Mountain Lions slip in second round
A young team is going to experience growing pains. On Saturday, those pains became chronic for the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs golf team.
The Mountain Lions shot a 308, the second-worst score posted by any team in the tournament, in Saturdayâ€TMs second round of the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational to drop to 15th overall. CU-Colorado Springs also dropped to third place among Division II schools competing at the tournament, 17 strokes behind Grand Canyon and six behind Northern Colorado.
The final round will be held on Sunday.
CU-Colorado Springsâ€TM Trenton Daum shot a 1-over par 73 Saturday to give him a two-round score of 3-over â€" tying him for 27th overall. J.P. Wertz is three strokes behind Daum, while Nick Van Etten and Mark Ruybalid shot identical 78s to drop to a tie for 54th at 7-over.
New Mexico shot a tournament-best 8-under par Saturday to take the team lead. Texas-San Antonio is second, just two strokes behind.
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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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