May 19, 2001

Box Score

CORVALLIS, Ore. - The UNLV men's golf team, needing to make up at least two strokes heading into the final round of the NCAA West Regional Championship on Saturday, shot four-over par 292 at Trysting Tree Golf Course and finished 11th in the team standings.

With only the top 10 teams from the regional qualifying to advance to the NCAA Championships, the Rebels will miss their first appearance at the national finals since 1988.

With a 22-over-par total, UNLV trailed 10th-place Washington by just three strokes. Arizona State ran away with the team title, finishing 12-under for the event, while the Sun Devils' Matt Jones and South Carolina's Kyle Thompson shared medallist honors.

Leading the Rebels' efforts on Saturday was senior Scott Lander, whose 71 was the only sub-par round for UNLV in the tourney. He finished eight-over, tied for 49th place.

The Rebels' leader throughout the tourney was freshman Travis Whisman, whose final-round 73 pushed his score to four-over for the tourney and earned him a tie for 26th place.

Calvin Kupeyan added a 73 and Clark Corbett carded a 75 to produce the Rebels' four-over 292 for Saturday. James Oh's 78 was discarded.

Saturday's round concludes the 2000-01 season for the Rebels.