LAKE LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- Four of five Bruin golfers improved their scores in Wednesday's final round as the Bellevue University men's golf team shaved 12 strokes off yesterday's team score to finish in seventh place at the RMC Intercollegiate at Lake Las Vegas.

RMC Intercollegiate at Lake Las Vegas

Location: Lake Las Vegas, Nev.
Host: Rocky Mountain College
Course: Reflection Bay Golf Club
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,788
Teams: 12
Golfers: 65

Recap:

Bellevue (+36) began and ended the day in seventh place overall, but did improve their team score by 12 strokes from yesterday. After shooting 312 (+24) as a unit on Tuesday, the Bruins shot an even 300, 12 over, in Wednesday's final round.

Embry-Riddle (+6) opened the day with a two-stroke lead over Wayland Baptist, Lewis-Clark State, and The Master's. By the end of the day they had gained separation from each of those three schools and held off a charge by Rocky Mountain, who shot a tournament-best 285 (-3) on the day, for a two-stroke victory, 589 (+13) to 591 (+15). Rocky Mountain began the day 12 strokes back in sixth place.

Alex Zillig (+7) was the top Bruin finisher in the event, shooting 151 to tie for 15^th place. Hugo Ronnberg (+10), who entered Wednesday as the team leader, finished in a tie for 26^th place at 154.

Rodrigo Navarette (+9) and Baptiste Bonnet (+11) shared team-high honors in knocking five strokes off their first round score to finish in 24^th and 28^th place with scores of 153 and 155, respectively.

Floris-Jan Oosterhof (+14) finished in 36^th place. Zillig and Ronnberg posted matching 2-over scores of 74 on Wednesday.

Rocky Mountain's Mitchell Theisen took home the individual title with a 4-under score of 140. He entered the day two strokes back but fired a 68 en route to a three-stroke win over Wayland Baptist's Sebastien Tremulot (143, -1).

Haydn Driver, of Rocky Mountain, carded a tournament-best 5-under round on Wednesday shooting 67 to finish at 1-over for the event and tie for fifth place.

The Master's Eric Martin, who began the day atop the leaderboard at 2-under, slumped to an 11-over 83 as he finished in a tie for 24^th place.

Loaded Field:

Six of the 12 teams in the event were ranked in the most recent NAIA Coaches' Top 25 Poll, which was released last Friday, Mar. 11, while two others were among those receiving votes but not ranked.

Ranked: #4 British Columbia, #6 Bellevue, #10 Wayland Baptist, #17 Rocky Mountain, #19 Lewis-Clark State, #25 Embry-Riddle

Receiving Votes: The Master's, Montana Tech

Up Next:

The Bruins return to the course next Monday-Tuesday, Mar. 21-22 for the Battle at Paiute to be held at the Paiute Golf Resort in Las Vegas, Nev.