Men's Golf Plays Host to Gateway Logistics Invitational

Monday, October 19

Cincinnati, Ohio

8:30 a.m.

Xavier University

Gateway Logistics Invitational

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Men's Golf Plays Host to Gateway Logistics Invitational

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The tournament is being played at Maketewah Country Club

By: Greg Lautzenheiser, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier men's golf plays host to the Gateway Logistics Invitational on Oct. 19-20. The two-day tournament is being played at Maketewah Country Club.

The Musketeers are looking to win their home tournament for the third straight season. Xavier posted a 54-hole score of 854 (+14) on Oct. 21, 2025 - winning the tournament by 14 strokes. Six Musketeers finished in the top-10 at the tournament.

TOURNAMENT INFO

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Name: Gateway Logistics Invitational
Dates: Oct. 19-20
Course: Maketewah Country Club
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Course Par/Yardage: 70 / 7,109
Participating Teams (9): Youngstown State, Morehead State, Purdue Fort Wayne, Xavier, Detroit Mercy, Northern Kentucky, IU Indy, Southern Indiana, Providence

Live Scoring - scoreboard.clippd.com

LINEUP

LAST TIME OUT - RAIDER INDIVIDUAL

Xavier had three golfers post top-15 finishes at the Raider Individual on Oct. 13. The two-day tournament was played at Country Club of the North.
Zachary Johnson paced the Musketeers with a fourth-place finish, recording a score of 139 (-3). He was one of 11 golfers to finish under par at the tournament.
Sam Fauver and Leo Walling finished tied for 14th place with scores of 144 (+2).

LAST TIME OUT - MORAINE INTERCOLLEGIATE

Kellen Dean paced the Musketeers at the Moraine Intercollegiate on Oct. 13, placing tied for seventh. The two-day tournament was played at Moraine Country Club in Kettering, Ohio.
Dean recorded his second top-10 finish in as many tournaments, placing tied for seventh with a score of 213 (E) in a field of 81 golfers. He was one of only eight golfers to finish at par or better.
Dean has seven career top-10 finishes with a 72.6 career stroke average.
The Musketeers placed eighth in the team standings (in a field of 16 teams) with a 54-hole score of 873 (+21).

BIG EAST WEEKLY HONORS

Oct. 15 - Zachary Johnson - BIG EAST Golfer of the Week
Oct. 8 - AJ Adams - BIG EAST Golfer of the Week

RANKINGS

Xavier ranks No. 116 in the latest Scoreboard powered by Clippd rankings (Oct. 14).
Individually, Kellen Dean ranks No. 121 in the nation.

2026-27 SCHEDULE

FALL SCHEDULE
Sept. 14-15 - Bearcat Invitational - Cincinnati, Ohio (Coldstream Country Club)
Sept. 21-22 - Rod Myers Invitational - Durham, N.C. (Duke University Golf Club)
Oct. 2 - The Indy at Forest Hills - Richmond, Ind. (Forest Hills Country Club)
Oct. 5-6 - Cullan Brown Collegiate - Lexington, Ky. (Lexington Country Club)
Oct. 12-13 - Moraine Intercollegiate - Dayton, Ohio (Moraine Country Club)
Oct. 12-13 - Raider Individual - Xenia, Ohio (Country Club of the North)
Oct. 19-21 - Saint Mary's Invitational - Monterey, Calif. (Bayonet Golf Club)
Oct. 19-20 - Gateway Logistics Invitational - Cincinnati, Ohio (Maketewah Country Club)

SPRING SCHEDULE
Feb. 15-16 - Hal Williams Collegiate - Semmes, Ala. (Magnolia Grove Golf Course)
Feb. 28 - March 2 - Lake Jovita Invitational - Dade City, Fla. (Lake Jovita Golf & Country Club)
March 8-9 - 42nd Louisiana Classics - Lafayette, La. (Oakbourne Country Club)
March 22-23 - Seahawk Intercollegiate - Wilmington, N.C. (Country Club of Landfall)
April 5-6 - Northern Kentucky's The Jewell - Batavia, Ohio (Elks Run Golf Course)
April 8-10 - Robert Kepler Intercollegiate - Columbus, Ohio (Columbus Country Club)
April 10-12 - Wright State Invitational - Springboro, Ohio (Heatherwoode Golf Club)
April 12-13 - Mountaineer Invitational - Bridgeport, W.Va. (Pete Dye Golf Club)
May 1-3 - BIG EAST Championships - Okatie, S.C. (Callawassie Country Club)
May 16-19 - NCAA Regionals - TBD
May 28 - June 2 - NCAA Championships - Carlsbad, Calif. (Omni La Costa Resort & Spa)

ABOUT THE MUSKETEERS

Xavier won the BIG EAST Championship on May 4, the program's ninth conference championship and first title since 2005. The Musketeers posted a 54-hole score of 843 (-21), defeating Marquette by four strokes (847, -17).
Five Musketeers were named 2025-26 NCAA Division I Cobalt Golf All-America Scholars on Aug. 3. Carson Bellish, Kellen Dean, Ray Filter, Kyle Smith and A.J. Wilhelm all earned the honors.
Xavier earned the 2025-26 BIG EAST Team Academic Excellence Award on July 28. The Musketeers posted a 3.768 team grade point average, the highest team GPA by a men's golf program in the conference.
Carson Bellish, Kellen Dean and A.J. Wilhelm were named to the 2026 Academic All-District® Men's At-Large Team selected by College Sports Communicators on June 16.
The Musketeers have posted six tournament titles over the last two seasons (2024-25; 2025-26). Xavier has also posted 10, top-three finishes.
Brian Arlinghaus was named BIG EAST Coach of the Year on May 13. Arlinghaus earned Coach of the Year honors for the first time in his coaching career (was the head coach at Wright State from 2017-21). He became the first Xavier men's golf coach to earn the honors since Doug Steiner in 2001.
Xavier returns three golfers who competed at the BIG EAST Championships in Kyle Smith (T-6th), A.J. Wilhelm (14th) and Kellen Dean (T-20th).
Ray Filter entered the season with a 72.5 career stroke average, ranking second in school history. He has eight career top-10 finishes and one tournament title. The senior played one round at the NCAA Corvallis Regional, hitting 71 (E) in the final round as a substitute.
Kellen Dean entered the season with a 72.9 career stroke average, ranking sixth in school history. He has seven career top-10 finishes and one tournament title.
AJ Adams entered the season with a 73.4 career stroke average, ranking eighth in school history. He has five career top-10 finishes and two tournament titles.
A.J. Wilhelm entered the season with a 73.6 career stroke average, ranking tied for ninth in school history. He has four career top-10 finishes.
Carson Bellish ('26) and A.J. Wilhelm competed at the 2026 U.S. Amateur Championships on Aug. 10-16.
Xavier welcomes two freshmen in Zachary Johnson (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Sebastian Olsen (Aarhus, Denmark) to the 2026-27 roster. The Musketeers also added Florida Southern College transfer, Chris Pollak (Aurora, Ohio).