AUBURN, Ala. – The NM State men's golf team concluded its season on Wednesday at the Auburn University Club as it finished eighth overall in the NCAA Auburn Regional. In the third and final round, the Aggies shot a 311 (+23) to end the week at 887 (+23), while finishing ahead of five programs, including No. 36 Oregon, No. 50 TCU and No. 48 Little Rock.
 
The Aggies' finish marked the program's best finish since placing sixth at the NCAA Tempe Regional in 2013 and represents the program's fifth top-10 regional finish in program history.
 
Ultimately, top-ranked and host Auburn ran away with the tournament, shooting 32 under to finish 27 strokes better than the field. Meanwhile, No. 12 Texas A&M, No. 13 UCLA, No. 37 Purdue and No. 25 Georgia Tech joined Auburn as the five programs to advance to the NCAA National Championship.
 
Individually, Auburn's Jackson Koivun shot 12 under for the week to claim the individual title, while Kennesaw State's Claes Borregaard finished tied for second (-8) to serve as the individual qualifier for the event.
 
Following a strong showing in the second round, true freshman Mateo Payán continued his impressive week by shooting a 74 (+2) to end the week one stroke over par and in a tie for 15^th. With his finish, Payán produced the Aggies first top-20 finish at an NCAA Regional since Garrison Smith placed tied for 18^th at the NCAA Albuquerque Regional.
 
Aidan Thomas closed out the week in a tie for 25^th to submit the best finish at an NCAA regional of his outstanding Aggie career. On the week, Thomas finish four over to place alongside No. 61 William Sides of SMU, No. 147 Thomas Schmidt of Arkansas State and Chattanooga's Camden Braidech.
 
Javier Delgadillo finished the week in a tie for 43^rd while Ethan Klose secured a T48 finish to round out their weeks in Auburn. Lastly, Vari Mariscal received his first NCAA Regional experience and carded an 80 (+8) in his appearance as a substitute.
 
LEADERBOARD
 

No.	Team	R1	R2	R3	Total (To par)
1.	Auburn	275	282	275	832 (-32)
2.	Texas A&M	288	287	284	859 (-5)
3.	UCLA	283	295	292	870 (+6)
4.	Purdue	288	295	290	873 (+9)
5.	Georgia Tech	284	296	294	874 (+10)
6.	SMU	286	298	295	879 (+15)
7.	Charleston	296	292	296	884 (+20)
8.	NM State	288	288	311	887 (+23)
9.	Oregon	297	300	293	890 (+26)
10.	TCU	289	306	298	894 (+30)
11.	Little Rock	291	300	306	897 (+33)
12.	Loyola Maryland	300	294	307	901 (+37)
13.	USC Upstate	309	303	312	924 (+60)

 

No.	Player	R1	R2	R3	Total (To par)
T15.	Mateo Payán	73	70	74	217 (+1)
T25.	Aidan Thomas	68	72	80	220 (+4)
T43.	Javier Delgadillo	75	71	79	225 (+9)
T48.	Ethan Klose	73	75	78	226 (+10)
T73.	Alexandre Bauduin	74	80	SUB	154 (+10)
T78.	Vari Mariscal	SUB	SUB	80	80 (+8)

 
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