Hawaii Hilo represented well at the Amer Ari Intercollegiate on the Big Island, tallying a team score of -7 in a large field of some of the top Division I teams in the country. Dylan Bercan also turned in a -7 scorecard for Player of the Week.

2025-26 Schedule and Results

Player of the Week: Hawaii Hilo’s Dylan Bercan, Sr., 6-3, Vancouver, British Columbia                    
Hawaii Hilo’s Dylan Bercan, the 2025 PacWest champion, got off to a very productive start in 2026 with a 54-hole tally of -7 at the 35^th annual Amer Ari Intercollegiate. Bercan had rounds of -6, +2 and -3 to top the Vulcans, the only non-Division I team in the field. That put the Canadian tied for 48^th in a field of 122, which seems modest until you consider that the NCAA 2024 National Champion Hiroshi Tai of Georgia Tech and individual runner-ups Preston Stouth of Oklahoma State and Jackson Koivun of Auburn were in the field, along with 31 of the top 100 ranked Division I players in the country. This is Bercan's third straight PacWest Player of the Week award, as he also won the final two Fall honors of 2025. 

TEAM OF THE WEEK: Hawaii Hilo Vulcans                                                               
Hawaii Hilo is the Team of the Week after a strong showing at the Amer Ari Intercollegiate at the Mauna Lani Resort on the west side of the Big Island. The Vulcans were 17^th of 20 teams in the all Division-I field, posting a -7 tally to defeat UC Davis, Hawaii and UT-Arlington. The Vulcans turned in 3-day scorecards of -3, +3, and -7. Just two strokes back of Dylan Bercan (-7) was Ben Crinella (-5), followed by Dysen Park (-1) and Jacob Torres (+6). Seven of the last ten NCAA Division I championship teams were in the field, including 2025 winner Oklahoma State. The tournament was won by No. 5 ranked Auburn.

PACWEST NEWS AND NOTES: Four PacWest teams played this week in Vista at the CSU San Marcos Fujikura Invitational. Dominican (+30) finished ninth of the 13 teams in the field, while Jessup (+35) was tenth, Vanguard (+36) 12th and Westmont (+50) 13^th. The top conference golfer in the field was Jessup’s Jacobus Brakkee, tied for 13^th at +1. Westmont’s leader was Fernando Jimenez (T-22^nd, +4), Dominican’s was Jonathan Chen (T-27^th, +5) and Vanguard was led by Kyle Koski (T-33^rd, +6).

LOOKING AHEAD: Next tournament for PacWest teams is the Stockton D2 Invitational February 23-24, which will feature Hawaii Pacific, Dominican, Westmont and Vanguard. Jessup will play those same two days at CSU San Bernardino’s tournament in Borrego Springs.