UCCS Picked 23rd in National Golf Poll
The University of Colorado-Colorado Springs golf team is ranked No. 23 in the preseason NCAA Division II Golf World/Nike Coaches Poll. Last season, the Mountain Lions won the West-Central Regional and gained an automatic qualification spot into the 2009 NCAA Division II National Championship, where they finished 16th.
Georgia College is preseason No. 1 ranked team with Barry as No. 2 and Columbus State as No. 3, all out of the Southeast Region. Joining UCCS out of the West-Central Region in the preseason top 25 are, Sonoma State (6), Cal State-San Bernardino (9), Cal State-Slanislaus (12), Chico State (15) and Cal State-Monterey Bay (24). The University of Colorado-Colorado Springs is the only West-Central team outside of California ranked in the preseason top 25.
UCCS is returning four of its five players that played in the NCAA Division II National Championship. The returning players are Brain Morfeld (Junior), Chris Shoop (Junior), David Cosel (Senior) and Riley Andrews (Junior).
The Golf Team opens the season with a couple tournaments in the local area. Those tournaments are: the Peaks Classic in La Veta, Colo. on Sept. 13-14, the Falcon Invitational at the Air Force Academy's Eisenhower Golf Course on Sept. 19-20 and the RMAC Fall Tournament in Trinidad, Colo. on Sept. 21-22.
UCCS is coached by Phil Trujillo, who was the NCAA Division II Central Region Men's Golf Coach of the Year last season. Added to the coaching staff this season is Tyler Bishop, who played in the NCAA Division II National Championship for UCCS last year and was ranked No. 1 nationally for a large portion of the 2008-09 season.
UCCS Players/Staff Featured | ||||
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 | Tyler Bishop | |||
 | Tyler Bishop | |||
 | Tyler Bishop | |||
 | David Cosel | |||
| David Cosel | |||
| David Cosel | |||
 | Riley Andrews | |||
 | Riley Andrews | |||
 | Riley Andrews | |||
 | Chris Shoop | |||
 | Chris Shoop | |||
 | Chris Shoop | |||
| Additional News Stories | |||
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| May 21, 2010 |  | Mountain Lions Place Five on PING All-Region Team | The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs placed five golfers on the NCAA Division II PING All-Central Region Team, the Golf Coaches Association of America announced Thursday. The Mountain Lions had more players named all-region than any other school in the nation. |
| May 12, 2010 |  | Morfeld Named First-Team All-Academic | University of Colorado at Colorado Springs junior Brian Morfeld was named Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Men's Golf All-Academic first team, the RMAC announced Wednesday. |
| May 5, 2010 |  | UCCS Misses Trip to Nationals After Sixth-Place Finish at Regionals | Brian Morfeld's 1-under par 71 Wednesday wasn't enough as the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs failed to qualify for nationals by a scant three strokes. It was the first time in three seasons that the Mountain Lions failed to advance to nationals. |
| May 4, 2010 |  | Mountain Lions Climb into Fifth-Place Tie at D-II Central/West Super Regional | Chris Shoop and Spencer Biersdorff each shot a 1-under par 71 and David Cosel was at even par as the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs rebounded from a disappointing first round to shoot a 3-over par 291 in Tuesday's second round at the NCAA Division II Men's Central/West Super Regional at the Classic Club. |
| May 3, 2010 |  | Senior, Freshman Lead as Mountain Lions Finish First Round in Ninth at Regional | The Mountain Lions got the young and the old of it Monday. |
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