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by Steve Kirkland

Lobos Finish Sixth at Arizona Thunderbirds Intercollegiate

Lobos Finish Sixth at Arizona Thunderbirds IntercollegiateLobos Finish Sixth at Arizona Thunderbirds Intercollegiate

TUCSON, Ariz. –– The No. 18 New Mexico men’s golf team completed play Tuesday at the Arizona Thunderbirds Intercollegiate with the final round of play at Tucson Country Club. The Lobos shot 10-under in the third round, tied for the second-best round of the day, to move up the leaderboard for a sixth place finish at 10-under.

Host Arizona, ranked No. 22, won the event at 25-under, one shot ahead of No.32 Long Beach State at 24-under. No. 5 Arizona State and Colorado tied for third at 21-under, while No.14 Oklahoma was fifth at 17-under.

Wyatt Provence led the Lobos on the final day, shooting a 6-under 66 in the third round. He finished the event at 1-over. Mesa Falleur was UNM’s top individual finisher, placing T-12th at 5-under after shooting a final round 70. Thayer Plewe finished the tournament at 2-under, Johnnie Clark finished at even par, while Clark Sonnenberg shot a final round 70 to finish at 6-over.

The Lobos return to action March 26-28 at The Goodwin, hosted by Stanford University.