PALM VALLEY, Ariz. – The South Dakota men's golf team saw three members shoot under par in the final round of the Loyola Intercollegiate on Monday en route to a 10^th place finish.
 
Sophomore Jacob Michel led the way for the Coyotes as he tied for 13^th place with 216 strokes (E) at Palm Valley Golf Club. In the final tour of the course, he shot 1-under-par with 71 shots. It was the second-consecutive round with a 71 as he tied for the lead in the field with 40 pars.
 
Coincidently, he was tied with teammate Matt Tolan with the 40 pars, as Tolan placed in a tie for 38^th with 221 strokes. He fired a 73 in Monday's final round. Also tied for 38^th was sophomore Tate Arends after he moved up the leaderboard with his 1-under-par 71.
 
Senior Tommy Vining climbed 12 positions on the leaderboard with his best round of the tournament with a 1-under-par 71. Vining carded three birdies in the final tour of the course to place tied for 72^nd.
 
The Coyote scorers rounded out with freshman Ben Hicks in a tie for 85^th with 78 strokes. Junior Scott Fudenberg competed in the event as an individual and he tied for 33^rd with 220 shots.
 
As a team, the Coyotes had their best round of the event with 286 shots and tied for 10^th place with 878 strokes (+14) over three rounds. UAB made a final round push to claim the event title with 846 strokes, shooting 17-under-par in the round. Evan Brown of host Loyola led from start-to-finish individually and finished 8-under-par for individual medalist honors.
 
Palm Valley Golf Club played 7,015 yards and to a par 72.
 
South Dakota next competes at the Jackrabbit Invitational March 8-9 in Boulder City, Nevada.