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Four Eagles Finish Inside Top-25 at MAC Championship
4/28/2024 8:50:00 PM | Men's Golf
Eastern Michigan shot its best score of the weekend to finish sixth overall
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WESTFIELD, Ind. (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University men's golf team posted its best round of the weekend to finished in sixth place at the 2024 Mid-American Conference Championship with a three-day cumulative score of 882 (295-296-291). Ball State University captured its first league title since 1986, finishing at 10-under 854 (283-280-291) on the par 72, 7,180 yard The Club at Chatham Hills course.
Senior Patrick Deardorff (Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston) posted the best MAC Championship showing of his career, finishing tied for 17th with 220 (75-73-72).
The Cardinals claimed their first league title in almost 40 years to earn an automatic berth into the NCAA Regionals.
Miami finished in second place (859, -5), while Kent State and Northern Illinois finished tied for third (863, -1). Toledo's Barend Botha claimed individual championship honors for the second consecutive year with a three-day total of 205 (-11).
How It Happened
Behind Deardorff, senior Cam Kellett (London, Ontario/Saint Thomas Aquinas/Nevada) and sophomore Nathaniel Gray Lamont (Guelph, Ontario/Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute) tied for 20th with a 222. Junior Zander Gibson (Concord, Ohio/Notre Dame Cathedral Latin/Rider) and freshman Avery Mahoney (Burlington, Ontario/Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School) rounded out the lineup with a 223 (27-78-73) and a 229 (76-75-78), respectively.
Historical Notes
The youthful Eagles posted the sixth-lowest four-player team scoring average at 293.8. Overall, Eastern Michigan finished in the top-10 at six different tournaments this season, including a fourth-place finish at the Georgetown Intercollegiate, Oct. 15-16, 2023.
Eastern Michigan Individual Results:
Pl. Player Scores
t-17. Patrick Deardorff 75-73- 72=220
t-20. Cam Kellett 72-76-74=222
t-20. Nathaniel Gray Lamont 78-72-72=222
t-22. Zander Gibson 72-78- 73=223
t-33. Avery Mahoney 76-75- 78=229
Team Scores:
Pl. Team Scores
1. Ball State 283-280-291=854
2. Miami 283-283-293=859
t-3. Northern Illinois 288-287-288=863
t-3. Kent State 288-290-285=863
5. Toledo 290-281-303=874
6. Eastern Michigan 295-296-291=882
7. Bowling Green 299-292-309=900
8. Central Michigan 297-304-300=901
9. Ohio 299-308-311=918
2024 MAC Men's Golf Awards
Earl Yestingsmeier Sportsmanship Award: Danny Fisher, Miami
Kermit Blosser Coach of the Year: Mike Fleck, Ball State
Freshman of the Year: Morgan Blythe, Miami
Golfer of the Year: Barend Botha, Toledo
MAC Individual Champion: Barend Botha, Toledo
Runner up Medalist: Bryce Reed, Kent State
All-Tournament Team
Barend Botha, Toledo
Bryce Reed, Kent State
Ian Bruchhauser, Northern Illinois
Ali Khan, Ball State
Kash Bellar, Ball State
Danny Fisher, Miami
WESTFIELD, Ind. (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University men's golf team posted its best round of the weekend to finished in sixth place at the 2024 Mid-American Conference Championship with a three-day cumulative score of 882 (295-296-291). Ball State University captured its first league title since 1986, finishing at 10-under 854 (283-280-291) on the par 72, 7,180 yard The Club at Chatham Hills course.
Senior Patrick Deardorff (Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston) posted the best MAC Championship showing of his career, finishing tied for 17th with 220 (75-73-72).
The Cardinals claimed their first league title in almost 40 years to earn an automatic berth into the NCAA Regionals.
Miami finished in second place (859, -5), while Kent State and Northern Illinois finished tied for third (863, -1). Toledo's Barend Botha claimed individual championship honors for the second consecutive year with a three-day total of 205 (-11).
How It Happened
Behind Deardorff, senior Cam Kellett (London, Ontario/Saint Thomas Aquinas/Nevada) and sophomore Nathaniel Gray Lamont (Guelph, Ontario/Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute) tied for 20th with a 222. Junior Zander Gibson (Concord, Ohio/Notre Dame Cathedral Latin/Rider) and freshman Avery Mahoney (Burlington, Ontario/Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School) rounded out the lineup with a 223 (27-78-73) and a 229 (76-75-78), respectively.
Historical Notes
The youthful Eagles posted the sixth-lowest four-player team scoring average at 293.8. Overall, Eastern Michigan finished in the top-10 at six different tournaments this season, including a fourth-place finish at the Georgetown Intercollegiate, Oct. 15-16, 2023.
Eastern Michigan Individual Results:
Pl. Player Scores
t-17. Patrick Deardorff 75-73- 72=220
t-20. Cam Kellett 72-76-74=222
t-20. Nathaniel Gray Lamont 78-72-72=222
t-22. Zander Gibson 72-78- 73=223
t-33. Avery Mahoney 76-75- 78=229
Team Scores:
Pl. Team Scores
1. Ball State 283-280-291=854
2. Miami 283-283-293=859
t-3. Northern Illinois 288-287-288=863
t-3. Kent State 288-290-285=863
5. Toledo 290-281-303=874
6. Eastern Michigan 295-296-291=882
7. Bowling Green 299-292-309=900
8. Central Michigan 297-304-300=901
9. Ohio 299-308-311=918
2024 MAC Men's Golf Awards
Earl Yestingsmeier Sportsmanship Award: Danny Fisher, Miami
Kermit Blosser Coach of the Year: Mike Fleck, Ball State
Freshman of the Year: Morgan Blythe, Miami
Golfer of the Year: Barend Botha, Toledo
MAC Individual Champion: Barend Botha, Toledo
Runner up Medalist: Bryce Reed, Kent State
All-Tournament Team
Barend Botha, Toledo
Bryce Reed, Kent State
Ian Bruchhauser, Northern Illinois
Ali Khan, Ball State
Kash Bellar, Ball State
Danny Fisher, Miami
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