Blue Raiders set to defend C-USA title in Texarkana

Monday, April 26

Texarkana, AR

Middle Tennessee

Conference USA Championship

4/25/2021 5:00:00 PM | Men's Golf

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By: @MTAthletics

TEXARKANA, Ark. – Middle Tennessee is back in action Friday and Saturday at the Irish Creek Intercollegiate, hosted by Conference USA rival Charlotte at The Club at Irish Creek.

NOTES

As the 2020 Conference USA Championship was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Middle Tennessee remains the two-time defending champs as they claimed the team title in 2018 and 2019 to advance to NCAA Regionals
Defending their C-USA crown would give the Blue Raiders their fourth team title of the season, a feat that hasn't been accomplished at MT since 2007-08
Head Coach Mark McEntire is employing a lineup that includes two true freshmen (Kevin Jegers and Owen Stamper) and only one Blue Raider who competed in the 2019 Conference USA Championship (Tanner Owens)

QUOTES
"What a crazy year it has been for college golf. I am very proud of this team and what they have accomplished this season. All year all we have talked about is the conference championship. It is a very tough golf course and you have to be extremely disciplined to play well. The first goal is to finish in the Top 4 after 54 holes of stroke play, we can't get ahead of ourselves before accomplishing that. If we are disciplined on the course we will have a good chance to be in that Top 4 and advance to match play." - Head Coach Mark McEntire

LINEUP
1 - Connor McKay, Sr.
2 - Owen Stamper, Fr.
3 - Kevin Jegers, Fr.
4 - Tanner Owens, Sr.
5 - Michael Barnard, R-So.

TOURNAMENT INFO

Dates	Monday, April 25 - Thursday, April 28
Course	Texarkana Country Club Texarkana, Arkansas Par 72, 6,969 yards
Format	54 holes of stroke play, 36 holes of match play Monday - Tee times starting at 8:00 a.m. CT Tuesday - Tee times starting at 8:00 a.m. CT Wednesday - Tee times starting at 8:00 a.m. CT Thursday - Match play semifinals and finals
Teams (13)	Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, LA Tech, Marshall, Middle Tennessee, North Texas, Old Dominion, Rice, Southern Miss, UAB, UTEP, UTSA, WKU
Live Scoring	GolfStat