for the lowest final round score with a 3-under-par 68 with six birdies. Killmer finished in 5th place in the 25-player field at 1-over-par 213, leading all players with 13 players over the two days.

 

Senior David Sibbett moved up the leaderboard two spots to finish in 12th place at 8-over-par 221, turning in a 1-under-par 70 in the final round.

 

Junior Peter Dionne-Yahr (T13th, +9, 222) and freshman Jack Kendrick (17th, +19, 232) rounded out the Vikings contingent.

 

Northwest Nazarene sophomore Ben Mulder completed the wire-to-wire victory earning individual medalist honors at 6-under-par 207 with three consecutive rounds of 2-under-par 69. Mulder 

 

Ben Mulder of Northwest Nazarene holds the lead for individual medalist honors at 4-under-par 138 following matching 2-under-par rounds of 69. Mulder recorded a six-stroke victory over SFU teammates Max Corcoran and Denby Carswell, and Ennis at even-par 213.

 

The Vikings now wait for the NCAA Division II Championships selection show on Friday, with the top 10 teams in the West Region rankings advancing to the West-South Central Super Regional held May 8-10 at Victoria Club in Riverside, California. WWU entered the postseason listed No. 10 in the West Region rankings, aiming for a 26th consecutive trip to the regional tournament.

Here is a look at WWU's individual results and the team leaderboard from the 2025 GNAC Championships with the two-day, 54-hole tournament held at the Coeur d'Alene Golf Resort: 

 

 

Here is information on the 2025 GNAC Men's Golf Championships:

 

April 21-22, 2025 | Coeur d'Alene Resort Golf Course | Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

Live Results | GNAC Men's Golf Championships History

Course Information: Par – 71 | Yardage – 6,466 | Hole-By-Hole Course Tour

2025 Team Champion: Simon Fraser (+7, 859)

2025 Team Runner-Up: Western Washington (+17, 869)

2025 Individual Champion: Ben Mulder, NNU (-6, 207)

2025 Individual Runner-Up: 3-way tie for 2nd place

 

GNAC Men's Golf Championships Records

54-Hole Total – 199, Aidan Thain, WWU, 67-64-68 (April 18-19, 2022)

Single Round – 62, Ryan Ho, WWU (April 22, 2024)

54-Hole Total, Team – 837, SFU, 277-281-279 (April 20-21, 2015) 837, WWU, 276-279-282 (April 18-19, 2016)

Single Round, Team – 273, Western Washington (April 22, 2024)

 

Team Title Leaderboard

Western Washington – 11 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2024)

Simon Fraser – 4 (2015, 2018, 2023, 2025)

Northwest Nazarene – 1 (2014)

Saint Martin's – 1 (2021)

 

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 17 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.