Men's Golf Opens Spring Season at Earl Yestingsmeier Match Play Tournament

Monday, February 7

Dade City, Fla.

8:30 a.m.

Xavier University

Earl Yestingsmeier Match Play

Men's Golf Opens Spring Season at Earl Yestingsmeier Match Play Tournament

02.03.22 | Men's Golf

Live Scoring Tournament Info (PDF)Bracket (PDF)

Ball State is hosting the two-day tournament on Feb. 7-8 in Dade City, Fla.

By: Greg Lautzenheiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier men's golf opens its spring season at the Earl Yestingsmeier Match Play Tournament hosted by Ball State on Feb. 7-8. The two-day tournament is being held at Lake Jovita Country Club in Dade City, Fla.

The tournament starts on Monday morning at 8:30 a.m.

EY MATCH PLAY

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Feb. 7-8 - Lake Jovita Country Club - Dade City, Fla.
Live Scoring - bit.ly/3gjRkCb
Tournament Info - bit.ly/3rnJP3l
Match Play Bracket - bit.ly/3sbCwv3

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Feb. 7 - First and second rounds (8:30 a.m. shotgun start; continuous play)
Feb. 8 - Third round (8:30 a.m. shotgun start)

COURSE INFORMATION
Lake Jovita South Course - Par 72 - 7,153 Yards

TOURNAMENT FORMAT
The two-day event will consist of 54 holes of match play competition. Teams are seeded 1 through 8 based upon Golfstat rankings and then placed into a bracket. All teams are guaranteed three matches with losing teams from the first and second rounds continuing to compete in a consolation bracket. Each team match will consist of six individual matches. Lineup order for each team is based upon individual player Golfweek rankings, with the top-rated player in the No. 1 position and so on.

PARTICIPATING TEAMS
(1) Toledo, (2) Eastern Michigan, (3) Ball State, (4) Loyola, (5) Drake, (6) Dayton, (7) Xavier, (8) DePaul

XAVIER LINEUP
1. Michael Prebles
2. Jack Wertz
3. Mason Witt
4. Justin Gabbard
5. Brian Jennings
6. Nick Frey

ROUND ONE MATCHUPS - XAVIER VS EASTERN MICHIGAN
Hole 15 – Ty Celone vs. Jack Wertz / Cougar Collins vs. Michael Prebles
Hole 16 – Marcus Smith vs. Justin Gabbard / Zack Mason vs. Nick Frey
Hole 17 – Max Watson vs. Mason Witt / Blaise Vanitvelt vs. Brian Jennings

NOTABLES

• Brian Arlinghaus was hired as the program's new head coach on June 18, 2021. He joined the Musketeers after serving as the head men's golf coach at Wright State from 2017-21. He was an assistant coach with the Raiders for two seasons (2015-17) before being promoted to head coach.

• Xavier competed in five tournaments in the fall of 2021. The Musketeers had two top-five team finishes: tied for fourth at the Valparaiso Fall Invitational (Sept. 20-21) and tied for fifth at the Xavier Invitational (Oct. 18-19).

• Xavier had two top-10 individual finishes in the fall of 2021. Imaad Qureshi placed tied for sixth at the Xavier Invitational and Michael Prebles placed tied for eighth at the Valparaiso Fall Invitational.

• Imaad Qureshi earned BIG EAST Golfer of the Week honors on Oct. 21 for his top-10 performance at the Xavier Invitational.

SPRING SCHEDULE

Feb. 6-8 - Ball State Match Play - Dade City, Fla.
March 3-5 - Sea Palms Invitational - Saint Simons Island, Ga.
March 13-15 - Southern Invitational - Palm Beach, Fla.
March 27-30 - GolfWeek Intercollegiate - Pawleys Island, S.C.
April 9-11 - NKU The Jewell - Batavia, Ohio
April 16-18 - Wright State Invitational - Springboro, Ohio
April 28 - May 1 - BIG EAST Championships - Callawassie Island, S.C.

UP NEXT

• The spring season continues at the Sea Palms Invitational on March 3-5 in Saint Simons Island, Ga.