Lions finish 14th at SoCal
All five University of Colorado at Colorado Springs golfers shot an 80 or better as the Mountain Lions finished the final round of the SoCal Intercollegiate Invitational Tuesday in 14th place.
The tournament, played at the Santaluz Club in Del Mar, Calif., featured six teams ranked among the Top 20 in NCAA Division II.
Cal State-Bakersfield shot a three-round score of 869 to win the tournament. Cal State-Chico and Hawaii-Hilo tied for second at 885.
Joe Saliba was the top finisher for UCCS with a three-round total of 226, good for 25th overall. John Scott was second among Mountain Lions golfers at 236, while Trent Daum carded a 238, Neil Huffaker had a 244 and Chase Wortmann had a 248.
Hawaii-Hiloâ€TMs Nick Mason shot a 2-under par 211, four strokes better than anyone else in the field, to win top individual honors.
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 | Neil Huffaker | |||
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 | Joe Saliba | |||
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| Additional News Stories | |||
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| May 4, 2005 |  | Lions rally to take second | The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs golf team shot the best round of any team competing at the NCAA Division II Northwest Regional Wednesday to finish the tournament in second place. |
| May 3, 2005 |  | UCCS holds onto third, but deficit grows | Four University of Colorado at Colorado Springs golfers birdied the par-5 No. 7 hole at Dakota Dunes Golf Club in Dakota Dunes, S.D. Tuesday as the Mountain Lions rallied to retain third place at the NCAA Division II Northwest Regional. |
| May 2, 2005 | UCCS golf in third at regional | Adam Jardon shot a 79 Monday as the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs finished the first round of the NCAA Division II Northwest Regional in third place. | |
| April 19, 2005 |  | Golf team qualifies for regionals | The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs needed a solid performance at the Northwest Region Spring Head-to-Head Tournament to assure a spot in regionals. |
| April 4, 2005 |  | Lions take fifth at Mines/Regis Invitational | A 25-stroke second round improvement wasn’t enough to keep the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs golf team from slipping to a fifth-place finish at the Colorado School of Mines/Regis Invitational Monday. |
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