April 29, 2007--The UNLV Mens Golf Team competed again in Arizona at the Mountain West Conference tournament. The event was played at the Catalina Golf Course at Tucson National. The No.6 UNLV men's golf team shot the lowest score of the final round and was the only team under par as it shot 5-under par 279 on Saturday at the Mountain West Conference Men's Golf Championship played at the Catalina Course at Tucson National (par 71, 7,136 yards), but finished in second place, one shot back of BYU.

Final Results

The Rebel golf team is fortunate to have Las Vegas golf course Southern Highlands Golf Club as their home course, and they also play and practice at several other Las Vegas golf courses including Las Vegas Country Club, Shadow Creek Golf Club, TPC Canyons and TPC Summerlin among others.

The Cougars captured the title with a 54-hole total of 6-under 846 after shooting a final-round 2-over 286. UNLV finished the tournament at 5-under 847. The Rebels trailed the Cougars by eight shots after the second round of play. TCU was third at 2-over, Colorado State was fourth at 8-over and San Diego State rounded out the top five at 11-over.
New Mexico finished six at 13-over, followed by Utah at 39-over, Wyoming at 52-over and Air Force at 72-over.

TCU's Robby Ormand and San Diego State's Adam Porzak both turned in final-round scores of even-par 71 and tied for first at 6-under 207 for the tournament. Ormand won on a playoff hole to win medalist honors.

UNLV was led by sophomore Seung-su Han who tied for fourth place at 3-under 210 after shooting a final-round 3-over 74. Junior C.J. Gatto and freshman Brett Kanda also finished in the top 10 for the Rebels. Gatto finished tied for sixth at 2-under 211 after shooting a final-round 1-under 70 and Kanda tied for ninth at even-par 213. He shot a final-round 4-under 67.
Other Rebel final-round scores, 54-hole totals and overall places: junior Jarred Texter, 68, 2-over 215, T13th; sophomore Eddie Olson, 75, 10-over 223, 29th.

At the conclusion of the championship the league announced the all-conference team and league awards. Texter and Han were both named to the All-MWC team. The Player of the Year was New Mexico's Charlie Beljan, the Freshman of the Year was BYU's Rob Fillmore and the Coach of the Year was BYU's Bruce Brockbank.

UNLV is the third seed in the Wesert Regional.

UNLV won the inaugural MWC Championship in 2000 and again in 2002, and will be looking for its third MWC title this week. BYU won in 2001 and New Mexico is the four-time defending champion, winning in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.

Individually, UNLV has had two winners of the MWC Championship with Michael Kirk claiming medalist honors in 2000 and Ryan Moore in 2004.

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Last year, UNLV finished third as a team at the MWC Championship, nine shots behind New Mexico. UNM's Jay Choi earned medalist honors, while Matt Kinsinger and Jarred Texter were UNLV's top finishers - both in a tie for sixth place, three shots back.

UNLV Sports Information Director Andy Grossman contributed to this report.

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