GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.— The Colorado Mesa University men's golf team will wrap up the fall season competing against many of the teams they hope to see again in May as the Mavs will play in the NCAA West/South Central Region Preview in San Antonio, Texas.
 
Sixteen teams are slated to compete in the 54-hole tournament at The Dominion Country Club, which will play host to the regional championship tournament in the spring.
 
Two rounds and 36 holes are slated for Monday.  The third and final round will be played on Tuesday.  Both days are slated for shotgun starts at 8:45 a.m. CDT (7:45 a.m. Mountain).
 
Live scoring can be found on the SCOREBOARD website at the link above.
 
Last Time Out
 
The Mavericks were also in Texas for their last tournament, playing at the Ryan Palmer Foundation Invite in Amarillo on Oct. 12 and 13.  The Mavs finished 12^th out of 15 teams with a 54-hole team score of 865 (+13).
 
Maverick sophomore Henry Starr led the Mavs, posting a pair of 2-under par rounds of 69 while also finishing the tournament at 2-under par.  He had a final score of 211 and tied for 18^th place in the field of 90 players.
 
Freshman Colby Hutton also had a solid T-24 finish, posting an even par tournament score 213.  Cruz Carter, playing as an individual, also tied for 24^th.
 
Full recaps from both days of the tournament can be found here: Day 1 (Monday, Oct. 12) | Day 2 (Tuesday, Oct. 13)
 
The Lineup
 
Maverick coach Scott Sullivan has set his 5-man team lineup for the tournament.
 
Sophomore Henry Starr and freshman Colby Hutton are in the top two spots and have played for the Mavs in all four previous tournaments of the season.  They have 70.75 and 72.75 scoring averages thus far.
 
Will Alexander, who has also played in all four tournaments, including one on the CMU "B" squad, will play out of the No. 3 spot and has a 73.17 scoring average in 12 rounds so far.
 
Luke Wagstaff will play in the No. 4 spot and carries a 74.11 scoring average in to the regional preview.
 
Cruz Carter, who has played on the "B" team and as an individual at two previous tournaments this season, will make his debut in the CMU's top five.  He has a 71.17 scoring average in six rounds.
 
The Opposition
 
The field of 16 teams for the regional preview includes a pair of squads currently ranked in the latest Bushnell/Golfweek Division II Coaches' Poll, released by the Golf Coaches Association of America on Oct. 16.   Two other teams, including the Mavs, are also in the receiving votes category of the poll.
 
The field includes 11 squads from the South Central Region and five from the West Region. 
 
The Mavs are one of three Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference teams slated to compete alongside CSU Pueblo, which is also receiving votes in the poll, and Westminster. 
 
Eight Lone Star conference teams, including tournament host St. Mary's will also compete.  Eleventh-ranked Oklahoma Christian and No. 20 Midwestern State highlight the LSC list.
 
Ten of the 16 teams in the field played in last year's super regional.
 
SCOREBOARD depth
 
When looking at the SCOREBOARD Powered by clippd national rankings, the field looks even more impressive and competitive with nine teams ranked inside the top 50 of the national rankings, slated to compete.
 
Nine of the South Central's top 10 ranked teams will play in San Antonio.  That list includes (national ranking in parenthesis), Oklahoma Christian (#6), Midwestern State (#17), UT Permian Basin (#21), Dallas Baptist (#27), UT Tyler (#34), Colorado Mesa (#39), St. Mary's (#40), Cameron (#42) and Westminster (#54).  Only, No. 14 Colorado Christian is skipping the event.
 
Meanwhile, Cal State San Marcos, ranked 50^th nationally, is the top squad from that region.
 
Course Record & RMAC Award
 
Maverick sophomore Henry Starr recently set a course record at the Golf Club at Redlands Mesa, posting a 12-under par score of 60 during a round at the Grand Junction course.
 
He also recently picked up the RMAC Men's Golfer of the Week award claiming the Oct. 15 honor after his efforts at the Ryan Palmer Foundation Invite.
 
Shining Starr
 
In collegiate competition this fall, Starr has led the Mavericks in all four of the team's tournaments to date.  The Englewood, Colorado native and Cherry Creek High School product, has shined brightly and has posted seven par or better rounds out of 12 and has a 70.75 scoring average while recording four rounds in the 60's.
 
He has finished in the top ten of three of his four tournaments and shared the individual win at the San Juan Intercollegiate. 
 
He is currently ranked 48^th in the SCOREBOARD NCAA Division II rankings and has an impressive 234-20-2 head-to-head record against Division II opponents this year.
 
Freshman best
 
Maverick freshman Colby Hutton posted the best round and best 54-hole tournament score of his young career at the Ryan Palmer Foundation Invite.  He had a second round score of 68 (-3) and finished the third round with an even par score of 71 to finish the tournament at even par 213.
 
The round of 68 was one shot better than his previous season-best of 69 at the San Juan Intercollegiate.  His 54-hole total was two shots better than his San Juan final tally of 215.
 
RMAC Poll
 
The Mavericks topped the RMAC Preseason Coaches' Poll, which was released on Aug. 25.  After winning the conference crown, the Mavs received five of six possible first place votes and tallied 34 points overall.
 
CSU Pueblo was picked second with 28 points and received a first place vote along with three second place predictions.  The Colorado School of Mines and Colorado Christian were tied for third in the poll with 26.
 
Westminster (15), Fort Lewis (11) and South Dakota Mines (7) rounded out the poll.
 
Preseason Honors
 
Maverick senior Dylan Everett was also named to the 8-man Preseason All-RMAC team, which was made of the top returning players from last year's all-conference voting process.
 
He earned First Team All-RMAC accolades last year after posting a 72.39 scoring average to rank second on the team.  He had four top ten finishes throughout the season and posted 15 par or better rounds, including nine in the 60's.
 
Up Next
 
Monday and Tuesday's tournament wraps up the Mavs' fall season.  The Mavs have not yet released their spring season schedule, which will be posted on www.cmumavericks.com when it is available.