TUCSON, Ariz. – Junior Sam Meek is in the hunt at the 2019 Mountain West Men's Golf Championship, while the Wolf Pack is in a tie for seventh place with 18 holes remaining.
 
The Wolf Pack carded a 5-under par team score of 283 for the second consecutive day to sit at 10-under after 36 of the 54 holes of action. Nevada is currently tied with Wyoming for seventh, but is just three shots out of getting into the top five. Colorado State leads the field after the second round at 22-under par, two shots ahead of three-time defending champion UNLV.
 
Meek enters the final round in the hunt for the individual championship at 6-under par, just three shots back of Sean Carlon of New Mexico. He fired a 6-under 66 on Saturday, which is tied for the second-lowest round of the entire tournament. Meek's 66 allowed him to jump 24 spots on the leaderboard and into a tie for fifth. During his round, Meek collected six birdies and made an eagle on the par 5 15^th to propel him up the leaderboard.
 
Nevada has two golfers in a tie for 22^nd in the 55-player field with juniors Tony Gil and Stephen Osborne sharing the position. Gil carded a 1-over 73 on the day, while Osborne fired an even par 72. Both Gil and Osborne sit at 2-under par for the championship. Sophomore Joey Vrzich also finished his second round with an even par 72 and enters the final round in a tie for 30^th at even par overall. Junior Sam Harned is tied for 41^st at 3-over after shooting a 1-over 73 today, his best round of the two days.
 
Live scoring for the entire tournament will be available on GolfStat.com.
 
Nevada Scores
T5. Sam Meek, 72-66=138 (-6)
T22. Tony Gil, 69-73=142 (-2)
T22. Stephen Osborne, 70-72=142 (-2)
T30. Joey Vrzich, 72-72=144 (E)
T41. Sam Harned, 74-73=147 (+3)