WEST POINT, Miss. – Tuesday afternoon, the NM State men's golf team wrapped up its final tournament ahead of next week's Conference USA Championship. In their final regular season outing, the Aggies finished 14^th while posting a combined score of 891 (+27) at Mossy Oak Golf Course.
 
Ranked No. 2 in the country, Auburn once again showed why it hopes to end the year with a national championship as it finished first on the team leaderboard and was 34 shots clear of the other 13 competing programs. The individual leaderboard was also dominated by the Tigers as the first five slots were occupied by Auburn players, including tournament co-champions Brendan Valdes (-12) and J.M. Butler (-12).
 
As it was on through the opening two rounds, NM State was led by Anthony Lara (71-71-76-218) who finished the 54-hole event two over par to finish in a tie for 30^th place. Javier Delgadillo (+5) also finished inside the top 50 of the 84-man field as he posted a final-round 75. Meanwhile, River Smalley (+9) finished tied for 62^nd, Vari Mariscal (+15) finished tied for 77^th and Alvaro Morales (+17) finished 80^th.
 
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NM State will now gather themselves as they prepare for the CUSA Championship which is set to begin on Tuesday, April 23, and will be played at the Texarkana Country Club in Texarkana, Ark. There, the Aggies will be joined by Florida International, Jax State, Liberty, LA Tech, Middle Tennessee, Sam Houston, UTEP and Western Kentucky with the champion to be crowned on Wednesday after 54 holes of play.
 
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Pos.	Team	R1	R2	R3	Total (To Par)
1	Auburn	271	270	277	818 (-46)
2	Ole Miss	282	283	287	565 (-12)
3	Cincinnati	282	282	292	564 (-8)
4	Mississippi State	284	292	282	576 (-6)
5	Liberty	287	289	283	576 (-5)
6	Kansas State	284	287	289	571 (-4)
7	Augusta	284	284	296	568 (E)
8	MTSU	291	291	291	582 (+9)
9	LA Tech	292	288	299	580 (+15)
10	Southern Miss.	280	295	305	575 (+16)
11	Little Rock	297	290	296	587 (+19)
12	Louisiana	283	297	304	580 (+20)
13	Troy	292	289	304	581 (+21)
14	NM State	293	292	306	585 (+27)

 

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	Total (To Par)
T30	Anthony Lara	71	71	76	218 (+2)
T44	Javier Delgadillo	73	73	75	221 (+5)
T52	River Smalley	76	72	77	225 (+9)
76	Vari Mariscal	77	76	78	233 (+15)
T56	Alvaro Morales	73	76	84	231 (+17)