SEASIDE, Calif. – University of Colorado Colorado Springs junior golfer Colin Prater opened with a 71 and followed with a 70 in the afternoon to tie for fifth overall and lead the Mountain Lions at the Otter Invitational at the Bayonet Golf Course. He is 3-under with a 141 as UCCS is tied for eighth in the 16-team tournament.

Prater made eagles on hole 18 in the first round and on hole one in the second round, although the eagles didn't come back-to-back because he began his day on hole 13 in the shotgun start. He was one of two golfers in the field of 87 golfers to record multiple eagles today. Prater is in position for his fourth top-five finish of the season and is four shots off of the lead held by Simon Fraser's Chris Crisologo.

Tanner Comes, the defending RMAC Golfer of the Week, turned in the second-best scores for UCCS in both rounds with a 73 in the first and a 74 in the second. He is tied for No. 18 overall with a 4-over 147. Blake Young and Ji Jang both matched each other's scores with a 77 in the morning and 78 and in the afternoon and the two are 11-over with a 155 after the first day.

UCCS is tied with Dixie State at 22-over par with a team score of 598, and the two teams are five strokes behind seventh-place Simon Fraser. The Mountain Lions are one of 11 teams nationally-ranked or receiving votes in the tournament, and are leading two teams ranked ahead of them in the latest Division II Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll.

UCCS will be paired with Dixie State and Simon Fraser on holes seven through nine. The third round will begin at 9:15 a.m., MDT.?