11 EIGHT. THE TWO TEAMS SPLIT THE SERIES. WELL, NOW TO THE LYNX, THE LOBO MEN’S GOLF TEAM COMPETING THIS WEEKEND AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP. NEW MEXICO NEEDED A BIG COMEBACK IN TODAY’S FINAL ROUND TO MAKE THE CUT AS ONE OF THE TOP 15 TEAMS. SADLY, THAT COMEBACK WOULD FALL SHORT AS THE LOBOS POSTED AN 11 OVER PAR FINAL ROUND TO FINISH TIED FOR 25TH PLACE. THERE IS A SILVER LINING, HOWEVER. MATTHEW WATKINS, WHO RANKED ATOP THE INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD ALL TOURNAMENT LONG, PUNCHED HIS TICKET TO MONDAY’S FINAL ROUND OF STROKE PLAY AS ONE OF THE NINE BEST INDIVIDUALS ON NON ADVANCING TEAMS. HE’S CURRENTLY TIED FOR 19TH AFTER SHOOTING ONE OVER PAR THIS AFTERNOON AS FOR THE TEAM, HEAD COACH GLENN MILLIKIN HAS HOPED FOR NEXT SEASON AS FIVE OF HIS SIX PLAYERS RETURN IN THE FALL. THIS WAS A BIG STEP TO GET TO THIS POINT THIS YEAR FOR THEM TO GET THROUGH REGIONALS THE WAY THEY DID. YOU KNOW, THIS TEAM WAS RANKED IN THE MID 60S AT THE END OF THE FALL. SO TO CLIMB ALL THE WAY FROM THERE TO BE IN THE MID 40S AND THEN ADVANCE ON TO THIS, YOU KNOW, TO THIS STAGE WAS GREAT. WHAT THEY CAN TAKE FROM THIS IS THERE’S NO HYPOTHETICALS NOW, YOU KNOW, NEXT SEASON WHEN WE’RE PREPARING FOR OUR REGULAR SEASON EVENTS, BUT ALSO IN THE BACK OF OUR MIND WANTING TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS. IT’S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT. IT MIGHT BE LIKE THIS OR TRY TO EXPLAIN TO THEM LIKE THEY KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE. WELL, OUT OF THE SIX THAT COMPETED IN THIS YEAR’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP, BRANDON CHONG IS THE ONLY GOLFER WHO WILL NOT RETURN TO UNM NEXT SEASON. MATTHEW WATKINS WILL BE THE LONE LOBO TO COMPETE IN TOMORROW’S FINAL ROUND OF STROKE PLAY. HE LOOKS TO BECOME THE FIRST LOBO SINCE 1