ERIE — The University of Colorado men's golf team got off to a slow start but rallied over the last round-and-a-half and ended the day in fifth place here Monday after two rounds of the 13th annual Mark Simpson-Colorado Invitational.
San Francisco owns the team lead with a 18-under par 558 total, ahead of runner-up Texas-El Paso by seven strokes (565). Nevada and Colorado State are tied for third (566), with Colorado in fifth (9-under 567) before four strokes separate the next two teams, Washington State and Northern Colorado (571).
Colorado started slow and was as many as 5-over par and in 12th place at one point, eventually reducing to 3-over after nine before some birdie putts started to fall.