San Diego State storms back to capture Mountain West title
5/3/2015 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff
see also: View results for Mountain West Championship, Emerald Valley Golf Club
Trailing second-round leads UNLV by 11 shots, San Diego State shot nine-under on Sunday to snag a one-shot win
TUCSON, Ariz. — Led by Xander Schauffele and Ryann Ree, San Diego State came back from a 11-shot deficit to win the Mountain West Conference Championship by a stroke over the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.
UNLV, who led Nevada by eight entering the final round, shot three-over on Sunday while the Aztecs fired nine-under 275, including 67s from Schauffele and Ree.
"This is a special group of players," said Aztec head coach Ryan Donovan. "They played for each other today and their resiliency paid off."
It was still a wire-to-wire individual win for UNLV senior Kurt Kitayama despite shooting one-over 72 in his final round. The Chico, Calif. native opened with back-to-back 65s, helping him win the title by two shots over Schauffele.
The Running Rebels should still have a good shot at making it to NCAA Regionals with their second-place finish, which came by six shots over Nevada and seven over New Mexico.
Results: Mountain West Championship
| Place | Player | Location | Pts | Scores |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chico, CA | 500 | 65-65-72=202 | |
| 2 | San Diego, CA | 400 | 67-70-67=204 | |
| 3 | , Australia | 300 | 70-67-69=206 | |
| T4 | Redondo Beach, CA | 300 | 71-70-67=208 | |
| T4 | Bainbridge Island, WA | 300 | 68-72-68=208 |
About the Mountain West Championship
54 hole men's collegiate championship of the Mountain West Conference. Team (best four scores out of five players) and individual competitions.
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