GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.— Ranked 12^th in a nation after an impressive effort in their last tournament, the Colorado Mesa University Maverick men's golf team will resume their spring campaign playing at Cal State San Bernardino's Coyote Classic on Monday and Tuesday.
 
The Mavericks headline a field of 13 teams from 12 schools that will play 54 holes at the Oak Valley Golf Club in Beaumont, California.
 
Monday's portion of the tournament will feature 36 holes, starting with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. PDF (9 a.m. Mountain).  A single 18-hole round will be played on Tuesday, starting at the same time.
 
Live scoring can be found on the SCOREBOARD Powered by Clippd website at the link above.
 
The tournament begins a stretch of three straight weeks that the Mavs will compete in the lead-up to the RMAC, regional and national championships.
 
Last Time Out
 
The Mavericks turned in a fine third place performance in an elite 20-team field in the Las Vegas Desert Classic, earlier this month (Mar. 2-3) at the Boulder Creek Golf Club in Boulder City, Nevada
 
The Mavs beat three teams ranked inside the top 10 and eight inside the top 25 of the SCOREBOARD Powered by clippd NCAA Division II rankings at the time.
 
The tournament was also a chance for the Mavericks to preview the course that will be used for the upcoming Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and NCAA Division II National Championships.
 
The Mavs also had three players finish in the top 20 of the individual standings with Dylan Everett tying for ninth with a 54-hole, 3-day score of 213 (-3).  He had two rounds of 3-under par 69.
 
Leo Lavalle also fared well, tying for 11^th at 214 (-2) after recording rounds of 70 and 71 on the final two days.
 
Freshman Jacob Gonzalez finished in a tie for 18^th at 217 (+1) and also had rounds of 70 and 71.
 
Lineup Look
 
The Mavericks will have seven players in the tournament.  The team lineup includes Leo Lavalle, Dylan Everett, Timmy Cavarno, Jacob Gonzalez and Luke Wagstaff, the same lineup that Head Coach Scott Sullivan has used in the first two tournaments of the spring.  Henry Starr and Baptiste Laborde will play as individuals.
 
In the polls
 
After their performance at the Las Vegas Desert Classic, the Mavericks moved up to 12^th in both the Bushnell/Golfweek Division II Coaches Poll and the SCOREBOARD national rankings.  The Mavs are tied with Nova Southeastern in the poll, last released on Mar. 6.
 
The Mavs were ranked 19^th in the SCOREBOARD rankings going into their previous tournament and had ended the fall season ranked 14^th in the Bushnell/Golfweek Poll.  A new poll will be distributed on Friday (Mar. 27).
 
The SCOREBOARD rankings are updated each week on Wednesdays.
 
Individual Rankings
 
The Mavs also have two individuals sitting amongst the top 50 of the nation in the SCOREBOARD rankings.  Sophomore Leo Lavalle sits 37^th while Dylan Everett is 46^th in the most recent rankings.
 
RMAC Honors
 
After leading all RMAC players at the Las Vegas Desert Classic, CMU junior Dylan Everett was named as the RMAC Men's Golfer of the Week on Mar. 10.
 
The award is his second of the 2025-26 season and marks the fourth that the Mavs have won this campaign.  Everett also won the initial honor of the season on Sept 18 before Timmy Cavarno and Leo Lavalle were honored on Sept. 25 and Oct. 16, respectively.
 
The Mavs are the only team with multiple honorees this season.
 
Look at the Field
 
The Mavs are the first of three teams ranked amongst the field for this week's tournament, which includes 11 "A" squads from NCAA Division II squads.  NAIA La Sierra will also play while Cal State Dominguez Hills will also field a "B" team.
 
The Mavericks and Fort Lewis are the only two RMAC and NCAA South Central Region teams in the field.  The host Coyotes are one of nine NCAA West Region squads.  They are ranked 45^th in the national SCOREBOARD rankings while Chico State is tabbed 38^th.
 
CSU Monterey Bay and Chico State are in the "others receiving votes" category of the Bushnell/Golfweek Poll.
 
Up Next
 
The Mavs will continue their season next week at CSU Pueblo's Farmers Insurance Samuel Proal Invite at the Pueblo Country Club.