Final round fade drops Mountain Lions to second
The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs golf team picked up where it left off this past season by earning a second-place finish in the first tournament of 2002-03, the ASC Invitational on Monday.
CU-Colorado Springs posted a three-round score of 912, two strokes behind tournament winner Utah Valley State, which competes at the NCAA Division I level in golf. The Mountain Lions outdistanced the nearest Division II rival, Colorado State-Pueblo, by six strokes.
As good as the result was for the Mountain Lions, there was still considerable disappointment within the team for not winning the tournament. CU-Colorado Springs had a nine-stroke lead after the first two rounds, played Sunday at the Rio Grande Golf Club in South Fork, Colo., but faded badly in Mondayâ€TMs third round, which was held at Cattails Golf Club in Alamosa, Colo.
Junior transfer J.P. Wertz shot a tournament-best 69, two strokes off the course record, in Sundayâ€TMs first round to take an early individual lead. He followed with rounds of 77 and 78, however, and ended the tournament tied with Utah Valley Stateâ€TMs Jess Cooper and CSU-Puebloâ€TMs Travis Morton for third. Cole Nondorf of Fort Hays State shot a 213 to win the individual honors, six strokes ahead of second place Jeremy Lederer of Fort Lewis and 11 strokes better than the third-place group.
Mark Ruybalid was CU-Colorado Springsâ€TM second-best finisher, coming in tied for 15th with a 224. Chase Wortman was two strokes back and tied for 22nd, while Nick Van Etten and Pomakai Shishido were both at 24th with matching scores of 234.
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| Additional News Stories | |||
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| May 5, 2004 |  | Golf team takes fifth at regional tournament | J.P. Wertz shot a 2-over par 74 as the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs shot a final-round score of 307 Wednesday to finish the NCAA Division II Northwest Golf Regional at Bellingham, Wash., in a tie for fifth place. |
| May 4, 2004 | Van Etten leads Lions into seventh | The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs golf team shot a 299 Tuesday, the second-best round of the day, to move up to seventh at the NCAA Division II Northwest Regional golf tournament in Bellingham, Wash. | |
| May 3, 2004 | Golf team in eighth after first round at regionals | Nick Van Etten shot a 75 as the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs golf team finished the first round of the NCAA Division II Northwest Regional golf tournament in eighth place on Monday. | |
| April 23, 2004 |  | Mountain Lions make field for Super Regional | BELLINGHAM, Wash. â- Six of the top 12 teams and 13 of the top 23 players in NCAA Division II are part of the field announced today for the NCAA Division II West/Northwest Super Regional which Western Washington University will host May 3-5 at the Bellingham Golf and Country Club. |
| April 20, 2004 |  | Dominant Daum leads golf team to seventh place | Trent Daum shot a tournament-best 4-under par 67 Tuesday to lead the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs into a tie for seventh at the Northwest Region Spring Head-to-Head tournament at Firethorn Country Club in Lincoln, Neb. |
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