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Celone and Collins Finish Top-15 at Hoosier Collegiate

4/4/2021 5:49:00 PM | Men's Golf

Seniors Ty Celone and Cougar Collins add a 225 to pace the Green and White

Complete Results | Season Stats.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (EMUEagles.com) – Seniors Ty Celone (Long Sault, Ontario, Canada-St Joseph's Catholic) and Cougar Collins (Caledon, Ontario, Canada-Mayfield Secondary) led the Eastern Michigan University men's golf team on the final day of the Hoosier Collegiate Invitational Sunday, April 4. Overall, the pair finished in a tie for 15th-place with a two-day mark of 12-over 225 on the par-71, 7,432 yard Pfau Course.
    
For Celone, the finish marked the 12th top-15 showing of his career and the second of the season. Meanwhile, it was the third top-15 finish of the year and ninth overall for Collins in 30 career events.

Michigan State won its first tournament of the season, taking home the title with a 885 (298-289-298). MSU finished seven shots ahead of host Indiana and 12 ahead of third-place Nebraska. Not only did the Spartans capture the team trophy, but senior James Piot also took medalist honors to give the Spartans a sweep of the hardware. The individual title was Piot's first of the season and third of his career. Piot shot a 73 on Sunday to finish the event two-over par 215 (72-70-73).

Freshman MJ Smith (Rockford, Ill.-Winnebago) added another round of 76 on the final day for a 231 (79-76-75) in a tie for 34th, while redshirt junior Zack Mason (Toronto, Ontario, Canada-Blyth Academy Lawrence Park) posted a 236 (78-78-80) to reside in 48th. Senior Tyler Rayman (Otsego, Mich.-Otsego) rounded out the scoring, posting a 237 (85-75-77) for 51st.

In his first collegiate action, freshman Patrick Deardorff (Clarkston, Mich.-Clarkston) closed strong with a 76 for a 256 (88-92-76) as an individual participant.

Eastern Michigan returns to Indiana next weekend for the Boilermaker Invitational in West Lafayette, April 10-11.

Eastern Michigan Individual Results:
Pl.    Player    Scores

t-15.     Ty Celone    75-73-77=225
t-15.     Cougar Collins    77-76-72=225
t-34.     MJ Smith    79-76-76=231
t-48.     Zack Mason     78-78-80=236
t-51.     Tyler Rayman     85-75-77=237
*59.     Patrick Deardorff    88-92-76=256
* - playing as an individual   

Team Scores:
Pl.    Team    Scores

1.    Michigan State    298-289-298=885
2.    No. 44 Indiana    301-296-295=892
3.    Nebraska    296-303-298=897
4.    Memphis    307-300-294=901
5.    Cincinnati    312-295-296=903
6.    Minnesota    304-304-296=904
7.    Michigan    302-303-300=905
8.    Eastern Michigan    309-300-302=911
9.    Ball State    313-298-312=923

 
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