Musketeers Travel to Ross Collegiate Classic

Monday, March 11

Southern Pines, N.C.

9:15 a.m.

Xavier University

Ross Collegiate Classic

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The two-day tournament is being held at Mid Pines Golf Club on March 11-12

By: Greg Lautzenheiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier men's golf continues its spring season at the Ross Collegiate Classic on March 11-12. The two-day tournament is being hosted by George Mason at Mid Pines Golf Course in Southern Pines, N.C.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

Name: Ross Collegiate Classic
Dates: March 11-12
Course: Mid Pines Golf Course
Location: Southern Pines, N.C.
Course Par/Yardage: Par 72 / 6,657 yards

LIVE SCORING: bit.ly/3wNZHkX

PARTICIPATING TEAMS (16)
George Mason, Loyola Maryland, James Madison, Miami (Ohio), Loyola Chicago, Old Dominion, Towson, William & Mary, Ohio, Eastern Michigan, St. Bonaventure, Georgetown, Bowling Green, Xavier, St. John's, Saint Joseph

XAVIER LINEUP
1. Carson Bellish
2. Zach Burton
3. Oscar Zimmerman
4. AJ Adams
5. Ray Filter

Mason Witt (individual)

LAST TIME OUT

• Xavier placed third at the Peoples Golf Championship on March 9. The two-day tournament was hosted by Western Carolina at Sea Palms Resort in St. Simons Island, Ga.

• Xavier posted a 36-hole score of 568 (E) to place third in a field of 22 teams. Davidson won the tournament with a score of 547 (-21), while Drexel placed second (560, -8).

• Freshman Ray Filter placed tied for fourth with a score of 137 (-5) to pace the Musketeers, the highest finish of his career. The field consisted of 128 golfers.

BIG EAST GOLFER OF THE WEEK

• AJ Adams was named the BIG EAST Men's Golfer of the Week on Nov. 1. The freshman golfer earned the honors for the first time in his career.

• The Dallas, Texas, native is the first Musketeer to earn the honors since Imaad Qureshi on Oct. 21, 2021.

NOTABLES

• The Musketeers have had four players post top-five finishes in four of their last five tournaments. Carson Bellish placed second at the JT Poston Invitational on Sept. 26, Oscar Zimmerman placed third at the UConn Invitational at GreatHorse on Oct. 3, AJ Adams won the Xavier Invitational presented by Gateway Logistics on Oct. 17 and Ray Filter placed tied for fourth at the Peoples Golf Championship on March 9.

• Xavier returns four of its top five performers from the 2023 BIG EAST Championships. The Musketeers also welcome four newcomers to the program: AJ Adams (Dallas, Texas/Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas), Ray Filter (Crown Point, Ind./Crown Point HS), A.J. Wilhelm (Mason, Ohio/Mason HS) and Oscar Zimmerman (Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier HS/Santa Clara).

• Sophomore Carson Bellish finished eighth with a 54-hole score of 218 (+2) at the 2023 BIG EAST Championships - the highest finish by a Musketeer at the conference championships since Garrett Wood took home medalist honors at the 2019 BIG EAST Championships. The eighth-place finish was the highest finish by a Xavier freshman since 2018 (Garrett Wood - tied for sixth).

• Carson Bellish had five top-15 finishes during the spring 2023 season, highlighted by a fourth-place finish at the Daytona Beach Spring Invitational on March 7. The finish was the highest individual finish for a Xavier golfer since Oct. 22, 2019 (Imaad Qureshi placed tied for third at the Musketeer Classic).

• Carson Bellish finished the 2023 campaign ranked 22nd in the final BIG EAST GolfStat Rankings, the third highest finish by a freshman with an average score of 74.07.

• Brian Arlinghaus enters year three at the helm of the program after being hired 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.

2024 SIGNING CLASS

• Head coach Brian Arlinghaus announced the signing of three players to the 2024-25 roster on Nov. 13.

2023 SIGNING CLASS
Kellen Dean - Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Saratoga Springs HS)
Kyle Smith - Canton, Ohio (Green HS)
Leo Walling - Powell, Ohio (St. Charles Preparatory)

SPRING SCHEDULE

Feb. 5-6 - BIG EAST Match Play - Bear Lakes Country Club - West Palm Beach, Fla.
Feb. 19-20 - Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate - Wexford Plantation - Hilton Head, S.C.
March 7-9 - Sea Palms Invitational - Sea Palms Golf Club - St. Simons Island, Ga.
March 11-12 - Ross Intercollegiate - Mid Pines Golf Club - Southern Pines, N.C.
March 17 - The Indy at Boone's Trace National - Richmond, Ky.
April 1-3 - Golfweek Intercollegiate - True Blue Golf Club - Pawleys Island, S.C.
April 6-7 - Northern Kentucky's The Jewell - Batavia, Ohio
April 14-15 - Wright State Invitational - Springboro, Ohio
April 15-16 - Mountaineer Invitational - Pete Dye Golf Club - Bridgeport, W.Va.
April 27-29 - BIG EAST Championships - Riverton Pointe Country Club and Golf Course - Hardeeville, S.C.

UP NEXT

• Xavier returns to action on March 17 at The Indy at Boone's Trace National in Richmond, Ky.