ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – University of Colorado Colorado Springs men's golf bests 10 teams in the RJGA South Central Shootout by battling back to take sixth place after shooting a 13-over par 301 in the third and final round. UCCS jumped up three spots from Monday as they finish with a 30-over par 894.
 
INSIDE THE RJGA SOUTH CENTRAL SHOOTOUT 
Tournament: RJGA South Central Shootout
Location: UNM Championship Course | Albuquerque, N.M.
Par | Yardage: Par 72 | 7,378 yards
 

FROM THE TEE

• Freshman Rio Newcombe notched the team's lowest round of the day and his lowest round as a Mountain Lion on Tuesday by carding a two-under par 70. Newcombe tallied five birdies in his final round including a string of three birdies in four holes from hole No. 1 to hole No. 4. Newcombe finished his second collegiate tournament tied for 30^th with a 226 (75, 81, 70).
• Ignacio de La Vega finishes as the top Mountain Lion for the second straight week after swinging his way to a three-over par 75 and posting a 224 (75, 74, 75) to tie for 25^th. The redshirt senior started his day off with a birdie and garnered four more throughout the day to match his round one score.
• Entering the tournament as the No. 4 man, redshirt junior Barrett Jones cards UCCS' second-best score at a 225 (75, 72, 78) for the tournament to place tied for 28^th at nine-over par.
• Sophomores Brady Haake and Brandon Bervig hold on to finish 32^nd and tied for 33^rd respectively, as Bervig matches Monday's second round score to end 12-over par with Haake carding an 11-over par through three rounds of play.
• Lucas Howell posts the best finish for the Mountain Lions as an individual by following up an impressive Monday with a four-over par 76 to put him inside the top-10 with a tied for 10^th place finish. Freshman Trevor Grenier represented UCCS as the second individual as he places tied for 70^th at 20-over par.

 
TOURNAMENT LEADERS

• Colorado State University Pueblo wins the 16-team tournament at a seven-under par 857.
• Matt Millar of CSU Pueblo was the individual winner after shooting a six-under 210.
   

BEYOND THE SCORECARD

• The Mountain Lions register the fourth best team average and score on par 3s with a 3.27 average and 16-over par score.
• UCCS also notched the second best average and score on par 5s for the tournament with a 12-under par and 4.80 average.
• As a team, the Mountain Lions scored the third most birdies in the tournament with 39 total birdies.

 
UP NEXT

• UCCS Men's Golf will stay local for their next tournament as the Mountain Lions travel south to Pueblo, Colo. for the 2021 Farmers Insurance Sam Proal West/South Central NCAA Regional Preview, hosted by Colorado State University Pueblo at the Pueblo Country Club on Monday, Oct. 4 and Tuesday, Oct. 5.

 
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As a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs competes in 16 varsity sports in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics.