At the prestigious Western Intercollegiate hosted by San Jose State at Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa Cruz, the UNLV men’s golf team continued their solid play and senior Caden Fioroni continued to make a name for himself. The golf team placed fifth and Fioronia was runner-up.
The event was televised by Golf Channel.
In March, Fioroni won the Southern Highlands Collegiate and at Pasatiemp, he Fioroni notched his fourth top-10 finish of the season with a 7-under 203. Junior Brett Sawaia contributed another Rebel under-par scorecard for the tournament at 1-under 209 for an 11th-place outing.
Other Rebel finishers were sophomore Zach Little (+5) tied for 36th, senior Trevor Lewis (+9) tied for 53rd, senior Ben Sawaia (+11) tied for 60th and junior Wyatt Plattner (+12) tied for 66th.
FINAL ROUND HIGHLIGHTS: The Scarlet & Gray (+8) jumped two spots in the team standings on the day en route to its fifth top-5 finish of the 2024-25 campaign. Leading the way in the final round, Brett Sawaia, Little and Lewis each chipped in 1-under 69 rounds.
TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS: San Diego State won the team title at 6-under 1044 through 54 holes. Arizona’s Filip Jacubcik held on for individual medalist honors at 13-under 197.
UP NEXT: UNLV now looks ahead to the Mountain West Championship being held at Emerald Valley Golf Club in Creswell, Oregon, from April 25-27.