LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The University of Colorado Colorado Springs men's golf team cards a team low 301 in their final round of play at the Las Vegas Desert Classic on Tuesday as the Mountain Lions finish 18^th at 60-over par (924) for the tournament.
 
INSIDE THE LAS VEGAS DESERT CLASSIC
Tournament: Las Vegas Desert Classic
Location: The Legacy Golf Club | Las Vegas, Nev.
Par | Yardage: 72 | 7,110 Yards
 

FROM THE TEE

• The Mountain Lions' round of the tournament came off the club of Travis Bossio (T63) who duplicated his round one score of one-over par (73) by shooting an impressive two-under par on the course's front-nine. Bossio birdied two of the four par-5's while adding a birdie on the par-4 fourth and par-3 sixth to round out a 231 (73, 85, 73) in his first tournament of the spring.
• Brady Haake (T59) was the top Mountain Lion finish after coming out to shoot a 76 (+4) in the third and final round for a combined 230 (79, 75, 76). Haake got off to a slow start with a bogey in two of the first three holes, but the sophomore settled in to birdie back-to-back holes on the par-4 third and par-4 fourth. A par on the par-5 fifth closed out his first nine holes of play as Haake finished one-over par on the front-nine and made par in four his last five holes.
• Freshman Rio Newcombe improved five strokes for a 75 (+3) on Tuesday and got off to a stellar start in the third round after jumping out to one-under par in the course's front nine as we went on to finish with three birdies and 10 pars on the day. Newcombe finished with a 235 (80, 80, 75) in three rounds of play and placed tied for 77^th in the tournament.
• Finishing one stroke ahead of Newcombe at tied for 72^nd was Barrett Jones who tied his first-round score of a 79 (+7) after notching three total birdies in the round, including two on the back-nine where he shot one-over par.
• Junior Lucas Howell (T84) also strung together a solid back-nine to end the day as he registered a birdie on the par-4 12^th and made par in five of the last six holes to shoot two-over par on the back-nine and card his lowest round of the tournament (77) while finishing with a 238 (79, 82, 77).

 
TOURNAMENT LEADERS

• Host school University of Missouri-St. Louis edged out Florida Southern College by one stroke after carding a nine-over par 873 to win the tournament.
• Kittiphong Phaithuncharoensuk of Texas A&M University-Commerce held on for the individual win at a seven-under par (209) after carding a three-under par (69) on Tuesday.

 
BEYOND THE SCORECARD

• Barrett Jones averaged 3.08 on par-3's in the tournament and finished one-over par to tie for fifth best score.
• Travis Bossio and Rio Newcombe both shot under-par on par-5's with Bossio going four-under and Newcombe shooting two-under.
• Lucas Howell, Bossio, and Jones all registered a team high eight birdies with Brady Haake pacing UCCS with 31 pars.

 
UP NEXT

• UCCS' spring season continues next Monday, Mar. 14 as the Mountain Lions head to Alameda, Calif. to compete in the two-day Tim Tierney Pioneer Shoot Out, hosted by California State University East Bay.

 
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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.