PUEBLO, Colo. (April 12, 2021) - Colorado State University Pueblo men's golf ended day one of the Southern Colorado Masters in first place by eleven strokes after scoring 282-281-563 through two rounds at the Pueblo Country Club.

The Pack vaulted to the top of the leaderboard after they recorded a day one low 281 in round two, keeping pace with a round one score of 282.

CSU Pueblo's Clay Kucera (Jr., Chaska, Minn.) and Andrew Ni (Jr., Edinburgh, Scotland, UK) are tied for 5th and both ended -1 under par (141). Kucera shot 71-70-141 and Ni carded a 70-71-141 on day one.  

One stroke behind, sits Matt Millar (Fr., Devon, England, UK) (74-68-142) and Jamie Roberts (R-Fr.,  Kinross, Scotland, UK) (70-72-142) tied for 8th place at even par.

Nathan McCann (Jr., Lurgan, Armagh, Ireland) is +3 and tied-19th after going 71-74-145 on the day.

Sanjay Nithiyalingham (So., Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK) is tied-41st with a +10 and Sam Barthram (Jr., Weybridge, Surrey, UK) sits in 50th place at +15.  
 
The ThunderWolves sit ahead of UCCS who finished (+6) 279-295-574. In third place, Colorado School of Mines shot +8 (576) and Colorado Christian, Colorado Mesa, and Fort Lewis are all tied in fourth place after carding team scores of 579.

Coach Comments
"Great all-around team effort by all five guys. Freshman Matt Millar came through big this afternoon. I was proud of the way the guys overcame tough conditions on the golf course and weather," said Pack Director of Golf Josh Koschke. "We want to finish the regular season with our best round of the year tomorrow."

Day two of the Southern Colorado Masters is set to begin at 10 a.m. at the Pueblo Country Club.