{"id":31928,"date":"2018-05-10T09:39:41","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T15:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=31928"},"modified":"2018-05-13T09:10:43","modified_gmt":"2018-05-13T15:10:43","slug":"mens-golf-qualifies-for-national-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=31928","title":{"rendered":"Men’s golf qualifies for national championship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Colin Prater and Tanner Comes each tied for third and led UCCS men’s golf a fourth-place team performance at the NCAA Division II West \/ South Central Region Championships May 7-9. The top-five finish qualifies the Mountain Lions for national championships for the sixth time in program history.<\/p>\n

UCCS turned in a three-round score of 871 for 19 strokes over par at La Paloma Golf Club in Amarillo, Texas. The Mountain Lions secured their best regional finish since 2013 with a six-over 290 in the final round, tied for the second-best score among the 20 teams in the round.<\/p>\n

Prater and Comes finished at four strokes under par with a 209, one stroke behind the leaders. Comes surged in the final round with four birdies and an eagle for a three-under 68. He recorded 13 birdies and a pair of eagles in the three-round tournament. Prater recorded his best round of the week on the second day with a five-under 66 and closed with a two-under 69 in the final round.<\/p>\n

Jack Duguid tied for No. 37 overall with a nine-over 222 after he opened with a one-over 72. Peter Johns and Ignacio de La Vega rounded out the UCCS scores with a 236 (+23) and 241 (+28), respectively.<\/p>\n

The Mountain Lions will compete as one of 20 teams in the stroke play portion of the national championships May 21-23 on the Shoals Fighting Joe Course at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. The top eight teams after stroke play will advance to the medal-match bracket competition May 24 and 25.\u00a0UCCS is making its first appearance at the national level since the 2012-13 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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