GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.— The Colorado Mesa University Maverick men's golf team will look to make program history when they tee it up at the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships, which begin Sunday at the Boulder Creek Golf Club in Boulder City, Nevada.
 
The Mavericks, who have made six straight appearances in the NCAA Super Regional Tournaments, will be in search of their first team title as they join the other six teams in the conference in the 54-hole, 3-day tournament that runs through Tuesday.
 
Tee times begin at 9:30 a.m. PDT (10:30 a.m. Mountain) on Sunday although the Mavericks will not begin for 72 minutes later and play in the final six groups of the opening round.
 
Live results can be found the SCOREBOARD Powered by clippd website at https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/243157/scoring/participants.
 
The tournament will be contested in a play six, score four format where the top four players in each round will contribute to the team's score for that round.
 
Individual standings for the 42-man field will also be kept.
 
Last Time Out
 
The Mavericks last played at the Palm Valley Classic on Apr. 6-7 in Goodyear, Arizona.  They finished that 20-team tournament in a tie for fourth place.
 
The Mavs posted a 54-hole team score of 842, their best of the spring season and had their best single round of the spring in the third and final round, posting a 10-under par score of 278 in the third round on Tuesday, April 7 after recording 2-under par totals of 282 in both of the Monday, April 6 rounds.
 
Leo Lavalle led the Mavs' impressive play, tying for fifth place in the 108-man field.  He finished at 206 (-10) and posted three under par rounds, including a 66 in the second.
 
Luke Wagstaff and Timmy Cavarno also ended under par as Wagstaff tied for 22^nd at 211 (+5) with rounds of 71, 71 and 69.  Cavarno also broke par in all three rounds and tied for 28^th at 212 (-4).
 
Lineup Look
 
Maverick Head Coach Scott Sullivan's lineup for this week's tournament includes Leo Lavalle, Dylan Everett, Timmy Cavarno, Luke Wagstaff, Henry Starr and Baptiste Laborde.
 
Four of those men were also a part of CMU's RMAC Championship roster in 2025.
 
Laborde led the Mavs at last year's conference tournament, tying for seventh with a 54-hole total of 209 (-7).  Cavarno and Everett also tied for 15^th at 213 (-3) while Wagstaff tied for 21^st with a 54-hole total of 217 (+1).
 
In the Rankings
 
The Mavericks are ranked 22^nd in the country according to both the SCOREBOARD NCAA Division II rankings and the latest edition of the Bushnell/Golfweek Division II Coaches Poll, which was released on Friday.
 
The Mavs had been ranked 14^th in the previous edition of the poll, released on Mar. 27.
 
They are one of three RMAC teams in the top 25 of the poll with CSU Pueblo sitting in a tie for 16^th while Colorado Christian is ranked 25^th.
 
CSU Pueblo leads the RMAC with a No. 13 ranking the SCOREBOARD rankings.  Colorado Christian is 24^th.  The Colorado School of Mines is ranked 25^th.
 
Individually, Leo Lavalle is ranked 67^th in the nation while Dylan Everett is 93^rd.
 
Regional Rankings
 
The Mavericks are also ranked sixth in the latest NCAA Division II South Central Regional rankings, announced on Apr. 10.  Those rankings will eventually help determine the field for the upcoming South Central/West Super Regional.  Ten teams from the region will eventually be selected with the winners of the RMAC and Lone Star Conference Tournaments earning automatic spots.
 
CSU Pueblo leads the regional rankings while Colorado Christian is ranked ninth.  The Colorado School of Mines is just outside the top 10 in 11^th.
 
The Mavs were the only RMAC team inside the top five ahead of LSC foes St. Mary's, Dallas Baptist, West Texas A&M and UT Permian Basin.  CSU Pueblo and Colorado Christian, who sat sixth and ninth, were the only other two RMAC teams in the top 10.  The Colorado School of Miens was listed 11^th.
 
Course Familiarity
 
The Mavericks are quite familiar with and have had some strong performances at the Boulder Creek Golf Club.  They finished third in a loaded and elite 20-team field at the start of the spring, where they posted a 54-hole score of 860 at the Las Vegas Desert Classic.
 
They also finished third at last year's RMAC Championships, where they posted a team score of 846, their second best of the entire 2024-25 season.
 
Up Next
 
The Mavs will look to be selected for the NCAA Division II South Central/West Super Regional, which will be played on May 7-9 in Stockton, California.  Selections will be announced next Sunday (Apr. 26).