Three Colorado State University golfers — AJ Ott of Fort Collins, Jake Staiano of Cherry Hills Village and German Max Oelfke — tied for fifth place on Sunday as the Rams repeated as runners-up year in the Men’s Mountain West Conference Championship in Bremerton, Wash.
And Ott and Staiano weren’t the only Coloradans to notch top-five individual finishes Sunday in conference championships. Hannah Wood of Centennial, a senior at the University of Oklahoma, placed fourth in the Women’s Big 12 Championship in Dallas.
CSU, which is expected to land an at-large berth into the NCAA Regionals, finished second to UNLV out of 11 teams in the MWC tournament, with the Rebels prevailing by 11 strokes. The Rams posted a 3-over-par 867 total.
CSU was the only team in the field to put three players in the top 10. Ott, Staiano and Oelfke tied at 1-under-par 215, 15 strokes behind individual champion Shintaro Ban of UNLV. Ott went 66-75-74, Staiano 71-72-72 and Oelfke 76-68-71. It was the second top-five individual finish this season for each of those three Rams.
Meanwhile, in her final Big 12 tournament, Wood shared fourth place. The Coloradan went 73-75-71 for a 3-over-par 219 total, which left her six strokes behind individual winner Celia Barquin Arozamena of Iowa State.
It was Wood’s fourth top-six individual showing of the season and tied for her season best showing.
In Short: In the Women’s ACC Championship, Coloradan Jennifer Kupcho shares fourth place individually heading into Monday’s final round in Greensboro, N.C. Kupcho, a Wake Forest junior named to the U.S. Curtis Cup team this past week, has shot rounds of 72-70 and stands at 2-under-par 142, five strokes back of leader Leona Maguire of Duke. … If the University of Denver women want to win their 15th consecutive conference title, they’ll have to rally to do it. The Pioneers trail North Dakota State by 10 strokes after Sunday’s first round of the 54-hole Summit League tournament in Nebraska City. DU’s Sophie Newlove shares the first-round lead at 1-under-par 71. … The University of Colorado women are tied for third place after round 1 of the Pac-12 tournament in Seattle. The Buffs trail leader UCLA by four strokes. … Colin Prater of Colorado-Colorado Springs, the 2016 CGA Amateur champion, opened with a bogey-free 8-under-par 63 and leads by three after the opening round of the Men’s Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference tournament in Chandler, Ariz.
Men’s Mountain West Conference Championship
April 20-22, 2018 (final) in Bremerton, Wash.
2. Colorado State 284-293-290–867
5. AJ Ott 66-75-74–215
5. Jake Staiano 71-72-72–215
5. Max Oelfke 76-68-71–215
27. Jack Ainscough 74-78-73–225
41. Parathakorn Suyasri 73-82-74–229
10. Air Force Academy 305-303-309–917
37. Anson Kuznik 76-75-77–228
43. Andy Germann 76-77-78–231
47. Bryant Falconello 74-81-78–233
47. Tate Tatom 82-75-76–233
52. Joshua Wu 79-76-81–236
Also
17. Coloradan Glenn Workman, Wyoming 73-69-78–220
27. Coloradan Tristan Rohrbaugh, Boise State 72-74-79–225
Women’s Big Sky Championship
April 20-22, 2018 (final) in Boulder City, Nev.
9. (out of 12 teams) Northern Colorado 315-305-307–927
12. Nicole Polivchak 76-71-76–223
31. Beah Cruz 80-74-77–231
42. Morgan Sahm 80-80-78–238
44. Marisa Hisaki 83-80-76–239
53. Aili Bundy 79-83-82–244
Also
29. Coloradan Kiselya Plewe, Weber State 76-76-77–229
31. Coloradan Delaney Elliott, Montana State 78-76-77–231
36. Coloradan Jaylee Tait, Montana State 84-76-74–234
Women’s Pac-12 Championship
April 22-24, 2018 in Seattle
3. (out of 11 teams; four strokes behind leader) Colorado 291
7. Brittany Fan 70
9. Robyn Choi 71
27. Kirsty Hodgkins 75
27. Alisha Lau 75
52. Gillian Vance 82
Women’s Summit League Championship
April 22-24 in Nebraska City
2. (out of 8 teams; 10 strokes behind leader) Denver 301
T1. Sophie Newlove 71
10. Lauren Whyte 75
12. Jessica Dreesbeimdieke 77
16. Camille Enright 78
18. Mary Weinstein 79
Men’s RMAC Championship
April 22-24, 2018 in Chandler, Ariz.
TEAM STANDINGS
1. Regis 272
T2. Colorado School of Mines 276
T2. Colorado State-Pueblo 276
4. Colorado-Colorado Springs 281
5. Colorado Christian 292
6. Colorado Mesa 293
7. Fort Lewis 294
8. South Dakota School of Mines 320
TOP 5 INDIVIDUALS
1. Colin Prater, UCCS 63
2. Nic Beno, CO School of Mines 66
T3. Neil Tillman, CSU-Pueblo 67
T3. George Markham, CO School of Mines 67
T3. Nicholas Tenuta, Regis 67
T3. Fraser Hughes, CSU-Pueblo 67
Women’s RMAC Championship
April 22-24, 2018 in Chandler, Ariz.
TEAM STANDINGS
1. Colorado-Colorado Springs 293
2. Colorado State-Pueblo 305
3. Colorado Mesa 307
4. Regis 315
5. Metro State 323
6. Fort Lewis 327
7. Colorado Christian 339
8. Black Hills State 351
9. Adams State 353
10. South Dakota School of Mines 364
11. Chadron Statte 394
TOP 5 INDIVIDUALS
1. Karen Valcarce, Westminster College (Utah) 71
2. Julia Baroth, Colorado-Colorado Springs 72
T3. Courtney Ewing, CSU-Pueblo 73
T3. Alex Darwin, Colorado-Colorado Springs 73
T3. Ashlyn Kirschner, Colorado Mesa 73
T3. Timbrelee McNair, Colorado-Colorado Springs 73
